From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262575AbTK0S2u (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:28:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264574AbTK0S2u (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:28:50 -0500 Received: from smtp2.clear.net.nz ([203.97.37.27]:25332 "EHLO smtp2.clear.net.nz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262575AbTK0S2t (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:28:49 -0500 Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 07:21:28 +1300 From: Nigel Cunningham Subject: Re: 2.6 not cat proof In-reply-to: <200311271237.22730.gene.heskett@verizon.net> To: gene.heskett@verizon.net Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= , Linux Kernel Mailing List Message-id: <1069957288.1920.7.camel@laptop-linux> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4-8mdk Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT References: <20031126201052.GA16106@outpost.ds9a.nl> <20031127035755.2d960969.pj@sgi.com> <200311271237.22730.gene.heskett@verizon.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Just one more!... Perhaps you had to rm /bin/cat 9 times because you forgot the -f switch?.. Nigel On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 06:37, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 27 November 2003 11:41, Måns Rullgård wrote: > >Paul Jackson writes: > >>> I had to "rm /bin/cat" nine times ... > >> > >> You're too cruel. > > > >Yes, it I shouldn't have done that. A while after, the machine > >started feeling sluggish, and I started looking around. I happened > > to ls /dev, and it was filled with mouse0, mouse1, mouse2, ... > > They kept coming back after I removed them, too. > > You're just gonna have to go re-install /bin/cat, or write a new, > better mousetrap. :) > > You guys wanna start pulling the other leg for a while now? That ones > about 3" longer than the other now, and I could use the height to > more closely match my weight. :-) -- Nigel Cunningham 495 St Georges Road South, Hastings 4201, New Zealand Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit.