17 Dec
2011
17 Dec
'11
3:38 a.m.
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 01:09:36AM -0500, Mouse wrote:
ACK. Until you truly understand that Unix _is_ YAFIYGI, you will end up
getting in avoidable trouble. To quote from past discussions:
I'm perfectly willing to admit that Unix not only lets you shoot yourself
in the foot, it gives you an assortment of guns already loaded and pointed
in the proper direction.
-- Michael Wojcik <michael.wojcik at merant.com> in alt.folklore.computer
Kind regards,
Alex.
--
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
I've literally had people tell me that
"oh, accidentally deleting
your files is a 'rite of passage'". I cannot express the level to
which I disagree with this idea :).
I think there is a little truth lurking in it, though. While it
doesn't have to take the form of a bad experience with rm, I think that
learning that Unix is an extremely YAFIYGI system is very important,
even to the point where it might be fair to call it a rite of passage.