[ExI] Enlightenment

[Tomasz Rola]

On Fri, 14 May 2010, Ben Zaiboc wrote:

> I wrote:
> 
> > I'm a little intrigued by Tomasz's email sig:
> >
> > ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature.      **
> > ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home    **
> > ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened...      **
> >
> >
> > It seems to me that either it should be "And then the computer became 
> > enlightened", or that englightenment = rage, rather than nirvana.
> >
> > Ben Zaiboc
> 
> Oh, hang on, does "the programmer's home directory" refer to the 
> programmer himself, not his computer?  Yes, it does, doesn't it. 

Actually, on a UNIX-like OSes (or, on those that are multiuser by design), 
every user has his place in which he is supposed to do his job. That's 
called his home directory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_directory

"rm -rif" is a UNIX command. If you don't know what it does, don't try it. 
It can induce headaches worser than in katzenjammer.

Regards,
Tomasz Rola

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** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature.      **
** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home    **
** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened...      **
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** Tomasz Rola          mailto:tomasz_rola at bigfoot.com             **