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Geek Culture / Think you've mastered Linux? "suicide-linux" WARNING !!!

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wizard of id
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 07:58 Edited at: 23rd Feb 2010 09:40
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Quote: "Linux gurus who pride themselves on their skills with the command line would finally have a way to prove it if one guy's wacky idea came to fruition. Yes, it's Suicide Linux, where any unrecognized command is parsed as "rm -rf /" ... that's Linux for "your hard drive's content go boom." Sorry, no helpful spelling correction in Bash, just boom. This concept popped up on Sam Hughes' qntm.org last year, and has been making the rounds of the web again this week.
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http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/02/19/think-youve-mastered-linux-prove-it-with-suicide-linux/

MOD Edit. No. Count this as a warning, we do not tolerate any sort of malware being propagated here - no matter if it's a game, joke, or anything seemingly harmless.

"In my weird politically incorrect hypothetically incoherent contradicting obscured world definitively maybe"

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Happy Cheesecake
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 09:13
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I have a feeling you will be warned as well.

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David R
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 09:26
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I saw the blog post on TPUTH a few days ago, but I don't really understand why you've linked it here considering it doesn't actually contain any 'substance'. I mean, amusing article. But not substantial enough for an entire thread

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wizard of id
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 09:52
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Probably not but it is worth discussing the merits of this on some level for future gaming ideas. Would it not be good to have a realistic cause and effects game some where in the future...

Quote: "but I don't really understand why you've linked"
But I find it ironic that you should mention that because a lot of the threads here have no substance yet you take an immediate defensive stands on the 3rd post.

How do you grade some thing as having no substance.What makes a thread announcing doom 60 is being planned or the idea of having a linux distro that wipes your HDD any different.

Both have no evidence of even existing yet no one or very few will likely bad mouth it.

Why is that? Why can't we have this discussion about a Linux going boom is it because you can not use linux or is it because you dislike the idea.

Since you did not add any thing meaning other than belittling my choice on of information I wished to post? Why? Do you have a superiority complex do you think you are intellectually better or know of a better subject to discuss other than the usual I hate cupcakes because they use their feet to crush the fruit topping that goes on them ???

This is purely a joke or some thing that isn't likely to happen...
The "what if" discussions are much better than the usual melodramatic "Daves and his wives" episodes here...

Dude whatever sick and tired of having to tippy toe here...

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Fallout
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 11:37
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I've done that a few times at work, accidentally. I just send a support ticket to IT and get them to sort it out for me. Easy.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 12:44
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I'd like some INFO on what the MOD (Ministry Of Defence?) removed from your post CAUSE I'm very interested.

But seriously, are there really people this nerdy?
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David R
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 13:08 Edited at: 23rd Feb 2010 13:20
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Quote: "I'd like some INFO on what the MOD (Ministry Of Defence?) removed from your post CAUSE I'm very interested."


It was a link to a game which actually deletes files when you fail / get game over (can't remember the name but it floated about on news sites a while back).

Think the mod edit is a bit odd considering it was a description of the game (with a massive warning+disclaimer) and not a direct link

@wizard of id: You misunderstood. You've linked a 'middle man' rather than the original blog post. The one you've linked contains literally no information at all (it's a just an article that links to the source and actually adds practically nothing) Link the original source because it's far better / isn't some site just trying to create content out of someone else's articles

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wizard of id
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 13:27
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@David R

Nah dude it is fine I have send Benjamin a mail with the link...

.....this should end it on a funny note

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Benjamin
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 14:13
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Quote: "Nah dude it is fine I have send Benjamin a mail with the link..."


You e-mailed me a link to the thread I'm already viewing?
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wizard of id
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 14:52
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check the second link

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Van B
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 16:19
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We don't want any malware propagation at all - even if it's just a hint, a link to a synopsis - anything at all that might lead a user to malware is not allowed.

We can't guarantee what users here will try, so we have to ensure that anything potentially harmful, even seemingly harmless information, might lead a user to fraggle their PC - then they most likely blame us!.


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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 17:18 Edited at: 23rd Feb 2010 18:34
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Yeah fully understand that the forum needs to be fool proof.....Wrapping every thing in foil to make it fool proof is a bit much ah well I tried to make a point that it was funny and warning people that it will delete your files if you do use it..

But rules are rules....

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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 18:23 Edited at: 23rd Feb 2010 18:24
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Doom as a tool for system administration
http://www.cs.unm.edu/~dlchao/flake/doom/

By way of demonstration, he emitted a batlike squeak that was indeed bothersome.
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BearCDP
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 18:33
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I hardly think this constitutes malware. Was there a link to an actual distribution?

Sort of want . . .

Considering that all the articles about it say "if you mistype a command you are S.O.L." there's no hidden malice, just machismo.

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wizard of id
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 18:44
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bear I would love to send you the link to the game that removes your files but it would seem that it is also frowned upon.... *hint* *hint* lol

Seriously I think I have caused enough trouble as it is today.Plus I has some FPSC user emailing me complaining about the new segment pack I made he doesn't know how to use it and why I do not make normal segments like the rest of the FPSC users...

If swearing me wasn't bad enough already

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