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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!pv1416.vincent.iastate.edu!spam From: spam@iastate.edu (mike begley) Subject: Re: BSD demon? Message-ID: <spam.745737348@pv1416.vincent.iastate.edu> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA References: <CBxK5G.3KB@candle.uucp> <3887@bigfoot.first.gmd.de> <1993Aug18.082118.726@resonex.com> <1993Aug19.033209.20801@colorado.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1993 05:15:48 GMT Lines: 111 In <1993Aug19.033209.20801@colorado.edu> Todd C. Miller <millert@xor.com> writes: >From the keyboard of michael@resonex.com (Michael Bryan): >> Which obviously means that BSD is actually a satanic cult, and we >> should all shun it (and any variants) in favor of the One True Unix, >> the Almighty System V. In fact, if you look hard enough, I'm certain >> you could find interpretations in the Book of Revelations that indicate >> that an evil pretender to the Unix throne shall arise, and sway many >> people away from the True Word of the Holy Unix.... >Actually, on our way back from the Cincinati Usenix, we had a bunch of the >BSDi posters with the BSD daemon on them. We had rolled them poorly and >they started coming apart so we started to re-roll them whilst waiting for >our flight home and overheard and interesting remark about satanists directed >out way :-) *chuckle* I just got a copy of this little story: --------8<--------------------8<---------------------- Subject: Texas and Daemons: Mix With Care (fwd) > Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet > Subject: [comp.org.usenix] A Great Daemon Story > > From: Rob Kolstad <kolstad@bsdi.com> > Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix > Subject: A Great Daemon Story > > A Great Daemon Story > -------------------- > > Linda Branagan is an expert on daemons. She has a T-shirt that sports > the daemon in tennis shoes that appears on the cover of the 4.3BSD manuals > and _The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating System_ by > S. Leffler, M. McKusick, M. Karels, J. Quarterman, Addison-Wesley > Publishing Company, Reading, MA 1989. > > She tells the following story about wearing the 4.3BSD daemon T-shirt: > > Last week I walked into a local "home style cookin' restaurant/watering > hole" in Texas to pick up a take-out order. I spoke briefly to the > waitress behind the counter, who told me my order would be done in a few > minutes. > So, while I was busy gazing at the farm implements hanging on the walls, > I was approached by two ``natives.'' These guys might just be the original > Texas rednecks. > ``Pardon us, ma'am. Mind if we ask you a question?'' > Well, people keep telling me that Texans are real friendly, so I nodded. > ``Are you a Satanist?'' > Well, at least they didn't ask me if I liked to party. > ``Uh, no, I can't say that I am.'' > ``Gee, ma'am. Are you sure about that?'' they asked. > I put on my biggest, brightest Dallas Cowboys cheerleader smile and > said, ``No, I'm positive. The closest I've ever come to Satanism is > watching Geraldo.'' > ``Hmmm. Interesting. See, we was just wondering why it is you have the > lord of darkness on your chest there.'' > I was this close to slapping one of them and causing a scene -- then I > stopped and noticed the shirt I happened to be wearing that day. Sure > enough, it had a picture of a small, devilish-looking creature that has for > some time now been associated with a certain operating system. In this > particular representation, the creature was wearing sneakers. > They continued: ``See, ma'am, we don't exactly appreciate it when people > show off pictures of the devil. Especially when he's lookin' so > friendly.'' > These idiots sounded terrifyingly serious. > Me: ``Oh, well, see, this isn't really the devil, it's just, well, it's > sort of a mascot. > Native: ``And what kind of football team has the devil as a mascot?'' > Me: ``Oh, it's not a team. It's an operating -- uh, a kind of > computer.'' > I figured that an ATM machine was about as much technology as these guys > could handle, and I knew that if I so much as uttered the word ``UNIX'' I > would only make things worse. > Native: ``Where does this satanical computer come from?'' > Me: ``California. And there's nothing satanical about it really.'' > Somewhere along the line here, the waitress noticed my predicament -- > but these guys probably outweighed her by 600 pounds, so all she did was > look at me sympathetically and run off into the kitchen. > Native: ``Ma'am, I think you're lying. And we'd appreciate it if you'd > leave the premises now.'' > Fortunately, the waitress returned that very instant with my order, and > they agreed that it would be okay for me to actually pay for my food before > I left. While I was at the cash register, they amused themselves by > talking to each other. > Native #1: ``Do you think the police know about these devil computers?'' > Native #2: ``If they come from California, then the FBI oughta know > about 'em.'' > They escorted me to the door. I tried one last time: ``You're really > blowing this all out of proportion. A lot of people use this `kind of > computers.' Universities, researchers, businesses. They're actually very > useful.'' > Big, big, BIG mistake. I should have guessed at what came next. > Native: ``Does the government use these devil computers?'' > Me: ``Yes.'' > Another BIG boo-boo. > Native: ``And does the government pay for 'em? With our tax dollars?'' > I decided that it was time to jump ship. > Me: ``No. Nope. Not at all. Your tax dollars never entered the > picture at all. I promise. No sir, not a penny. Our good Christian > congressmen would never let something like that happen. Nope. Never. > Bye.'' > Texas. What a country. -- Michael Begley Ask me how "the man and the woman were spam@iastate.edu Iowa State University both naked, and they were (515) 233-6210 is censoring my usenet access not ashamed..." Gen:2.25