dannyman.toldme.com


About Me, Technology

Typing Names

As recently observed at work:

(16:19:06) taras: for centuries, my clan has insisted on only naming their children with names that can be typed exclusively with the left hand, b/c we knew that one day we might be working with a left-hand-typing-only system administrator

For those who have never seen me type, let me tell you that the above is an apt description of yours truly.

(16:35:04) sara: dman: note that ‘sara’ can also be typed only w/ your left hand
(16:35:22) ***sara sucks up to the sysadmin

It’s good to be root.

Read More

Next:
Previous:
Categories: About Me, Technology
Possibly-Related Posts

Responses

June 12th, 2005

Marnie/Grandma

Like, what does “it’s good to be root” mean, huh?

June 12th, 2005

dannyman

The “superuser” or “all powerful administrative account” on a Unix system is traditionally called root.

“To have root” is to have access to the most powerful account on a Unix system.

This could be read as a reference Brooks’ “it’s good to be the King.”

Comment

Leave a comment . . .

Tiny Print:

  1. For private messages, e-mail me: dannyman@toldme.com.
  2. You must provide an e-mail address.
  3. You can use a bogus e-mail address, but I like to know who you are.
  4. I will not spam you. I will not publish or share your e-mail address.
  5. First-time commenters will be held for review.
  6. You can use these HTML tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>