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Re^3: "Don't try this at home"by Aristotle (Chancellor) |
on Sep 17, 2002 at 20:42 UTC ( [id://198632]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
To be honest, I've been watching this thread from the sidelines and wondering what to say. If someone has no clue that rm -rf / means tabula rasa, should they have root on a production server in the first place? I understand what you're trying to say, and I respect the intent, but I think your appeal is misguided. I can't help feeling like it's just political correctness in a different context, an attempt to offer a safe and wholesome experience for the whole family. Ultimately, that is an excercise in absurdity. Where do you draw the line? Should the rm command print a WARNING: this command may cause loss of data. Are you really sure you want to proceed?[n] ? No amount of disclaimers can ever be a substitute for a healthy dose of common sense. Update: I feel I have to add what I just figured out was the reason that this thread irked me - the whole thing erupted out of what amounted to a practical joke on ferrency's expense rather than an actual disaster. So while I can understand the shock, there doesn't seem to be any actual evidence. Makeshifts last the longest.
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