On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:42:43 -0700 Walter Bright <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote: > > I used to entertain myself and friends by setting up unix so the disk > is nearly full, and then trying various commands that produced > output, and sending the output to the disk. > > Because so many C programs fail to check for failed output, all kinds > of entertaining random things would happen. >
http://xkcd.com/1084/ Unix's design is amazingly powerful, but it's also interesting how much potential that creates for things to get seriously screwed up. :)