Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:26:25 +0200 > Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 14/12/12 14:19, Dale wrote: >>> I'm thinking of switching and getting rid of the init thingy >> Huh? > Once upon a time, not so long ago, Dale happened to try and make an > initrd. He followed the rules and the docs and it blew up in his face. > It blew up more in his face than HAL did even longer ago (and that was > pretty spectacular). > > Somewhere in that thread the words "init thingy" were used in > frustration, and it's since become a meme, a disparaging reference to > initrd for those who don't like the idea of them. > > Dale is getting famous at this, if ever we need someone to find the > really bad bugs in basic software, just mark it stable enough so that > Dale will use it. He will find the bugs that no-one else ever could, > it's just a knack he has. > > Long live Dale. > > :-) >
You would mention hal wouldn't you? :-@ :-@ I have the flu, nasty one at that, and I really don't need to add hal to my list right now. That said, the Doctor called and the blood tests said I was healthy as a horse, other than being sick as a dog. :/ Sort of like software, supposed to work great out of the box but usually doesn't. Imagine me on windoze. O_O Dale :-) :-) P. S. I'm not sure about the living part yet. It's a theory that is yet to be proven. -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!