Are your *nix variants politically correct?

http://www.fiction.net/tidbits/computer/pc-unix.html

>> The "nice" command was historically used by privileged users to give  
>> themselves priority over unprivileged ones, by telling them to be  
>> "nice". In System VI, the "sue" command is used by unprivileged users  
>> to get for themselves the rights enjoyed by privileged ones.

Benjamin
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