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9 kottke.org posts about Unix

 

Where's "sudo make me a sandwich"?

Command-Line-Fu is an archive of the "best UNIX commands on the Web". The "sort by votes" page is a trove of what the community there thinks are the best commands. (via paul)

By Jason Kottke  •  Mar 24, 2009  •  Unix

1234567890 Day

This Friday, in addition to being Friday, is also 1234567890 Day. At 6:31 pm EST on that day, the Unix time will be 1234567890.

Unix time [is] defined as the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970, not counting leap seconds. It is widely used not only on Unix-like operating systems but also in many other computing systems.

(via scribbling)

By Jason Kottke  •  Feb 11, 2009  •  time   Unix

25-year-old computer bug fixed

A developer just fixed a bug in the BSD flavor of Unix that had gone undiscovered for 25 years. I guess it finally accrued enough eyeballs to make it shallow.

By Jason Kottke  •  May 14, 2008  •  Unix

Ken Thompson built a backdoor into the "

Ken Thompson built a backdoor into the "login" Unix program by inserting commands into the C compiler that ensured that not only would the backdoor code be inserted into the login program, but also into the C compiler itself when compiled.

By Jason Kottke  •  Apr 17, 2007  •  hackers   kenthompson   programming   Unix

For a rainy day: learning the Unix shell.

For a rainy day: learning the Unix shell.

By Jason Kottke  •  Feb 23, 2007  •  how to   Unix

Nerd cartoon: "Sudo make me a sandwich."

Nerd cartoon: "Sudo make me a sandwich."

By Jason Kottke  •  Sep 26, 2006  •  funny   Unix

Overheard: woman issues "rm -r *" command over the phone.

Overheard: woman issues "rm -r *" command over the phone.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 28, 2006  •  Unix

Hot topless girls spotted on the beach

Hot topless girls spotted on the beach reading a UNIX book. NSFW.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jun 15, 2006  •  NSFW   nudity   Unix

Misleading article on how to look like a Unix guru

Misleading article on how to look like a Unix guru. I thought this was going to contain advice on maintaining a long, gray beard and such.

By Jason Kottke  •  Jul 14, 2005  •  funny   Unix

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