[desertblues]

Originally Posted by Mortis

Thats evil! Honestly, you thought that would be funny? Do you know what that command does, I remember it because I used to batch Delete many disks................

Originally Posted by LCF

.......@ardeegee, your "easter egg" is so not funny. If I compare it to the egg from Mortis, it's like the difference between tripping someone in the sand and breaking both his legs with a sledgehammer and laughing at his howling and vain attempts to move closer to the phone in order to call 911.

Originally Posted by bhartman36

Not cool. You should never post things like that to someone who's just learning. It's cruel.

Originally Posted by bhartman36

A person "who doesn't keep constant backups of everything" describes about 99% of people who use computers. As far as "some random person on the Internet" goes: Welcome to the Internet. It's actually chock full of forums where people suggest commands to run to solve various problems/see various things. Stop by a Linux forum sometime. If someone asks how to get a file list in their root directory, and you respond with

rm -rf *

then their ignorance is excusable, but your malice is not.

Originally Posted by beppe

This also seems appropriate, maybe

• Vulpes pilum mutat, non mores!
  • Translation: "A fox may change its skin but never its character" - Suetonius

An other thing comes to my mind. PC stands for personal computer, not a mainframe that you might have access to. But personal could refer to person and not to wild beast.
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The above and my ignorance poses the question: why would you suggests a thing like that on a forum where a lot of people visit?
I mean: a practical joke is a joke for one person or several persons you know. Do you personally know the OP?
But to lash out at complete strangers; that is totally beyond my comprehension.