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Old 04-10-2011, 05:29 PM   #16
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Not cool. You should never post things like that to someone who's just learning. It's cruel.
Anyone dumb enough to enter a command some random person on the internet tells them to without researching it-- and who doesn't keep constant backups of everything-- deserves a good object lesson.
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Old 04-10-2011, 05:37 PM   #17
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Which brings us to the bird, the cow, and the cat parable, that I just learned about.
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Old 04-10-2011, 06:04 PM   #18
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I would have caught the delete all part . But still not that funny of a joke. I managed to get a computer that still had MS-DOS at the community share shed for ten bucks. I like vista better than 98 . I was looking around the computer I'm on right now (Vista) and it seems like powershell is the same or similar as MS-DOS?
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Old 04-10-2011, 06:41 PM   #19
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Anyone dumb enough to enter a command some random person on the internet tells them to without researching it-- and who doesn't keep constant backups of everything-- deserves a good object lesson.
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

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Old 04-10-2011, 06:43 PM   #20
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I would have caught the delete all part . But still not that funny of a joke.
Well-- it answers your question "what's the worst that can happen." You can delete everything on your drive with 14 keystrokes.
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Old 04-10-2011, 06:49 PM   #21
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I would have caught the delete all part . But still not that funny of a joke. I managed to get a computer that still had MS-DOS at the community share shed for ten bucks. I like vista better than 98 . I was looking around the computer I'm on right now (Vista) and it seems like powershell is the same or similar as MS-DOS?
The command line under Windows 7 is similar to DOS, but I don't think it's the same. The Windows 7 command line reports itself as "Windows 6.1.76". I'm not sure if it'll run DOS applications or not.
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Old 04-11-2011, 02:05 AM   #22
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Which brings us to the bird, the cow, and the cat parable, that I just learned about.
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.

Jerk is even more appropriate

Noun. An idiot or stupid person. An insensitive, selfish, ignorant, cocky person who is inconsiderate and does stupid things.
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Old 04-11-2011, 04:12 AM   #23
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Anyone dumb enough to enter a command some random person on the internet tells them to without researching it-- and who doesn't keep constant backups of everything-- deserves a good object lesson.
You should play Eve Online, if you don't already.
Do whatever you want and then blame your victim for being there, thus allowing you to destroy his possessions just for the fun of it.
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Old 04-11-2011, 04:17 AM   #24
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Old 04-11-2011, 04:55 AM   #25
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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................
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.......@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.
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Not cool. You should never post things like that to someone who's just learning. It's cruel.
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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
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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.
...............
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.
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Old 04-11-2011, 05:11 AM   #26
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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.
It is not directed at THE TERMINATOR
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Old 04-11-2011, 05:46 AM   #27
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Which brings us to the bird, the cow, and the cat parable, that I just learned about.
I must confess my ignorance. I had to google for the story.
Nice one I read a few versions
Thanks for mentioning it
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Which brings us to the bird, the cow, and the cat parable, that I just learned about.
I remember that from many years ago, thank you for reminding me of it.
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I couldn't really find anything out about this, but what is the worst thing that could happen if I start playing around on MS-DOS?
You'll grow hair on your palms?
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