brainstorms

Monday March 28, 2005

deteriorata from the past

[just found a version of deteriorata from late nineties. that reference to solaris could only be for the memorable 4.0 version. it must have seemed funny at the time...]

Go mousing amid the webpages and news, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a homepage. Avoid aix or any version of windows unless you are in need of sleep. Garbage collect. Speak glowingly of geeks faster than yourself and heed well their advice even though they be zombies. Know what to boot and when. Consider that two wrongs don't make a right but that three in c++ do. Wherever possible put people on hold. Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment and despite the changing fortune of time there is always a big fortune in the information superhighway. Remember Solaris. Strive at all times to hack, break, obfuscate and rm. Know yourself: if you need help, call Eliza. Exercise caution in your daily e-mail, especially with those newbies nearest to you. That lemon on netcom.com, for instance. Be assured that walking through the ocean of most programmers' perl code would scarely get your toes numb. Fall not in love therefore; it will stick to your keyboard. Gracefully surrender the things of youth, plan9, clean air, dolphins & berkeley; and let not the sands of time get in your diet coke. Hire people with hiking boots. For a good time, visit www.slashdot.org, click here. Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your screen is finally getting enough color; and reflect that whatever collection of bugs may be your lot, it could only be worse in Microsoft. You are a throwaway code of the Universe; you have no right to be here, and whether you can hear it or not the Universe is recompiling behind your back. Therefore make peace with your God whatever you conceive It to be: Richard Stallman, Miss Piggy or Vint Cerf. With all its hopes, dreams, ipv6 promises and telecommuting, the world continues to deteriorate. Unplug!