Tagged with Computers

Solidarity

Yesterday I was perusing some legacy software at work, and I came upon the following comment: * generated cc file provided by the union of code generating robots. I'm not sure if this was a joke, or the output of some tool I'm unfamiliar with, but if it is real, it's the best robot apocalypse … Continue reading →

The Tyrrany of the Alphabet

  When my nephew was much younger (around 4 or 5) he used to love to play on my laptop when I came home for Christmas.  However, since I really didn't have any games for preschoolers on my laptop, and my parents live in 1974, where there is no Internet, our options were limited. My … Continue reading →

Foiled again?

This morning, apropos of nothing, my computer at work issued the following thinly veiled threat: Cannot open file linux/tmp/.../include/curses.h My first thought was "Why did you try?"  I'm not sure what's in that file (because it can't be opened).  I assumed it was a list of expletives … Continue reading →