My own private GNU / Linux thread

Marko Vojinovic vvmarko at panet.co.yu
Mon Jul 28 23:19:12 UTC 2008


On Monday 28 July 2008 09:31, Andrew Kelly wrote:
> Yes, it's mine, but I'm happy to share.

Say, are you sharing it under the viral-GPL or some more-free licence? ;-)

> I've been in very close contact with a scandinavian physicist who has
> proof that the number of strange attractors these threads are generating
> is beginning to affect the efficiency of sauna heating in the north.
> 
> The two of us, each having been asked by the other to represent all of
> humanity, have determined that a crisis intervention is imperative.

Count me in for help !! I want to correct yet another social injustice !!! :-)

> As you read this, dozens of grade school children dressed as ghosts (but
> with 3 versions of the GPL and some random perl fragments embossing
> their sheets) are descending upon strategically selected, prolific
> posters to this list. These gOSSts (ghoulish Open Source Software
> touting students), rattling their ipchains and menacingly moaning
> gnuuuuUUUUUU, GNUUUUUU!
> will perform
> while(1){
> 	traumatise();
> }
>
> Until such time as Your System or Network Administrator issues a SIGHUP
> and peace again descends upon us.

Is the traumatise() function included in glibc? If not, where can I find and 
download the source code? ;-)

Best, :-)
Marko




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