Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 11:15:35 -0800 From: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, "Nicpon, John" <John.Nicpon@SouthTrust.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unix Philosophers Please! Message-ID: <20011101111535.A41247@darkstar.gte.net> In-Reply-To: <3y3d3ye353.d3y@localhost.localdomain>; from swear@blarg.net on Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 10:51:04AM -0800 References: <2AACFCDB6086274CA42D44085EF1BAA2293FF3@msm-001.msg.stcorp.com> <xzp8zdqvgij.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3y3d3ye353.d3y@localhost.localdomain>
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/dev/null is a containter. If you delete it, the little data-singularity will get out and go roving around your system consuming data. You have to be careful with DOS too, cause their wall around "nul:" is thinner, and it tends to get loose fairly often. Be careful with /dev/entropy, /dev/chaos, and /dev/dev/.. (/dev/recursion). [RC] On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 10:51:04AM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> writes: > > > If you delete > > /dev/null (which effectively disables the CPU data sink) your CPU may > > run cooler but your system will quickly become constipated with all > > that excess data and start to behave erratically. > > In addition to the constipation, the daemons get the chills when away > from a hellish heat for too long. Easy to confuse with a virus. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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