Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:18:53 -0800 (PST) From: sameer <sameer@c2.net> To: leec@adonai.net (Lee Crites) Cc: dglo@SSEC.WISC.EDU, jadeite@light.pomona.edu, sameer@c2.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'GET A LIFE' doesn't work Message-ID: <199704011818.KAA12125@gabber.c2.net> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970401161717.0068189c@adonai.net> from Lee Crites at "Apr 1, 97 10:17:17 am"
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Yes, yes, yes. But no one seems to have even gotten close to answering my question. Does anyone know *why* it doesn't work on FreeBSD? Do FreeBSD folks have lives, so it doesn't show up? Do freebsd people *not* have lives? Inquiring minds want to know. > >> > echo '[q]sa[ln0=aln256%Pln256/snlbx]sb3135071790101768542287578439snlbxq'|d > >Looks like it's supposed to echo "GET A LIFE!", but out of HP-UX 10.10, > >Solaris 2.5, IRIX 6.2, AIX 3.2 and AIX 4.1.4, only the AIX 3.2 system did > >that. The rest of 'em returned without echoing anything. > > Reminds me of that old 12-days-of-Christmas c program which was so > obfuscated that 99.9998% of the people could never figure out what it was > supposed to do, until they ran it, that is, and even then, most people > couldn't understand how it did it... > > (now was that a runon sentence, or what?) > > Lee > -- Sameer Parekh Voice: 510-986-8770 President FAX: 510-986-8777 C2Net http://www.c2.net/ sameer@c2.net
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