From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] secstore
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 16:43:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020515164313.V1584@cackle.proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4f6cf8d89ae69bcd9992217e16eb01d6@plan9.bell-labs.com>; from rob pike, esq. on Wed, May 15, 2002 at 10:15:42AM -0400
On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 10:15:42AM -0400, rob pike, esq. wrote:
>
> Why use /dev/null? We just choose a system console and talk there,
> hitting control-U after each line.
>
I'm a person of habit, getting the knack of pressing ^U at the end of
each line would take some getting used to. I can imagine the damage
of pressing Enter instead :-(
Plus you have to remember the rest of the IRC culture, like fake logs
and other entertainment for l33t k1dz :-) ^U would certainly cause
some psychological distress.
++L
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2002-05-15 14:15 rob pike, esq.
2002-05-15 14:43 ` Lucio De Re [this message]
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2002-05-15 14:37 ` Lucio De Re
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