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Old 09-26-2010, 12:52 AM   #1
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Talking Unix (Linux) Poetry


Greetings, I am new here and as an opening would like to share the following poem. Enjoy (do you also have one to share?)

The Unix Poem
<>!*''#
^"`$$-
!*=@$_
%*<>~#4
&[]../
|{,, SYSTEM HALTED

Translated
< > ! * ' ' #
Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
^ " ` $ $ -
Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
! * = @ $ _
Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
% * < > ~ # 4
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
& [ ] . . /
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
| { , , SYSTEM HALTED
Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH.
 
Old 09-26-2010, 01:01 AM   #2
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please post this sort of stuff in a "General" forum if anywhere. All other forums are for technical questions.
 
Old 09-26-2010, 01:47 AM   #3
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Angry Hmm

The sign at the door said this was the General Forum. Hmmm
 
Old 09-26-2010, 02:52 AM   #4
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We have 2 General forums - Linux-General for general technical questions and the General forum (or Big General as I call it) for off-topic stuff. I have moved this to General.
 
Old 09-26-2010, 03:18 AM   #5
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Old 09-26-2010, 04:02 AM   #6
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hehe
 
Old 09-27-2010, 08:14 AM   #7
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That was pretty funny. I wouldn't say it has anything to do with Unix specifically, though.
 
Old 09-28-2010, 03:22 PM   #8
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Not

thx...I thought it was funny too.

Last edited by glent; 09-28-2010 at 03:23 PM.
 
Old 10-03-2010, 10:17 AM   #9
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"We have 2 General forums - Linux-General for general technical questions and the General forum (or Big General as I call it) for off-topic stuff. I have moved this to General."

Big General forum. What a relief.
 
  


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