Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!ukc!warwick!maukh From: maukh@warwick.ac.uk (Sunstorm the Intestinal) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Request for examples of mmap(2) Summary: Semidigested portions of mutilated cats' mothers' prehensile gums Keywords: triangles, squares, straight lines, squiggly lines, a point Message-ID: <117@orchid.warwick.ac.uk> Date: 2 Jun 89 20:56:29 GMT References: <113@orchid.warwick.ac.uk> Reply-To: maukh@warwick.ac.uk (Sunstorm the Intestinal) Organization: Hoopy.Froods@Worrik Lines: 54 In article me@worrik (Sunny - that's me) proclaims eloquently: > [Entire posting deleted, but the gist of it can - not surprisingly > - be found in the subject line.] Well, fat lot of use you so-called Unix literates turned out to be. Fine, sure, you all come in here with your fancy postings about "void *chicken", ksh quirks, why fortune does what it apparently does and other such trivia. But when it comes to some real meaty inherently nauseous Unix vomit, no-one is prepared to say anything more than: > I can't help you, but your posting is one of the [superlative > deleted] I've seen on Usenet in weeks. [The author's name/ID has been left out in order to maintain his/her/its/their anonymity (and protect him/her/it/them from unwanted, yet greatly deserved, embarrassment which would tend to bring into question his/her/its/their position as a Usenet.personality)] Correct me if I'm wrong, but surely a question about one of Unix's least/most (delete as appropriate) fundamental routines should not be posted to rec.arts.chicken-farming or comp.unix.chickens.fashion or one of the moderated chicken-related groups? Surely *this* is the place that people post to when they want answers fast? Surely this is where articles that require prompt replies are posted? Surely articles are posted here by people who want answers to their postings rather quickly? Surely people who want their answers quickly post their relevent questions here? Surely quick-answer-requiring articles are posted here? Surely articles posted here are written by people who require quick answers (or are answers to postings written by people requiring such)? Surely I'm saying "surely" too much? Surely "surely" is being said too much by me? Surely "surely" appears far too frequently in this posting? Surely I may accurately be classified as a member of the set of those people who overuse the word "surely"? Surely I'm getting a bit repetitive? Surely I'm getting a bit repetitive? Surely I'm getting a bit repetitive? Disclaimer: Ignore the above paragraph. Pah! Looks like I'll actually have to read the manual entry after all... cheese, I hate all this phlegming about in hyperspace. "man mmap | removeobfuscation" here I come... ~ Sunny. +------------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ | "... there he fell headlong, | ARPA: maukh@cu.warwick.ac.uk | | his body burst open and all | BITNET: maukh%uk.ac.warwick.cu.UKACRL | | his intestines spilled out." | UUCP: maukh@warwick.uucp | +------------------------------+ JANET: maukh@uk.ac.warwick.cu | | SNAIL: 59 Queensland Av, Chapelfields, COVENTRY, CV5 8FF, UK ('til July)| +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+