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# Ever read
'In The Beginning Was The Command Line?' If not I recommend it - a must for all tech heads.
It mentions a Dilbert cartoon with a dark, bearded figure - The Unix Op. He flips a nickel at Dilbert and says 'Get a real OS, kid.'
(, Sat 5 Oct 2002, 21:43, archived)
# I know that one! I know it!
He's cool. And wears braces.
(, Sat 5 Oct 2002, 21:44, archived)
# Read the book?
It's available from Cryptonomicon - I read it at work one day when the proxy went down.
(, Sat 5 Oct 2002, 21:49, archived)
# Not read it
but I'm aware of it.
Currently attempting The Cathedral and The Bazaar. And The Hacker Ethic.
and neural networks for pattern recognition...
(, Sat 5 Oct 2002, 21:58, archived)