On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:26:25 +0200 > Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 14/12/12 14:19, Dale wrote: >> > I'm thinking of switching and getting rid of the init thingy >> >> Huh? > > Once upon a time, not so long ago, Dale happened to try and make an > initrd. He followed the rules and the docs and it blew up in his face. > It blew up more in his face than HAL did even longer ago (and that was > pretty spectacular). > > Somewhere in that thread the words "init thingy" were used in > frustration, and it's since become a meme, a disparaging reference to > initrd for those who don't like the idea of them. > > Dale is getting famous at this, if ever we need someone to find the > really bad bugs in basic software, just mark it stable enough so that > Dale will use it. He will find the bugs that no-one else ever could, > it's just a knack he has. > > Long live Dale.
Hear! Hear! Dale, would you be interested in jobs doing software testing? If I see openings, I'd be happy to forward them your way... -- :wq
