Humor

[Mark Szidik]

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Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 13:22:31 +0100
From: Ade Rixon <ade.rixon@big-bubbles.fluff.org>
To: sage-members@usenix.org
Subject: Re: [SAGE] dummies

27 Jul 02:40:20 PM: Meanwhile in the Sheraton, David R. Linn wrote:
> >> From: Tom Limoncelli <tal@plts.org>
> >> The only book series that I feel is inappropriate is
> >> "____TOPIC___ Secrets Revealed!" because the books "reveal" information
> >> that isn't secret at all
> Before we had "... for Dummies", we had ".... Made Simple"
>-- End of excerpt from David R. Linn


YES, it's this season's hot seller:
	UNIX HACKER'S SECRETS FOR DUMMIES UNLEASHED AND MADE SIMPLE!

3,000 pages of information that "They" won't tell you! Be studly! Become a
Unix hacker king dude with our explosive, unauthorised guide to every Unix
trick and shortcut in the known universe. We ran complex Internet searches
for "Unix", then followed it up by searching for the word "Unix" in EVERY
file of EVERY version of Unix we could find, to bring you:

  * Logging in
  * Files and directories: the mysteries of permission codes!
  * Powerful indexing commands: grep, cut and sort
  * rm & kill: woo, scary!
  * The superuser account: you ARE worthy!
  * And MUCH, MUCH MORE!

Appendix includes complete man pages for AT&T(tm) Version 7 Unix!
Book spine includes handy integrated plastic carry handle!

Don't forget our companion book:
	LINUX HACKER'S SECRETS FOR DUMMIES UNLEASHED AND MADE SIMPLE!

3,000 more pages with the word "Unix" replaced by "Linux"!




...Sorry about that, I needed to get it off my chest after my last visit
to the bookstore. I know the dot-com thing has crashed and burned, but has
anyone analysed the profits of publishing companies since the Internet
took off? Or are there too many products competing in the marketplace?
Personally, I can't understand why I'd want a dead tree imprint about an
online phenomenon.

Cheers,
Ade_
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