Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 21909
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07/22   3 syncs represent the trinity - init, the child and the eternal zombie
        process.  In doing 3, you're paying homage to each and I think such
        traditions are important in this shallow, mercurial business we find
        ourselves in. - j.k.h.
        \_ What does 'halt' represent?  As we all know, the mantra is:
           'sync; sync; sync; halt'
           \_ amen
           \_ The undiscovered country from whose borne no luser returns
              \_ It makes us rather bare those ills of the working system
                 we have than to fly to others we know not of.
           \_ For those who follow the fourth revision of the gospel of the
              fifth coming (mostly the sun worshippers among us) the mantra
              is: 'sync; sync; sync; init 5'