Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 36338
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2005/2/20-21 [Politics/Domestic/911, Computer/SW/Unix] UID:36338 Activity:kinda low
2/20    Hey jwang, I have a suggestion/feature request. Rather than deleting
        politics which I know you hate, how about moving them to another file,
        like /etc/motd.politics? I appreciate the hard work you put into
        political cleansing in the past few years as it makes motd more
        compact, but it would be nice if they're moved instead of eradicated.
        You got root, and/or you got ties to root to make it
        happen. How about it jwang?
        \_ fuck you kchang.
          \_ fuck you ilyas.
             \_ fuck you meyers.
               \_ The above illustrates why conservatives are running the show
                  (cuz the other side can't get along with one another)
                  \_ I am on the liberal side now?  Someone forgot to let me
                     know.  I don't know (and don't care) what kchang's
                     politics are.  Meyers' politics are irrelevant as he is
                     an idiot. -- ilyas
                     \_ Wow, it's like you've known me my whole life!  Please
                        explain to me why foodstamps at gunpoint is bad, but
                        funding your research at gunpoint is good.  -meyers
        \_ I personally would go for that, though I think it is sort
           of a solution looking for a problem. If I am not interested
           in something, I just don't bother with it. I don't go
           around trying to decide what is appropriate for others
           to read. Actually, how about we create a motd.moderated
           and a motd.unmoderated and you can be responsible for
           maintaining motd.moderated. -ausman
           \_ This is fucking hilarious.  How many people does anyone really
              think would read motd.moderated?
                  \_ after 911 the motd went into a lockdown and everyone
                     switched over to the underground motd. Search for
                     "underground motd peterm" in the archiver and you'll see.
                     It's really no big deal, people adapt quickly.
           \_ I have a better idea.  How about instead of doing that, jwang
              gets a fucking clue? -- ilyas
              \_ go libertarian go!
           \_ Good idea, with one slight change: just made motd.unmoderated
              a symlink to motd.public.
              \_ Can we also symlink motd.moderated to /dev/null?
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