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/usr/share/misc

Sunday afternoon hacking on Mac OS X. A mailing list showed me some nifty Perl which listed appreviations for states… pointing at the directory /usr/share/misc. Now, I’m a Unix virgin, so I have no clue what this directory is for, but upon examination I find the following files:

Airport : Lists airports and airport abbreviations
Birthtoken: Birthstones by month
Units.lib: All sorts of different standards and abbreviations
Flowers: What to read into different flowers

… and the list goes on.

A quick google of “/usr/share/miscs” tells me it’s used for “Miscellaneous architecture-independent data”. Ok. Right. So, if I’m ever really wondering what to think when someone gives me a vase of white violets… I’ll… head… straight to… /usr/share/misc?

Right.

p.s. White violets = Modesty.

# March 2, 2003
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18 Comments (Comments are closed)
rands wrote:

Strange -- no /usr/games on my default Mac OS X install. How depressing, I was seriously looking forward to hunting a bit of wumpus.

yojauta wrote:

UNIX IS HARD

P.S. BRING BACK JIZZY

shrike wrote:

If /usr/games contains NetHack, I will be Impressed. The capitalisation denotes great magnitude. Or something. Fuck. PASS THE PAINKILLERS WENDY!

ecco wrote:

I am totally coding ascii porn in perl.


(this mean i am cool)

Jave wrote:

For ascii art, download JavE. Jave.de I think. Excellent tool. Speaking of excellent tools, whatever happened to your webcomic ecco?? Peace Love Beats & Kisses, Stonewall Jackson.

tito wrote:

T RANDS STOP JACKING MY STYLE (WAS RE: ALL THE HOMPHING)

ecco wrote:

well, after memepool or metafilter or one of those idiots posted about the comic i was making, all of a sudden my server started to die every five minutes because it became SO FUCKING POPULAR. so one comic later, i decided to change formats. sanscomic.com is still up, but i don't update it -- besides, don't you prefer tehsux? it's so much easier to update and it's already gotten metafiltered by the retards and it held up fine.

Stonewall Jackson wrote:

Yeah I'm sorry to get you metafiltered like that. I've actually been kicked out of metafilter twice now. For bing myself. And no, tehsux isn't that amazingly good. What made sanscomic so good was the dope smoke train of thought substantiated through imagery. When those jokes are organized and seriously strung together they create something much more than retarded bonghit humor. You had a really good style too, in some ways better than jerkcity. Sanscomic had fantastic punchlines too, I seem to remember - "I AM FAT" and "LOOK I'M SORRY I SODOMIZED YOUR DAUGHTER".

Ah those were the days.

ecco wrote:

it puts the comedy in the wastebasket and it throws it over the fence into its neighbor's yard.

Ryvar wrote:

I'm the guy on metafilter making all the (very) long pro-gun rants despite not owning a gun. Fortunately I hate America enough that I haven't been kicked out of the clubhouse . . .

SJ wrote:

I was "Settle" and then "Kettleblack". Matt Howie, being a homosexual, probably got tired of all the front page publicity jerkcity was getting from me.

Spacelegoman wrote:

Settle was one of the only good posters on metafilter ever.

Good work, sir.

Stonewall Jackson wrote:

I was widely loved, yes, but the metafilter community didn't appreciate my genius. Their loss I say.

Klaatu wrote:

/usr/games needs Rogue!
> you have found a scroll and a leatherman's leather body bag.
>You read the scroll.
(Teleport Monster)
>A Leprechaun from behind the door shows you his ugly smile.
>You hit the leprechaun, as in stuff him into the Leather bag and smack his ass to kingdom come.
>You defeat the Leprechaun - his purse feels lighter.
You now have 200,000 gold pieces.
>You descend down the stairs into the next dungeon level
>Your strength has increased...
ramble on Rands & sing your song

Klaatu wrote:

usr/lyrics/Zappa:
But the night before
Behind the door
A leprechaun had stroked his spot
He stroked his spot

WofoPewp wrote:

Stroked his SMOCK, fool.

Which sent him off in such a frenzy,
he sang lock around the crock
and he topped it off with a WOO WOO WOO
as he stumbled on his cock
he was delighted as it stiffened
and ripped right through his sock!
"Oh Saint Alfonso would be proud of me!"
(He shouted down the block).

Klaatu wrote:

Usr/lyrics/ Zappa
As the priest in the leatherman's body bag flies
through the dungeon on the swing:
Dominus Vo-bisque 'em
Et come spear a tu-tu,
Oh!
Won't you eat my sleazy pancakes
Just for Saintly Alfonzo
Ktanx to Wofo


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