I disagree that really destroying your computer is a very easy thing to do (sans going into the BIOS or touching the actual hardware)
rm -r /
sudo rm -rf /
sudo rm -rf / &
It’s no fun if you can just C-c to stop it.
I get a creepy feeling just looking at that.
No kidding. It’s like saying ‘Zeeky Boogy Doog’ out loud.
I did that once! Without the sudo, so it was even worse because I was logged in as root. Oops? Now every time I do anything as root I triple-check it. Destroying my system wasn’t really fun, but it taught me a really valuable lesson.
Edit—please disregard this post
I had a boss who did that to an entire lab of computers just after a coworker finished reimaging them.
Yeah, but who’s going to accidentally install linux? ;)
It’s like falling and missing the ground. Happens all the time. For some reason people don’t let me borrow their computers anymore.
Video.
The ‘f’ switch helps!
rm -r /
sudo rm -rf /
sudo rm -rf / &
It’s no fun if you can just C-c to stop it.
I get a creepy feeling just looking at that.
No kidding. It’s like saying ‘Zeeky Boogy Doog’ out loud.
I did that once! Without the sudo, so it was even worse because I was logged in as root. Oops? Now every time I do anything as root I triple-check it. Destroying my system wasn’t really fun, but it taught me a really valuable lesson.
Edit—please disregard this post
I had a boss who did that to an entire lab of computers just after a coworker finished reimaging them.
Yeah, but who’s going to accidentally install linux? ;)
It’s like falling and missing the ground. Happens all the time. For some reason people don’t let me borrow their computers anymore.
Video.
The ‘f’ switch helps!