[Tfug] Help me keep the shell people alive

[Jeffry Johnston]

I used a shell account for the longest time, for e-mail and web
hosting.  Now I use Gmail (it's not the greatest, but it works), and
have the eMachines running Debian stable for my web server :)  However
my father still uses a shell account.. he likes panix.com, mostly for
his newsgroups.

Jeff


On Jan 15, 2008 7:07 PM, Bob O'Connell <reo88 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Found this link entertaining.
>
> There is a sad truth to the world today. I am part of a dying breed of
> people known as "shell users." We are an old-fashioned bunch, preferring
> the warm glow of a green screen full of text over the cold blockiness of
> a graphical interface. We use ssh, scp, and even occassionally ftp. Back
> in the days before high-speed connections ("broadband"), we would dial
> up during off-hours to avoid being slammed with huge phone bills. The
> whole "Microsoft Windows" fad will fade away sooner or later, but in the
> interim, our kind is facing extinction.
>
> Because there are fewer and fewer of us, I must help keep our lineage
> alive. I am looking for someone to help me do this. I need a woman
> (obviously) who is willing to raise a child with me in the method of
> Unix. Our child will be introduced to computers at a young age, and will
> be setting emacs mode before any other child can even read. I earn a
> sufficient income to support a family in modest comfort. Other than the
> fact our child will be bright, text-based and sarcastic, we will
> otherwise be a normal family. We will even go to Disney World and see
> Mickey Mouse.
>
> So, if you are a woman between the ages of 23 and 43 who is ready to
> raise a child in the way of the shell, let me know so we can begin the
> process. (If you are ready to raise more than one child, even better.)
>
> PS - yes, this is for real. Given the right person, I would obviously
> propose before we ... call fork().
> PPS - I only set emacs mode for my ksh session. I only edit files using
> vi. Just wanted to clear that up. And I'm looking to raise the
> child(ren) as a dedicated couple, so if you aren't interested in being
> married, you may wish to select() a different posting.
>
> N.B. - on the issue of relocation. I live in a place where my
> income/expense ratio is proper (i.e., greater than 2:1). I'm willing to
> live anywhere in the world where this remains true. I've been to much of
> the country as well as foreign nations. There are no limits to where I
> will live *so long as the job market for unix admins is robust enough to
> be sustainable.* And yes, I am interested in a strictly monogamous
> situation. I've been known to actually turn down offers of "two chicks
> at the same time."
>
>     * Location: Typical Rich Town, CT
>     * it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other
>       commercial interests
>
> Original URL: http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/nyc/485967082.html
>
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