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EAT THE EGGS RICOLA
May 29, 2008

ratbert90 posted:

You Sheffer stroke the output of cat ${SOME_DOC} to grep and ejaculate all instances of ${SOME_WORD} onto the console

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FlapYoJacks
Feb 12, 2009
Magnificent. :golfclap:

RFC2324
Jun 7, 2012

http 418

ratbert90 posted:

I use that syntax, I was just using a example of pipe. :colbert:
I am well aware of UUOC problems. :colbert: :colbert:

Can you elaborate on these problems? I always use cat just because it fits my thought processes.

evol262
Nov 30, 2010
#!/usr/bin/perl

RFC2324 posted:

Can you elaborate on these problems? I always use cat just because it fits my thought processes.

There aren't any actual problems with this on modern systems, unless you count "uses another process for a few milliseconds".

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

RFC2324 posted:

Can you elaborate on these problems? I always use cat just because it fits my thought processes.
Just look at the examples?

ratbert90 posted:

cat ${SOME_DOC} |grep ${SOME_WORD}

Guy Axlerod posted:

code:
grep ${SOME_WORD} ${SOME_DOC} 
They do exactly the same thing, but one doesn't use cat.

Mr. Fix It
Oct 26, 2000

💀ayyy💀


anthonypants posted:

Just look at the examples?

They do exactly the same thing, but one doesn't use cat.

If we're going to go down this road, then we're going to have to go after everyone using awk with grep, or grep with ps on a system with pgrep, or sudo su... I'll get my pitchfork :devil:

FlapYoJacks
Feb 12, 2009

Mr. Fix It posted:

If we're going to go down this road, then we're going to have to go after everyone using awk with grep, or grep with ps on a system with pgrep, or sudo su... I'll get my pitchfork :devil:

I use ps aux |grep process |awk '{print $2}' :smug:

Exit Strategy
Dec 10, 2010

by sebmojo

ratbert90 posted:

I use ps aux |grep process |awk '{print $2}' :smug:

mysql -u root -p`grep dsn.root /usr/mysql-connection-strings | cut -d : -f 3 | xargs -d @ | cut -d " " -f 1`;

For when you don't want to leave the user's password in bash history, but DO want to tell everyone exactly how to get the user's password. One of our junior techs came up with it. The fired one.

Volmarias
Dec 31, 2002

EMAIL... THE INTERNET... SEARCH ENGINES...
A ticket came in, from my home desktop power supply. The magic smoke has escaped. :smith:

Flipped breaker back on, turned off power supply hardware switch. Will do the needful in the morning.

A Frosty Witch
Apr 21, 2005

I was just looking at it and I suddenly got this urge to get inside. No, not just an urge - more than that. It was my destiny to be here; in the box.
.

A Frosty Witch fucked around with this message at 14:52 on Sep 16, 2015

Che Delilas
Nov 23, 2009
FREE TIBET WEED

EAT THE EGGS RICOLA posted:

You Sheffer stroke the output of cat ${SOME_DOC} to grep and ejaculate all instances of ${SOME_WORD} onto the console

Oh man don't make me trot out the extremely racist mnemonic for resistor color values.

Fiendish Dr. Wu
Nov 11, 2010

You done fucked up now!
It's monday...



"My printer isn't printing"
"is it plugged in and powered on?"
"... awkward silence... oh. No. I'll go plug it in now."

rolleyes
Nov 16, 2006

Sometimes you have to roll the hard... two?
It's me, I'm the guy with a 1GB corrupt PST. At least I know how to run scanpst I guess? :ohdear:

sfwarlock
Aug 11, 2007

Che Delilas posted:

Oh man don't make me trot out the extremely racist mnemonic for resistor color values.

Is it almost Bad Boys Ravish Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly?

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

sfwarlock posted:

Is it almost Bad Boys Ravish Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly?
That's the one I always think of. Thanks, dad :negative:

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

anthonypants posted:

That's the one I always think of. Thanks, dad :negative:

I may never use that, but I doubt I will ever forget it :stare:

notwithoutmyanus
Mar 17, 2009
So, they want me to open incident tickets for compromised machines by IP address (reported from AT&T). Our incident management tool is also our CMDB and the whole incident process can be automated. When I tell the person involved he seems unhappy with my suggestion of automation.

Why the gently caress wouldn't we? I don't want to waste a couple of hours (lots of tickets) I could be reading forums for that poo poo.

Mattavist
May 24, 2003

sfwarlock posted:

Is it almost Bad Boys Ravish Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly?

That's a really tame one.

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






Mattavist posted:

That's a really tame one.

s/bad/black/g

rolleyes
Nov 16, 2006

Sometimes you have to roll the hard... two?
Also, looking on Google, 'ravish' is much much worse in the original version.

I know 'it was a different time' and all that, but I really struggle to get my head round how that poo poo was ever considered ok.

Dr. Arbitrary
Mar 15, 2006

Bleak Gremlin
Really offensive mnemonics are memorable. I'll probably remember the resistor codes until the day I die. I'll struggle to recognize the faces of my family members but still be able to interpret an orange stripe on a resistor.

How can I forget my taxonomy.
King Philip Came Over For Gay Sex

I remember my network topology with:
Always poop sitting (on the) toilet. NEVER double poop!

I'm not saying that any of this is appropriate in a workplace environment, so keep it in your head.

nexxai
Jul 17, 2002

quack quack bjork
Fun Shoe

Dr. Arbitrary posted:

I remember my network topology with:
Always poop sitting (on the) toilet. NEVER double poop!
All People Say They Never Download Porn

guppy
Sep 21, 2004

sting like a byob
That one is especially appropriate for the industry, too.

Dilbert As FUCK
Sep 8, 2007

by Cowcaster
Pillbug

Dr. Arbitrary posted:

I remember my network topology with:
Always poop sitting (on the) toilet. NEVER double poop!


My CCNA teacher always said "A Priest Saw Ten Nun's Doing Pot"

he was cool.

stubblyhead
Sep 13, 2007

That is treason, Johnny!

Fun Shoe

Dr. Arbitrary posted:

How can I forget my taxonomy.
King Philip Came Over For Gay Sex

I learned this in high school, except it was good spaghetti instead of gay sex. I'm not saying he didn't come over for both, mind, but that's just what we used.

Nerdrock
Jan 31, 2006

My favorite was in Highshool Chemistry, we had a guy in our class whose initials were M.E. , so when we were learning about the prefixes for subatomic particles or whatever, the entire class turned out to use this mnemonic device:

Matt
E*****
Promised
Butt
Pirates
Heaping
Helpings
Of
Nasty
Douche

GreenNight
Feb 19, 2006
Turning the light on the darkest places, you and I know we got to face this now. We got to face this now.

So basically you were a bunch of dicks to the kid.

mattfl
Aug 27, 2004

Nerdrock posted:

My favorite was in Highshool Chemistry, we had a guy in our class whose initials were M.E. , so when we were learning about the prefixes for subatomic particles or whatever, the entire class turned out to use this mnemonic device:

Matt
E*****
Promised
Butt
Pirates
Heaping
Helpings
Of
Nasty
Douche

My initials are M.E. :geno:

Lum
Aug 13, 2003

nexxai posted:

All People Say They Never Download Porn

The one my IT teacher used when he thought I couldn't hear:

Aged Prostitutes Seem To Need Deeper Penetration


This was also the guy who you'd never ask a question during a practical session in case he leaned over you to use your keyboard, filling your noses full of cigarette and BO stink.

Paladine_PSoT
Jan 2, 2010

If you have a problem Yo, I'll solve it

Starting with physical instead of application you can do things like:

Please Do Not Tell Sales People Anything
or
Please Do Not Trust Sales People's Answers

DrAlexanderTobacco
Jun 11, 2012

Help me find my true dharma
A Pussy So Tight No Dick Penetrates.

sfwarlock
Aug 11, 2007
Universally, All People Seem To Need Data Processing.

(With "User" as the notional 8th OSI layer...)

Zemyla
Aug 6, 2008

I'll take her off your hands. Pleasure doing business with you!

sfwarlock posted:

Universally, All People Seem To Need Data Processing.

(With "User" as the notional 8th OSI layer...)
That's the one that fails the most.

DrAlexanderTobacco posted:

A Pussy So Tight No Dick Penetrates.
drat you! I was just about to post that!

sfwarlock
Aug 11, 2007

spankmeister posted:

s/bad/black/g

Also s/avish/ape/g

Also also according to an EE prof of mine the reason it was retired in industry was not PCness, but that no one could remember whether the bad boys in question were black or brown.

Also^3 I had a ticket once cite the 9th OSI layer - that being, the user's boss.

Also^4 I just had to put in a request to the helpdesk to change my password on an internal system. The email I get back:

hi you're new pw is "Password123!" lmk if it doesnt work. thanks ryan.

Chillbro Baggins
Oct 8, 2004
Bad Angus! Bad!

CitizenKain posted:

If a coworker is nearby, I'll invent brand new words for the phonetic alphabet just to watch him twitch. I'll have to remember Djibouti.

"P as in Pterodactyl and Pshrimp." -- Psmith.

The NATO phonetic alphabet works very well (well, it'd have to, wouldn't it?). Learn it, love it, use it. Whenever I have to spell a thing, I just use the NATO words, and the other person figures it out immediately even if they don't have a military background.

I like to refer to "@" as "capital 2", at least for my own mnemonics for remembering passwords.

Paladine_PSoT
Jan 2, 2010

If you have a problem Yo, I'll solve it

Delivery McGee posted:

"P as in Pterodactyl and Pshrimp." -- Psmith.

The NATO phonetic alphabet works very well (well, it'd have to, wouldn't it?). Learn it, love it, use it. Whenever I have to spell a thing, I just use the NATO words, and the other person figures it out immediately even if they don't have a military background.

I like to refer to "@" as "capital 2", at least for my own mnemonics for remembering passwords.
Just go with silent letters, alternate letter spellings, homonyms, and words made up of two letter sounds.

Are
Beady
Cession
Djinn
Eye
Fjord
Gnat
Hour
ID
Jalapeno
Knight
Llama
Mnemonic
Nay
Oedipus
Pneumatic
Quran
Ray
Sea
Teepee
Uvula
Vowel
Write
Xenon
Yves
Zibo

Che Delilas
Nov 23, 2009
FREE TIBET WEED

sfwarlock posted:

Is it almost Bad Boys Ravish Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly?

Yeah, replace two words to be more racist and trigger-y and you've got the one I was taught. In college.

Go to college, kids.

Edit: Noticed your second post, that's correct (and horrible).

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Paladine_PSoT posted:

Just go with silent letters, alternate letter spellings, homonyms, and words made up of two letter sounds.

Are
Beady
Cession
Djinn
Eye
Fjord
Gnat
Hour
ID
Jalapeno
Knight
Llama
Mnemonic
Nay
Oedipus
Pneumatic
Quran
Ray
Sea
Teepee
Uvula
Vowel
Write
Xenon
Yves
Zibo

Quebec is already good enough. "Kebeck"

Paladine_PSoT
Jan 2, 2010

If you have a problem Yo, I'll solve it

scroogle nmaps posted:

Quebec is already good enough. "Kebeck"

Disclaimer: This was written for american accents. Most americans pronounce quebec "Kwebeck" because qu almost always has a kw sound to it. Quran distinctly ignores the w sound (though so does qi which sounds like key and would probably on second thought make a better Q word).

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Entropic
Feb 21, 2007

patriarchy sucks
I'm discovering the joys of dlink firmware circa 2004. When you go to change the date and time for this router, you select the year from a drop down menu that has every possible option hardcoded. All the way from 2002 up to 2012.

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