Computer SuperUser - a.k.a. “Root” Hacker
Source of “Root of all Evil” or a laughing hacker?
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A superuser is a user on the system who has control over all the settings, and files on the machine. Under UNIX this user is traditionally called root. If you have access to the superuser account on a machine, you shouldn't use it unless you absolutely need to. The power that comes with the superuser account can cause damage, as well as be used to maintain the system. Many people have destroyed work, or left a system unusable, by mistakenly issuing commands as root, when they believed that they were another user. To become the superuser on the machine, you use the su (switch user) command...  Defect-free software does not exist. - Wietse Venema Computer viruses should count as life. - Stephen Hawking You can't write poetry on the computer. - Quentin Tarantino Oh, so they have internet on computers now! - Homer Simpson We don't need nukes. We have the internet. - Alice Minium The internet is a great way to get on the net. - Bob Dole Immunity to boredom gives the computer an edge. - Alan Lakein Real Soon Now: When the software will be shipped - Daffynitions joe-ks.com Computer logic is no substitute for human wisdom. - Unknown Mobile is a lot closer to TV than it is to desktop. - Mark Zuckerberg Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all. - John F Kennedy Ecrastinate: Checking your e-mail just one more time - Daffynitions joe-ks.com Hardware: the parts of a computer that can be kicked. - Jeff Pesis The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail. - Stephen Fry Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. - Steve Wozniak Sleep is so cute when it tries to compete with the internet. - Will Ferrell Iconomic: Making do with fewer icons on your computer desktop - Daffynitions joe-ks.com There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. - Ken Olson To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer. - Paul Ehrlich The internet turns 30 minutes of homework into 2 hours of homework. - Unknown Valentine's day without your love is like a year without the Internet. - Santosh Kalwar On the keyboard of life always keep one finger on the 'escape' key. - Unknown People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware. - Alan Kay Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. - Mitchell Kapor Keyboard: 1. Place to hang your keys; 2. The standard way to generate computer errors. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com I don't believe in e-mail. I'm an old-fashioned girl. I prefer calling and hanging up. - Sarah Jessica Parker Learning by doing, peer-to-peer teaching, and computer simulation are all part of the same equation. - Nicholas Negroponte Every two months, I would get an email, 'Skeleton Twins update: still don't have the money!' - Bill Hader I use a computer. I don't know if that qualifies me as a techie, but I'm pretty good on the computer. - Leonard Nimoy Word-of-mouth marketing has always been important. Today, it's more important than ever because of the Internet. - Newt Barrett People enjoy the interaction on the internet, and the feeling of belonging to a group that does something interesting. - Linus Torvalds The new information technology (Internet and e-mail) have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications. - Peter F Drucker From sixdegrees to Friendster to Facebook, social networking has become a familiar and ubiquitous part of the Internet. - David Kirkpatrick The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited. - Alan Kay Until Facebook came along, there was hardly anywhere on the public Internet where you had to operate with your real name. - David Kirkpatrick Just think how far we've come in the 20th Century. The man who used to be a cog in the wheel is now a digit in the computer. - Robert Fuoss The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting. - Dave Barry The majority of people who don't have Internet don't have the Internet because they don't know why they want to use the Internet. - Mark Zuckerberg Cell phones, mobile e-mail, and all the other cool and slick gadgets can cause massive losses in our creative output and overall productivity. - Robin S Sharma The problem with the internet is that it gives you everything - reliable material and crazy material. So the problem becomes, how do you discriminate? - Umberto Eco see also Computer Section
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