Boy this is a classic: I email one of the IT people at MPOW asking how I can get access to the directory '/usr/local/' on one of the local servers here and he replies:
"You likely need to use: 'sudo -s' to access a root user shell first."
No, really? I'm thinking of returning the compliment and replying to him in Hoch Deutsch.
From Magill's Medical Guide:
"Meanwhile, Spanish physician Michael Servetus published a treatise in 1553 describing how circulation of blood to the lungs and back (often called the lesser circulation) might occur. Unfortunately, because he also included religious views, all copies of his writings that could be found were destroyed, and he was burned at the stake. Eventually, in 1694, a copy of his book was found; his circulation theory matched later findings." [6th ed., v. 1, p.369]
So Apple thinks it's okay to download and install commercial links to itself -- not just anywhere but on the taskbar no less, all under the guise of 'Software Updates'. If MS had done this back in the day, the Justice Department would've already been after their sorry a*ses by now.
As if I didn't have enough to do over the holidays (see below), I redesigned the website template for UIC's Office of Admissions & Records.
Basically what I did was to bring the thing into compliance with the University's new top-level website which they changed at the beginning of the school year.
The holidays are always a great time to do something like this (since basically no one's looking) so you can believe I worked my butt off to get this done on time.
