[clug] what passes for entertainment...

Ian Munsie darkstarsword at gmail.com
Sat Jun 27 09:33:40 GMT 2009


<snip>
> Easier:
> :(){:|:&};:

That's not a busy loop, that's a fork bomb (shortly after running it
your computer will stop responding if you don't have any ulimits in
place to stop it). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_bomb     BAD
HAL!!! Don't encourage people to crash their computer!

-I
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