[clug] Looking for "Danger, Will Robinson" comment in source code

steve jenkin sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au
Thu Jun 2 22:03:30 UTC 2022


A friend said he’d heard a story that "Danger, Will Robinson”  was buried in source code somewhere.

went looking & failed to find a decent reference.

Any clues?

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For your amusement, things I found.

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500+ comments on Stackoverflow thread

What is the best comment in source code you have ever encountered?
	<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/184618/what-is-the-best-comment-in-source-code-you-have-ever-encountered>

Same thread as a single page
WARNING: will attempt to print the page

	<http://www.stackprinter.com/questions/what-is-the-best-comment-in-source-code-you-have-ever-encountered.html>

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man Syslogd

	<https://linux.die.net/man/8/syslogd>

	5.

	Use step 4 and if the problem persists and is not secondary to a rogue program/daemon get a 3.5 ft (approx. 1 meter) length of sucker rod* and have a chat with the user in question.

	Sucker rod def. - 3/4, 7/8 or 1in. hardened steel rod, male threaded on each end. 
	Primary use in the oil industry in Western North Dakota and other locations to pump 'suck' oil from oil wells. 
	Secondary uses are for the construction of cattle feed lots and for dealing with the occasional recalcitrant or belligerent individual.

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Abba tribute in an easter egg.

Why does man print "gimme gimme gimme" at 00:30?
	<https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/405783/why-does-man-print-gimme-gimme-gimme-at-0030>

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History of:

	 "Whenever faced with a problem, some people say `Lets use _____.'
        Now, they have two problems.”

creator:
	David Tilbrook

<http://regex.info/blog/2006-09-15/247>

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