Re: Not a bible thumper. . .

Kai Henningsen (kai@khms.westfalen.de)
22 Jul 1996 10:07:00 +0200


khan@pacificrim.net (Khan Klatt) wrote on 17.07.96 in <v03007604ae12f8e05683@[204.96.68.23]>:

> >./fs/isofs/inode.c:/* Some dipshit decided to store some other bit of
> >information in the high
>
> My suggestion: replace with dip(*^$

That's different?!

> >./drivers/cdrom/mcd.c: that are supposedly "OUT OF TOLERANCE" (but are
> >really shitty presses!)
>
> Replace with crappy.

That's different?!

> >./arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c: * else we eat shit later big time.
>
> make it "bite the big one"

That one's certainly a lot more obscure. I have no problems understanding
the original, but your version is highly cryptic.

> >./arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c: * this shit off... nice job Fujitsu.
>
> this (*^$ off.. nice job Fujitsu

Again, cryptic.

> >./fs/ufs/ufs_super.c: printk("ufs_read_super: fucking Sun blows
> >me\n");
>
> "This message brought to you because of a hack from Sun."

Is it?

> >./lib/vsprintf.c: * Wirzenius wrote this portably, Torvalds fucked it up
> >:-)
>
> Torvalds @#$%ed it up :-)

The more I see this, the more I find this "politically correct" non-phrase
offensive - not because of the words, but because of the intention.
There's no need to invent graphic swear words when we already have the
others that say exactly what we mean.

I'll stop here. (My time's run out, anyway - gotta go.)

MfG Kai