Man accidentally deletes his entire company

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Nomen Nescio wrote:

The 'rm -rf *' scourge.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html

If he was running Windows, dumb stuff like that wouldn't happen.

On 15/04/2016 7:15 AM, Jeremy Bentham wrote:

If he was running Windows, dumb stuff like that wouldn't happen.


No... Right click a non-OS drive then hit Format!

An Admin level Command Prompt can do DEL *.* /S!

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On 04/14/16 16:15, Jeremy Bentham so wittily quipped:
In article
Nomen Nescio wrote:

The 'rm -rf *' scourge.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html

If he was running Windows, dumb stuff like that wouldn't happen.


format C: - ever done THAT ?

On 15/04/2016 00:15, Jeremy Bentham wrote:
/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html
If he was running Windows, dumb stuff like that wouldn't happen.


**** off.

From nowhere you cross posted this here when the original wasn't.



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On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:23:10 -0700, Big Bad Bob wrote:

On 04/14/16 16:15, Jeremy Bentham so wittily quipped:
In article
Nomen Nescio wrote:

The 'rm -rf *' scourge.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html

If he was running Windows, dumb stuff like that wouldn't happen.


format C: - ever done THAT ?

No. At least not unintentionally.
Linux users aren't very bright though. They take pride in finding the
absolute most convoluted method for accomplishing what is trivial.

In this case the moron Linux user had a success rate of 100 percent.
Mission accomplished.

On 15/04/2016 8:38 AM, Omar wrote:

No. At least not unintentionally.
Linux users aren't very bright though. They take pride in finding the
absolute most convoluted method for accomplishing what is trivial.

In this case the moron Linux user had a success rate of 100 percent.
Mission accomplished.


That's because the user was not warned of the danger. By default, rm
doesn't ask for confirmation, which was changed in Window$.

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On 04/14/16 17:38, Omar so wittily quipped:
On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:23:10 -0700, Big Bad Bob wrote:

On 04/14/16 16:15, Jeremy Bentham so wittily quipped:
In article
Nomen Nescio wrote:

The 'rm -rf *' scourge.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html

If he was running Windows, dumb stuff like that wouldn't happen.


format C: - ever done THAT ?

No. At least not unintentionally.
Linux users aren't very bright though. They take pride in finding the
absolute most convoluted method for accomplishing what is trivial.

wow you must know *EVERY* *ONE* *OF* *THEM*!

NOT

On 04/14/16 17:45, Mr. Man-wai Chang so wittily quipped:
On 15/04/2016 8:38 AM, Omar wrote:

No. At least not unintentionally.
Linux users aren't very bright though. They take pride in finding the
absolute most convoluted method for accomplishing what is trivial.

In this case the moron Linux user had a success rate of 100 percent.
Mission accomplished.


That's because the user was not warned of the danger. By default, rm
doesn't ask for confirmation, which was changed in Window$.


yes, those UAC "allow" prompts are SO comforting... NOT

reminds me of one of those Mac vs PC commercials during the 'Vista' era.

On 15/04/2016 9:03 AM, Big Bad Bob wrote:

yes, those UAC "allow" prompts are SO comforting... NOT

The UAC prompt would not pop up if you were doing things in your own
account. UAC protects the Administrator's stuff.

reminds me of one of those Mac vs PC commercials during the 'Vista' era.

I didn't follow this one. Never a Mac fan.

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In article
Big Bad Bob wrote:

On 04/14/16 16:15, Jeremy Bentham so wittily quipped:
In article
Nomen Nescio wrote:

The 'rm -rf *' scourge.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html

If he was running Windows, dumb stuff like that wouldn't happen.


format C: - ever done THAT ?

That's kids stuff. What you want is ECHO y | FORMAT C:.

On 4/14/2016 8:23 PM, Big Bad Bob's fingers rattled off:
On 04/14/16 16:15, Jeremy Bentham so wittily quipped:
In article
Nomen Nescio wrote:

The 'rm -rf *' scourge.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html

If he was running Windows, dumb stuff like that wouldn't happen.


format C: - ever done THAT ?


The capability to do that has to exist. Should it ask more times than
once before it does. Yes, most likely. Still, you can only protect
people from themselves so much before you become a total nuisance.

Frankly, if I were trying to maintain my system and Windows wouldn't let
me do that command? I'd be totally ****ed off.

It's MY system. If I want to format my system drive I MUST be able to
do it without undo jumping through hoops.

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On 4/14/2016 9:47 PM, Ed Mullen's fingers rattled off:
On 4/14/2016 8:23 PM, Big Bad Bob's fingers rattled off:
On 04/14/16 16:15, Jeremy Bentham so wittily quipped:
In article
Nomen Nescio wrote:

The 'rm -rf *' scourge.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html


If he was running Windows, dumb stuff like that wouldn't happen.


format C: - ever done THAT ?


The capability to do that has to exist. Should it ask more times than
once before it does. Yes, most likely. Still, you can only protect
people from themselves so much before you become a total nuisance.

Frankly, if I were trying to maintain my system and Windows wouldn't let
me do that command? I'd be totally ****ed off.

It's MY system. If I want to format my system drive I MUST be able to
do it without undo jumping through hoops.


And, BTW, the first thing I do when buying a new system (with at least
an OEM Windows disc) is reformat the C: drive and reinstall Windows. I
don't want any so-called OEM recovery partitions or programs on my
computer. I probably know more about it than they do any way.

But, hey, I've been doing this since around 1980 and CP/M. I don't want
or need a "retail" solution to buying a PC. Unfortunately, it's
becoming more difficult to find that. To rebuild a Dell laptop from
scratch is a painful process in terms of finding the drivers and
utilities that let the laptop function.

In the case of the Dell, you can find, via Googling, the right drivers,
after a lot of work. And the file that tells you what order to install
all the crap in order to not screw up the whole thing. But it ain't
easy to find.

Stupid. Any desktop PC I've had over the decades has been very generic
in that regard. If I didn't travel I'd never buy another laptop. Every
one I've ever owned has had the same problem. Proprietary drivers and
such. A real pain in the ass. Whereas, every desktop system could be
wiped and re-installed from scratch and MS found and installed all the
right drivers. Laptops? NOT!

Oh well. It's a hobby. Hobbies are supposed to require work, right?


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On 2016-04-14, Jeremy Bentham wrote:
In article
Nomen Nescio wrote:

The 'rm -rf *' scourge.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html

If he was running Windows, dumb stuff like that wouldn't happen.

Yes. The operating system would do it for him.
I wonder if he had ever heard of backups?

On 2016-04-15, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 15/04/2016 8:38 AM, Omar wrote:

No. At least not unintentionally.
Linux users aren't very bright though. They take pride in finding the
absolute most convoluted method for accomplishing what is trivial.

In this case the moron Linux user had a success rate of 100 percent.
Mission accomplished.


That's because the user was not warned of the danger. By default, rm
doesn't ask for confirmation, which was changed in Window$.

Actually by default it does. /bin/rm -f does not.

William Unruh writes:
On 2016-04-14, Jeremy Bentham wrote:
In article
Nomen Nescio wrote:

The 'rm -rf *' scourge.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a6984256.html

If he was running Windows, dumb stuff like that wouldn't happen.

Yes. The operating system would do it for him.
I wonder if he had ever heard of backups?

Yes; he deleted those too.

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