[TAG] 2-cent tip: De-Microsofting text files

[Breen Mullins]

* Ben Okopnik <ben at linuxgazette.net> [2010-07-23 16:20 -0400]:

>I truly believe that the world is going to end not
>because of some power-mad dictator pushing The Big Red Button but
>because some chemistry/physics/bio/genetics/whatever geek says, "gosh, I
>wonder what'll happen if I do *this?*"

I *hate* that question. It's a good one, of course, and leads to 
great discoveries. 

But I also recall a grizzled vet frobbing a literal BRB and tripping a 
breaker that was on the other side of a wall that had been sealed up 
since the circuit was installed. We had to knock on the neighbor's door
and ask "may we go rummaging through your panels until we find our
breaker?"


-- 
Breen Mullins
bpm at sdf.org