A UNIX Wizard...
Sat 01 August 2009 by jillianSo, I heard "Pinball Wizard" on the radio the other day and it reminded me of a parody called "UNIX Wizard..." While googling for the text for all of you, I also ran across this "UNIX Heirarchy," which explains the difference between mere mortals and sucessive progress towards enlightenment.
Unix Wizard by Jamie Mason (jmason2@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca) with additions by Wayne Throop (...!mcnc!aurgate!throop):
>Ever since I heard of Unix >I've always had a ball, >From SunOS to Minix >I must have run 'em all >But I ain't seen nothing like him >On systems large or small >That tired, squinting, blind kid >Sure makes a mean sys call! > >He sits like a statue, >Becomes part of the machine, >Feeling all the limits, >Knows what the signals mean >Hacks by intuition >His process never stalls, >That tired, squinting blind kid >Sure makes a mean sys call! > >He's a Unix Wizard, >I just can't get the gist >A Unix wizard's >Got such a mental twist > >How do you think he does it? >I don't know! >What makes him so good? > >Ain't got no distractions >Don't hear no beeps or bells >Don't see no lights a flashin' >Ignores his sense of smell >Patches running kernels >Dumps no core at all, >That tired, squinting and blind kid >Sure makes a mean sys call! > >I thought I was >The process table king, >But I just handed >My root password to him. > >Even on my favorite boxen, >His hacks can beat my best. >The network leads him in, >And he just does the rest. >He's got crazy Finger servers >Never will seg-fault... >That tired, squinting blind kid >Sure makes a mean sys call!