On 12/03/2016 01:20 PM, Brian wrote:
A cat is the center of the Universe. It doesn't have pangs of regret or remorse. I recommend: mv cat >/dev/nullOn Sat 03 Dec 2016 at 19:20:18 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:On Saturday 03 December 2016 18:09:50 Jape Person wrote:Hi, I'm replying to myself at the top of the thread because I saw -- out of the corner of my eye -- that there were two recent additions to the thread. Unfortunately, a) I use POP3 and download all my mail immediately from the server, b) my neighbor's Maine Coon cat, Mr. Potay-Toes, just visited me and ran all 28 of his toes across my keyboard. (Yes, he's polydactyl, and about 25 pounds at that.) Somehow he managed a permanent deletion of all the mail I had just downloaded. These posts were made within the past 12 hours. If the kind people who made those posts could be troubled to re-issue them I'd appreciate it. Or, at least be aware that I'm not ignoring your messages. I just don't have them any more. Best, JPYou can read them in the archives: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/11/msg00783.html And here is another one signed by you: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/11/msg00842.html Or the thread itself: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/11/thrd2.html#00842Eminently sensible. as usual. Replete with information and guidance. The advice cannot be faulted. But has any thought been given to the cat's feelings? It must be suffering terrible pangs of regret and remorse. I do not think we should put it through any more humiliation than it has suffered already after realising it had inadvertantly deleted one of my mails. Just don't let it get anywhere near apt cat /dev/zero > ...
Fred B.