Saving The UNIX HUMOR Legacy?

Saving The UNIX HUMOR Legacy? 36

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday January 29, 2002 @03:53PM from the resurrecting-a-net.laugh dept.

belbo asks: "To my utter dismay I've discovered that the great UNIX HUMOR archive has vanished from its rather obscure home at Geocities. UNIX HUMOR has been quite a vast archive of UNIX related humor from various decades (e.g. some -long- threads from a.r.s) It's not only been funny but has also been a great introduction into the UNIX way of thinking, laughing and solving problems. So, after much unsuccessful searching via Google and its cache, I want to ask the Slashdot community: does anyone run a mirror of this archive? Or has a tarball of it? I would love to host it on my server." Has this resource been moved to a new official site? If not, looks like you have one offer for a new home.

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a.s.r (Score:1)

by mirabilos ( 219607 ) writes:

I wonder whether de.asr is also digested somewhere...
If you know of it, please point me to it. Thanks

(Although most of dasr prefer not to read /. I know)
- - Re:a.s.r (Score:1)
    
    by mirabilos ( 219607 ) writes:
    
    He spoke of the contents of the archive
    (which I until now didn't really know of).
    
    He said there was much of asr in it.
    
    Now I wanted to know about dasr.
    
    Understood? I didn't reply to the question,
    ok, but I asked an on-topic question myself.
    Duh.
- Re:a.s.r (Score:2, Interesting)
  
  by __past__ ( 542467 ) writes:
  
  Well, quite a lot of dasr appears in de.alt.netdigest. But everything but the original is definitly !recovery.
Some links (Score:2, Interesting)

by forsetti ( 158019 ) writes:

I've never seen THE Unix Humor archive, but here is a link:
http://www.geek-girl.com/unix.html
Scroll to the bottom - there is a unix humor section. Hope that helps!
You lack initiative (Score:5, Informative)

by Yarn ( 75 ) writes: on Tuesday January 29, 2002 @04:05PM (#2921112) Homepage

Try the wayback machine [archive.org]

- - Re:Here it is (Score:1)
    
    by __past__ ( 542467 ) writes:
    
    Not that any of the links on this page seem to work...
    BTW, I guess in a case like this, DMOZ [dmoz.org] seems to win over Google in being "your friend".
    - Re:Here it is (Score:4, Informative)
      
      by damiam ( 409504 ) writes: on Tuesday January 29, 2002 @09:39PM (#2922799)
      
      Actually, Google is still your friend. [google.com]
      
    - Re:Here it is (Score:2)
      
      by pne ( 93383 ) writes:
      
      Not that any of the links on this page seem to work...
      
      <pointer mode="parrot">They are there if you have javascript. [slashdot.org]</pointer> The page uses JavaScript to replace URLs in HREFs with URLs that run through the Wayback machine. Alternatively, you can copy the URL to the clipboard and paste it into the Location bar after the Wayback machine URL start. Or use "G" with lynx to modify the current URL and go to the resulting page.
- Re:You lack initiative (Score:1)
  
  by Prowl ( 554277 ) writes:
  
  is slashdotting the wayback machine such a wise thing to do?
  
  sod it, i'll follow the link anyway.
- Re:You lack initiative (Score:2)
  
  by JabberWokky ( 19442 ) writes:
  
  Of course, only the page of *links* is there, none of the actual humor pieces. *Sigh*.
  But, at least you might track down the old webmaster from that.
  --
  Evan
  - Re:You lack initiative (Score:2, Informative)
    
    by 42forty-two42 ( 532340 ) writes:
    
    They are there if you have javascript.
    - Re:You lack initiative (Score:1)
      
      by mirabilos ( 219607 ) writes:
      
      Ok, give my
      wget
      lynx
      links
      w3m
      javascript, please.
      Thank you.
a little OT, but a great place for unix humor (Score:2, Interesting)

by b-side.org ( 533194 ) writes:

you gotta wade through the cock jokes, but every few days jerkcity [jerkcity.com] has some truly nerdy unix humor. examples here [jerkcity.com] and here. [jerkcity.com]
Unix Humor, and where to find it. (Score:3, Informative)

by AnalogBoy ( 51094 ) writes: on Tuesday January 29, 2002 @04:17PM (#2921200) Journal

Install Linux.

Seriously, the wayback machine(when it functions properly) is great for things like this. The link to its latest edition is here [archive.org]

Enjoy your mirroring experience.

- Re:Unix Humor, and where to find it. (Score:1)
  
  by hyperstation ( 185147 ) writes:
  
  Score: -1, Misleading
  
  too bad it's just full of links to the old site (which doesn't exist)
  - Re:Unix Humor, and where to find it. (Score:2)
    
    by AnalogBoy ( 51094 ) writes:
    
    Actually, the link I gave, works.. I just confirmed it.. didn't visit all the jokes, just some.. but they worked.
    - Re:Unix Humor, and where to find it. (Score:1)
      
      by hyperstation ( 185147 ) writes:
      
      i did have javascript off, turned it on, and then it seemed like it would work. but then (at least for the ones i tried) i just got the "Not in Archive" message.... *sigh*
Other Sources... (Score:3, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday January 29, 2002 @05:28PM (#2921657)

There's a lot of old UNIX humor at:
http://www.textfiles.com/humor/COMPUTER

But is it worth saving? (Score:3, Funny)

by nosferatu-man ( 13652 ) writes: <spamdot@homonculus.net> on Wednesday January 30, 2002 @12:44AM (#2923503) Homepage

% make sense
make: don't know how to make sense. Stop

Perhaps the world would be better off if these "gems" were forgotten?

Peace,
(jfb)

- Re:But is it worth saving? (Score:1, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  % make "nosferatu-man quit bitching" make: don't now how to make nosferatu-man quit bitching. Stop.
Ask the BofH (Score:2, Interesting)

by ader ( 1402 ) writes:

BOFHweb [bofh.net] has a lot of archived a.s.r material (and a lot of macho bragging about killing lusers in various creative and entirely improbably ways - you just know these guys wouldn't even dare to complain at McD's).

Ade_
/
- Re:Ask the BofH (Score:2)
  
  by RedWizzard ( 192002 ) writes:
  
  Simon Travaglia (who came up with the BOFH) was a Unix admin at the university I went to when I was there. He wasn't unusually grumpy for a Unix admin.
Unix humour? You mean... (Score:1)

by GLevangelist ( 302391 ) writes:

..."man sex" etc?

Sigh...
Web Archive Consortium meets Unix Humor archive (Score:1)

by adikt ( 552154 ) writes:

I recalled a story on /. a couple of weeks back about the Web Archive Consortium [archive.org].
I realise this has been mentioned in this thread, but here is a little more information.
A quick search there revealed the archive for the Unix Humor Archive [archive.org], and also the URL to the last archived (working) URL of the humor archive [archive.org].
Hopefully this is what you all were after :)
adikt

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Saving The UNIX HUMOR Legacy?

a.s.r (Score:1)

Re:a.s.r (Score:1)

Re:a.s.r (Score:2, Interesting)

Some links (Score:2, Interesting)

You lack initiative (Score:5, Informative)

Re:Here it is (Score:1)

Re:Here it is (Score:4, Informative)

Re:Here it is (Score:2)

Re:You lack initiative (Score:1)

Re:You lack initiative (Score:2)

Re:You lack initiative (Score:2, Informative)

Re:You lack initiative (Score:1)

a little OT, but a great place for unix humor (Score:2, Interesting)

Unix Humor, and where to find it. (Score:3, Informative)

Re:Unix Humor, and where to find it. (Score:1)

Re:Unix Humor, and where to find it. (Score:2)

Re:Unix Humor, and where to find it. (Score:1)

Other Sources... (Score:3, Informative)

But is it worth saving? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:But is it worth saving? (Score:1, Funny)

Ask the BofH (Score:2, Interesting)

Re:Ask the BofH (Score:2)

Unix humour? You mean... (Score:1)

Web Archive Consortium meets Unix Humor archive (Score:1)

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