NOC Question

Sat Oct 20 03:55:25 UTC 2001

On 10/19/01, Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote: 

> I heard a story (probably apocryphal) about some NOC monkeys that got fed
> up with the shutter routine - so they cobbled up some little X programs
> to start putting BIG FLASHING RED BOXES with ominous-looking text, and
> launched it when the Big Boss was showing off the zoo animals - they then
> feigned panic, screamed, and ran out of the room, leaving all the flashing
> red boxes on the screens.
> 
> They only had to do it a few times before the Big Boss clued in... ;)

	The Violent Femmes' "Dance, Mother Fucker, Dance" (for those
	who don't know, it's a song) is a good deterrent too.  I sure
	am glad I'm not a monkey anymore.  *grin*

-- 
J.D. Falk                                 "you can bomb the world to pieces,
<jdfalk at cybernothing.org>                  but you can't bomb it into peace"
                                                      -- Michael Franti