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- From: okamoto@hpccc.HP.COM (Jeff Okamoto)
- Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny.reruns
- Subject: Internet Trek
- Organization: Honest Al's TARDIS Repairs
- Keywords: smirk, originally appeared in 1987
- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 97 15:20:03 EST
-
-
- I found this posting on rec.arts.startrek. Anyone who has seen Star
- Trek II: the Wrath of Khan, and knows unix should enjoy this. Mailed
- by ghazi@topaz.rutgers.edu (Kaveh R. Ghazi [King Louis XIV])
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-
- I was watching Star Trek II again last night when suddenly I had this
- vision of what would happen if instead of a duel between starships, it
- was computer systems. What resulted is this:
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-
- *Kirk:* What is the meaning of this attack?
- *Khan:* Surely I have made my meaning clear. I mean to avenge myself
- upon you, Admiral. I deprived your system of UUCP connections
- and when I swing around I mean to deprive you of your life.
- But I wanted you to know who it was who had beaten you.
- *Kirk:* Khan, if it's me you want, I'll have myself rcp'ed over. Spare
- my crew.
- *Khan:* I make you a counter-proposal. I'll agree to your terms, if ...
- if in addition to yourself you hand over to me all data and
- materials regarding the project called UUNET.
- *Kirk:* UUNET? What's that?
- *Khan:* Don't insult my intelligence, Kirk.
- *Kirk:* Give me some time to recall the data from our archives.
- *Khan:* I give you sixty seconds.
- *Kirk:* Clear the bridge.
- *Spock:* At least we know he doesn't have UUNET.
- *Kirk:* Keep nodding as though I'm still giving orders. Mr. Saavik,
- punch up the data charts of Reliant's password file.
- *Saavik:* Reliant's pass...
- *Kirk:* Hurry.
- *Khan:* Forty-five seconds Admiral.
- *Spock:* The free login?
- *Kirk:* It's all we've got.
- *Saavik:* File's up, sir.
- *Khan:* Admiral.
- *Kirk:* We're finding it.
- *Khan:* Admiral.
- *Kirk:* Please. Please you've got to give us time. The machine room is
- smashed, the editors inoperable.
- *Khan:* Time is a luxury you don't have, Admiral.
- *Kirk:* Damn.
- *Khan:* Admiral?
- *Kirk:* It's coming through now, Khan.
- *Spock:* Reliant's free login is 16309.
- *Saavik:* I don't understand.
- *Kirk:* You have to learn why things work on a UNIX system.
- *Spock:* Each system has its own hidden free login.
- *Kirk:* To prevent an enemy from doing what we're attempting. We're
- using our console to order Reliant to let us login.
- *Spock:* Assuming he hasn't changed the combination. He's quite
- intelligent.
- *Khan:* Fifteen seconds, Admiral.
- *Kirk:* Khan, how do we know you'll keep your word?
- *Khan:* Oh, I've given you no word to keep, Admiral. In my judgement,
- you simply have no alternative.
- *Kirk:* I see your point. Stand by to receive our mail message. Mr.
- Sulu, lock an Internet connection on target and await my order
- to login.
- *Sulu:* Connection pending.
- *Khan:* Time's up, Admiral.
- *Kirk:* Here it comes. Now, Mr. Spock.
- *Spock:* % telnet reliant
- Trying...
- Connected to reliant.
- Escape character is '~'.
-
- M-6 Duotronic
- U.S.S. Reliant, NCC-1864
-
- login:
- *Spock:* login: 16309
- %
- *Joachim:* Sir, the Enterprise is logging on.
- *Khan:* Kill them.
- *Joachim:* I can't!
- *Khan:* Where's the chroot call? The chroot call!
- *Kirk:* Fire.
- *Sulu:* % su
- #
- *Kirk:* Fire!
- *Sulu:* # rm -rf /
- *Khan:* Reboot, reboot!
- *Joachim:* We can't reboot!
- *Khan:* Why can't you!?
- *Joachim:* They've corrupted the file system and the /etc directory! Sir,
- we must power-cycle.
- *Khan:* No!
- *Joachim:* Sir, we must!
-
- --
- And the rest is (ahem) history.
-
- Jeff Okamoto
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