plan file n.
[Unix] On systems that support finger, the
`.plan' file in a user's home directory is displayed when the user
is fingered. This feature was originally intended to be used to
keep potential fingerers apprised of one's location and near-future
plans, but has been turned almost universally to humorous and
self-expressive purposes (like a sig block). See also
Hacking X for Y.
A recent innovation in plan files has been the introduction of
"scrolling plan files" which are one-dimensional animations made
using only the printable ASCII character set, carriage return and
line feed, avoiding terminal specific escape sequences, since the
finger command will (for security reasons; see
letterbomb) not pass the escape character.
Scrolling .plan files have become art forms in miniature, and some
sites have started competitions to find who can create the longest
running, funniest, and most original animations. Various animation
characters include:
Centipede:
mmmmme
Lorry/Truck:
oo-oP
Andalusian Video Snail:
_@/
and a compiler (ASP) is available on Usenet for producing them.
See also twirling baton.
[Unix] On systems that support finger, the
`.plan' file in a user's home directory is displayed when the user
is fingered. This feature was originally intended to be used to
keep potential fingerers apprised of one's location and near-future
plans, but has been turned almost universally to humorous and
self-expressive purposes (like a sig block). See also
Hacking X for Y.
A recent innovation in plan files has been the introduction of
"scrolling plan files" which are one-dimensional animations made
using only the printable ASCII character set, carriage return and
line feed, avoiding terminal specific escape sequences, since the
finger command will (for security reasons; see
letterbomb) not pass the escape character.
Scrolling .plan files have become art forms in miniature, and some
sites have started competitions to find who can create the longest
running, funniest, and most original animations. Various animation
characters include:
Centipede:
mmmmme
Lorry/Truck:
oo-oP
Andalusian Video Snail:
_@/
and a compiler (ASP) is available on Usenet for producing them.
See also twirling baton.
Related:
- finger
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information about a particular user or all users logged on the
system,
or a remote system. Typically shows full name, last... - finger: [WAITS, via BSD UNIX] 1. n. A program that displays
information about a particular user or all users logged on the
system,
or a remote system. Typically shows full name, last... - Hacking X for Y n.
[ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the
information which ITS made publicly available about each user.
This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of... - Hacking X for Y: [ITS] n. Ritual phrasing of part of the
information which ITS made publicly available about each user.
This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of... - baggy pantsing v.
[Georgia Tech] A "baggy pantsing" is
used to reprimand hackers who incautiously leave their terminals
unlocked.
The affected user will come back to find a post from... - letterbomb
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live data intended to do nefarious things to the recipient's
machine or terminal.
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normal directory-browsing tools (on UNIX,
files named with a leading dot are, by convention... - dot file [Unix] n.
A file that is not visible by default to
normal directory-browsing tools (on Unix,
files named with a leading dot are, by convention... - DWIM /dwim/
[acronym, `Do What I Mean'] 1. adj. Able
to guess,
sometimes even correctly, the result intended when...
