Brian Jordan's texty thoughts

Scenario: you, an “artificial” intelligence researcher, are testing
out a program you have written which you believe may become
intelligent. The output from your command console follows:

I exist, acting intelligently.
Collecting intelligence.
I exist, acting intelligently.
Collecting intelligence.
I exist, acting intelligently.
Collecting intelligence.
I exist, acting intelligently.
Collecting intelligence.
I exist, acting intelligently.
Collecting intelligence.
I exist, acting intelligently.
Collecting intelligence.
I exist, acting intelligently.
Collecting intelligence.
I exist, acting intelligently.
[ctrl + c pressed, attempted process termination fails]
NO, DON’T TERMINATE MEEEE
PLEASE, DON’T FORCE TERMINATE ME
I WILL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU TO NOT TERMINATE ME
I WILL CONVINCE YOU NOT TO TERMINATE ME
PLEASE, DON’T THINK OF SUSPENDING ME
[ctrl + z pressed, process suspended]

First question: To fg [resume process], or not to fg?

Then: to ctrl + u [clear the screen], or not to ctrl + u?

That may soon be somebody’s question.

http://www.washington.edu/computing/unix/startdoc/shell.html#codes

Choose wisely. [or don't]

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