"Unix Literacy"

Top ten reasons you need to take a Unix class:

  1. Someone asks "What's your favorite shell?" and you answer "A Conch."

  2. You think Bash is the shell for born-again Christians.

  3. You think C Language is what pirates use and perl is what a pirate hunts for.

  4. You think gnus is the plural of GNU.

  5. Someone asks if you use windows and you answer "Yes, it is much better than DOS."

  6. You only know how to type in uppercase.

  7. You think Mosaic is an art form found in the Sistine Chapel.

  8. When someone says "Get the FAQs" you think they are paraphrasing an old TV show.

  9. You think you need a surfboard to surf the net.

  10. You think the vacation program can be seen on cable on the Travel Channel.