Re: 5 Fun Linux Commands You Should Try At Least Once

On 4/7/25 6:45 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 18:04:42 -0400, c186282 wrote:
 

On 4/7/25 4:42 PM, Allodoxaphobia wrote:

On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 12:00:12 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

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Driving down the middle gives you more chance to swerve to avoid the
deer that suddenly appears at the road edge.

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Do not stare at the deer that runs across in front of you.
Look *behind* him to see the one that will follow.

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    Absolutely !!!
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    And I used to travel by motorcycle a lot .
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    DID see one of those 'live cop' shows recently where they were
    chasing some guy on a bike at night. Long chase, then suddenly a deer
    bolts out of a field and T-bones the biker and his girlfriend ! Chase
    over  :-)

 The downside of this area is the roads that are interesting on a bike are
where the deer and antelope play. And bears. And elk. And moose.

   Fortunately, never rode in moose territory !
   However my Mom was on a BUS TOUR in northern
   Maine and the Canadian maritimes ... and a
   huge moose decided to attack the damned bus.
   Took off one of the front wheels, total disaster.
   NOT so good for the idiot moose either .....
   Bull Moose seem to be very large things with an
   IQ of nine plus a massive testosterone overdose.
   "Duh ... THING ! ... ATTACK !!!"
   These days, stay well AWAY from Moose and Deer -
   too many have a "mad cow" type disease. NO cure,
   eats actual holes in the brain, IS contagious.
   On a motorcycle the DEER are the greatest threat
   by and large. They just abruptly POP OUT onto
   the road and then get kinda hypnotized by the
   oncoming headlight. Lots OF them too.
   Hmmmm ... ever watch a CAT trying to cross the
   road ? They tense up, tense up, get loaded, and
   then at the LAST INSTANT try to dash across the
   road. Doesn't always work out well ... but that's
   how they're wired. Deer seem to kinda use the
   same underlying programming.
   Raccoon ... they don't even NOTICE vehicles, they
   just trundle out across the road. OK, if messy, for
   cars, but CAN be a problem for 2-wheelers. Mostly
   I never rode after dark. Too much, including
   clueless humans, out to GETCHA.
   I survived massive miles because I *never*
   assumed I owned the road, *never* assumed
   they'd even SEE me. The punks on sport bikes
   never seem to get that - and lots become
   stains on the roadway. Wanna make seven
   figures on a bike - be PARANOID, very very
   PARANOID. Helps to be a 'traffic psychic' too.