Oh, my goodness! The GOod PEople(tm) are on the loose!

Well, if we want to rename "kill" to "stop" why not rename "yes" to "just_say_no" or "tar" to a lightweight "feather"? How about renaming "cat" to something less ridiculuos to our other four-legged friends. With respect to our canine friends there should be a "dog" along with the "cat", yes? Not to mention some cozy (and probably rapidly-spawning) "rabbit" process, a "guinea-pig" and some cuddly "teddybear".

Not to forget the rude "du", which could be called "please_i_beg_your_pardon_but_isn't_this_obvious_already" and "shutdown" could be named "actively_seeking_chapter_eleven_protection_while_setting_free_some_workers_in_a_socially_acceptable _way" - hey, its even a lot easier to type that way, no?

How about signals? Hey, there is one called - horribile dictu - ABORT. Shouldn't this be called "CHOICE" from now on - or, better yet, be removed from the system in favour of a "LIFE" signal, which duplicates the process against the will of the system administrator? After all, as Jesus has no qualms with people killing people once they are grown up but detests people removing amorphous cell heaps he sure prefers system crashes over the stopping of processes not allowed to do all their intended purposes.

And, finally, how about renaming UNIX to "PC" (procreatively challenged)?

bakunin