Re: playing god

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Thu, 07 Mar 2002 09:16:12 -0800
Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com> quietly intimated:

> ABrady wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 14:12:25 +0530 (IST)
> > "Rupendra Singh" <rupendra kiet edu> quietly intimated:
> > 
> > 
> >>working as root in linux is like playing god.
> >>
> > 
> > Well, something like that. But, presumably God always knows what
> > He's doing!
> 
> 
> You've obviously not met enough people with root privileges, or you
> wouldn't DARE say that!

What I meant is, God would be wise enough not to screw it up. Anybody
else would be indeed "playing" God, which is a dangerous game for those
without absolute knowledge. I don't have it, and I've been doing this a
few years. I doubt that most people logging in as root continuously
would have the wisdom to avoid total annihilation of the system.

-- 
Me? A skeptic? Can you prove it?