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animal_quills(This started as something i wrote frustrated with another idea stalling. It feels like a cute little metaphor for the self so i built up on it a little.Some knowledge of unix helps though i tried to explain as well as i can- the original shorter version is rather shorter and i'll post it on a comment.)
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what is the / ? In unix terminology / refers to the root directory, from which all other directories are extended from. So.. what is the / for a person?
To start with, what kind of system are we?Obviously we run in a sort of social network, though unlike the typical unix system, we obviously cannot mount /home from another system, unless some way to transfer an entire file system.
we also have various /dev/ and peripherals for various kinds of intersystem interactions, some of which result in the formation of miniature systems.
Mostly they are under /dev/body as a system to environment interface. We work co-operatively in a shared network, storing memories, and impressions through discrete datafiles. Body has various data i/o devices, though they are either read only (/dev/body/eyes/ - though this occationally gets into a runaway situation, or /dev/body/ears/ which dosen't always accept input gracefully) or write only (/dev/body/hands/ which occationally get into areas where permissions are insufficient, causing file system crashes due to external crashes.). There are also unusual devices such as /dev/body/mouth which may be used either as a input or a data output. many devices though can be adapted to uses they might not have been designed for (such as /dev/body/mouth interfacing with /dev/body/foot on some error conditions.Usage of multifunction devices (eg /dev/body/mouth/ for input and data output) in more than function is not recommended.
We have quite certainly a /dev/random considering how unpredictable biological systems are.Situations termed 'in one ear out the other' and lost files from /bin,/home and /etc would indicate the presence of a /dev/null and some degree of active garbage collection in the filesystem, perhaps to optimise data recovery
Obviously we have a set of unconcious actions and needs which would be /lib -presumably only an admin or poweruser would be able to modify these, and not all of them.I suppose that basic human values (and animal and otherkin sides) would be /sbin - essential system binaries, without which the system as a whole would not function effectively.we go to school and fill our /bin and /home with data and programmes, and i suppose /etc as well, colouring how we see the world.
so.. what is the root? the root is simply everything I am.it is me
"/"
what is the / ? In unix terminology / refers to the root directory, from which all other directories are extended from. So.. what is the / for a person?
To start with, what kind of system are we?Obviously we run in a sort of social network, though unlike the typical unix system, we obviously cannot mount /home from another system, unless some way to transfer an entire file system.
we also have various /dev/ and peripherals for various kinds of intersystem interactions, some of which result in the formation of miniature systems.
Mostly they are under /dev/body as a system to environment interface. We work co-operatively in a shared network, storing memories, and impressions through discrete datafiles. Body has various data i/o devices, though they are either read only (/dev/body/eyes/ - though this occationally gets into a runaway situation, or /dev/body/ears/ which dosen't always accept input gracefully) or write only (/dev/body/hands/ which occationally get into areas where permissions are insufficient, causing file system crashes due to external crashes.). There are also unusual devices such as /dev/body/mouth which may be used either as a input or a data output. many devices though can be adapted to uses they might not have been designed for (such as /dev/body/mouth interfacing with /dev/body/foot on some error conditions.Usage of multifunction devices (eg /dev/body/mouth/ for input and data output) in more than function is not recommended.
We have quite certainly a /dev/random considering how unpredictable biological systems are.Situations termed 'in one ear out the other' and lost files from /bin,/home and /etc would indicate the presence of a /dev/null and some degree of active garbage collection in the filesystem, perhaps to optimise data recovery
Obviously we have a set of unconcious actions and needs which would be /lib -presumably only an admin or poweruser would be able to modify these, and not all of them.I suppose that basic human values (and animal and otherkin sides) would be /sbin - essential system binaries, without which the system as a whole would not function effectively.we go to school and fill our /bin and /home with data and programmes, and i suppose /etc as well, colouring how we see the world.
so.. what is the root? the root is simply everything I am.it is me
the original version
Date: 2007-02-14 01:30 am (UTC)When i describe myself i tend to do so as angel'/'wolf.To me angelwolf would indicate a single combined entity, and angel & wolf would indicate seperate sides or multiplicity of selves. Most of the time the human side is the constant, as it should be yet its never mentioned, and my angelic side is partially mixed in with that, i feel, while the wolf side is something i feel most of time, and i consider it more 'dominant' than my angelic side.
(i'd note it gets strange here. The use of the / dosen't actually have anything to do with the below, but i ran away with the idea a little. i am not to be held resposible for any damage to be caused by the below.)
what is the / ? In unix terminology / refers to the root directory, from which all other directories are extended from. So.. what is the / for a person?
Obviously we run in a sort of social network. we have /dev/body as a system to environment interface. We work co-operatively in a shared network, storing memories, and impressions. we have quite certainly a /dev/random considering how unpredictable biological systems are. we also have various /dev/ and peripherals for various kinds of intersystem interactions, some of which result in the formation of miniature systems.
Obviously we have a set of unconcious actions and needs which would be /lib.I suppose that basic human values (and animal and otherkin sides) would be /sbin - essential system binaries, without which the system as a whole would not function effectively.we go to school and fill our /bin and /home with data and programmes, and i suppose /etc as well, colouring how we see the world.
so.. what is the root? the root is simply everything I am.it is me
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Date: 2007-02-14 07:11 am (UTC)"many devices though can be adapted to uses they might not have been designed for (such as /dev/body/mouth interfacing with /dev/body/foot on some error conditions."
This made me grin.
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Date: 2007-02-14 07:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-14 08:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-02-14 08:43 am (UTC)Btw, I tagged your entry differently as you did because I don't think it really is improper. :P