[rescue] Ass like fire

[Steve Sandau]

George Adkins wrote:
> 
> > > > Wait... Don't you need to specify a block size for that particular
> > > > media???
> > >
> > > right, blocksize determines the pitch, the smaller the blocksize, the
> > > squeaker the fart.  i.e.
> > >
> > > # dd if=/dev/ass of=./fart conv=notrunc bs=512
> > > produces a much more Brian-like fart than
> > > # dd if=/dev/ass of=./fart conv=notrunc bs=2048
> > > which is a more Dave-like blast.
> >
> > Don't forget LSBc and MSBc issues...
> >
> > least and most significant butt cheek .
> >
> Crap.  We've forgotten all about endian-ness issues.  Can we do byte
> reordering? If /dev/ass is a block device, then does that mean that we can
> write to it as well as read from it?
> (Don't even go there, Dave, My /dev/ass is read-only,  and cannot be
> mounted...)
> 
I was considering asking the obvious about big endian or little endian,
but then I read the last line and I need to clean up the coffe I spewed
all over the keyboard. Dammit, George. ;)

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Steve Sandau
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