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by graffixx  edited by KeysCapt
last modified: 2003-01-08 23:39:12 | | |
Written by James Baughn on December 1, 1998:
From the yet-another-convention-filled-with-mad-scientists department
NEW YORK, NY -- What happens when stuff is sent to /dev/null? Common knowledge dictates that it is deleted. However, a group of scientists suggest otherwise. At the Unconventional Scientist '98 Convention held in New York last week, several experts theorized that /dev/null is actually a portal to another dimension or universe. Others claimed that top secret government agencies or large multinational corporations (read: Microsoft) are using it to spy on innocent Unix users.
Bob "Paranoid" Johnson, a consultant for the National Expirer tabloid, said in a panel discussion, "Stuff sent to /dev/null on Unix systems, the Trash Can on Mac systems, and the Recycle Bin on Windows systems, is not really deleted. It is cached in a secret location on the hard drive until such time that the user is connected to the Net. Then it is sent over the Net to a destination me and my research team has been unable to identify. We suspect the 'resurrected' packets are sent to a government agency, perhaps as part of the 'Echelon' system. Or, for all we know, Bill Gates might be the recipient of all these packets, which usually consist of flames, spam, and porn."
When asked for proof of his contention, Johnson stuttered nervously and said, "Well, ah... I've compiled logs of all the, uhhh, packets transferred from my test system to some unknown Net server. These logs show some very, ah... suspicious occurences. But, well [cough]... I, um, accidentally left these logs on my other laptop computer which is still in, ahem, my hotel room. Sorry about that. I'll publish my logs and other findings on my website Real Soon Now."
Several other scientists argued that /dev/null acts like the singularity in a black hole. One said, "The bits sent to /dev/null have to go somewhere, just like the stuff that falls into a black hole. Physicists have speculated that black holes act as a portal or wormhole to other realms. If this is true, then it should be quite clear that /dev/null acts in a similar way. Unsuspecting Unix users could be sending their flames and porno to another realm/dimension/universe/whatever."
One convention attendee added half-jokingly, "Perhaps we're on the receiving end of one of those 'portals'. For all we know, the increased bloat in Microsoft software could be from excess bits funneled through /dev/null (or the equivalent) into our universe from another. Some guy in another realm could be sending his flame email to /dev/null, blissfully unaware that it's being included as part of our universe's Windows 2000!"
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by howe81 | | | The word on the left in the list below, is placed in the opening of a syntax block where xxx is in the example here:
[syntax=xxx]
paste your code here
[/syntax]
Generally, whatever native file extension you are familiar with will work, especially popular ones (.h, .cc, .pl, etc). The list below is the exhaustive list of languages, but each of these languages may recognize one OR MORE extensions without drama. For example, PHP syntax highlighting will pickup on extensions php, php3, php4, and so on.
abaqus:Abaqus finite element input file (www.hks.com)
abc:abc music notation language
abel:ABEL
acedb:AceDB model files
ada:Ada (95)
aflex:AfLex (from Lex syntax file)
ahdl:Altera AHDL
amiga:AmigaDos
aml:AML (ARC/INFO Arc Macro Language)
ampl:ampl (A Mathematical Programming Language)
ant:ANT build file (xml)
antlr:ANTLR, Another Tool For Language Recognition (www.antlr.org)
apache:Apache configuration (httpd.conf, srm.conf, access.conf, .htaccess)
apachestyle:Apache-Style configuration files (proftpd.conf/apache.conf/..)
asm:GNU Assembler
asm68k:Motorola 68000 Assembler
asmh8300:Hitachi H-8300h specific syntax for GNU Assembler
asn:ASN.1
aspperl:Active State's PerlScript (ASP)
aspvbs:Microsoft VBScript Web Content (ASP)
atlas:ATLAS
automake:automake Makefile.am
ave:avenue
awk:awk, nawk, gawk, mawk
ayacc:AYacc
b:B (A Formal Method with refinement and mathematical proof)
baan:Baan
basic:BASIC
bc:bc - An arbitrary precision calculator language
bdf:BDF Font definition
bib:BibTeX (bibliographic database format for (La)TeX)
bindzone:BIND 8.x zone files (RFC1035)
blank:Blank 1.4.1
btm:4Dos batch file
c:C
catalog:sgml catalog file
cf:Cold Fusion
cfg:Good old CFG files
ch:CHILL (CCITT High Level Programming Language)
change:WEB Changes
changelog:generic ChangeLog file
chaskell:Haskell supporting c2hs binding hooks
cl:cl "Clever Language" by Multibase, »www.mbase.com.au)
clean: Clean
clipper:Clipper 5.2 & FlagShip
cobol:COBOL
conf:generic configure file
config: configure.in script: M4 with sh
cpp:C++
crontab:crontab
cs:C#
csc:Essbase script
csh:C-shell (csh)
csp:CSP (Communication Sequential Processes, using FDR input syntax)
css:Cascading Style Sheets
cterm:Century Term Command Script
ctrlh:CTRL-H (e.g., ASCII manpages)
cupl:CUPL
cuplsim:CUPL simulation
cvs:CVS commit file
cweb:CWEB
cynlib:Cynlib(C++)
cynlib Language Information
cynpp:Cyn++
cynpp Language Information
dcl:DCL (Digital Command Language - vms)
debchangelog:Debian changelog files
debcontrol:Debian control files
def:Microsoft Module-Definition (.def) File
diff:Diff (context or unified)
diva: SKILL for Diva
dns:DNS/BIND Zone File
docbk:DocBook
dosbatch:MSDOS batch file (with NT command extensions)
dosini:Configuration File (ini file) for MSDOS/MS Windows
dot:Dot
dracula:Dracula
dsl:DSSSL
dtd:DTD (Document Type Definition for XML)
dtml: Zope's Dynamic Template Markup Language
dylan:Dylan
dylanintr:Dylan
dylanlid:Dylan Library Interface Files
ecd:ecd (Embedix Component Description) files
eiffel:Eiffel
elf Language:ELF
elf ELF:Extensible Language Facility
elmfilt:Elm Filter rules
erlang:erlang (ERicsson LANGuage)
esqlc:ESQL-C
eterm:Eterm configuration file
expect:Expect
exports:exports
fgl:Informix 4GL
focexec:Focus Executable
form:FORM
forth Language:FORTH
fortran:Fortran95 (and Fortran90, Fortran77, F and elf90)
foxpro:FoxPro for DOS v2.x
fvwm:Fvwm{1,2} configuration file
gdb:GDB command files
gdmo:GDMO
gedcom:Gedcom
gnuplot:gnuplot 3.7 pl0
gp:gp (version 2.1)
groff:groff
gsp:GSP - GNU Server Pages (v. 0.86)
gtkrc:Gtk+ theme files `gtkrc'
haskell:Haskell
hb:Hyper Builder
help:Vim help file
hercules:Hercules (Avant! Corporation)
hog:Snort Configuration File (see: »www.snort.org)
html:HTML
htmlm4:HTML and M4
htmlos:HTML/OS by Aestiva
ia64:IA-64 (Itanium) assembly language
icon:Icon
idl:IDL (Interface Description Language)
idlang Interactive Data Language syntax file (IDL, too:-)
inform:Inform
inittab:SysV-compatible init process control file `inittab'
ishd:InstallShield Script
iss:Inno Setup File (iss file) and My InnoSetup extension
ist:Makeindex style file, *.ist
jam:JAM
jargon:Jargon File
java:Java
javacc:JavaCC, a Java Compiler Compiler written by JavaSoft
javascript:JavaScript
jess:Jess
jgraph:jgraph (graph plotting utility)
jproperties:Java Properties resource file (*.properties[_*])
jsp:JSP (Java Server Pages)
kix:KixTart 95, Kix2001 Windows script language »kixtart.org/
kscript:kscript
kwt:kimwitu++
lace: lace
latte:Latte
lex:Lex
lftp Language:lftp Configuration file
lhaskell:Haskell with literate comments
lifelines:Lifelines (v 3.0.7) »lifelines.sourceforge.net
lilo:lilo configuration (lilo.conf)
lisp:Lisp
lite:lite
lotos:LOTOS (Language Of Temporal Ordering Specifications, IS8807)
lout Language:Lout
lprolog:LambdaProlog (Teyjus)
lscript:LotusScript
lss:Lynx 2.7.1 style file
lua:Lua
lynx:Lynx configuration file ( lynx.cfg )
m4: M4
mail:Mail file
make:Makefile
man:Man page
maple:Maple V (based on release 4)
maple Language Support
masm:Microsoft Assembler (80x86)
mason:Mason (Perl embedded in HTML)
master:Focus Master File
matlab:Matlab
mel:MEL (Maya Extension Language)
mf:Metafont
mgp:mgp - MaGic Point
mib:Vim syntax file for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 MIB and SMI files
mma:Mathematica
model:Model
modsim3:Modsim III, by compuware corporation (www.compuware.com)
modula2:Modula 2
modula3:Modula-3
monk:Monk (See-Beyond Technologies)
moo:MOO
mp:MetaPost
msql:msql
muttrc:Mutt setup files
named:BIND 8.x configuration file
nasm:NASM - The Netwide Assembler (v0.98)
nastran:NASTRAN input/DMAP
natural: NATURAL
ncf:Novell "NCF" Batch File
nqc:NQC - Not Quite C, for LEGO mindstorms
nroff:nroff / groff
nsis:NSIS script, for version of NSIS 1.91 and later
objc:Objective C
ocaml:OCaml
omnimark:Omnimark
openroad: CA-OpenROAD
opl:OPL
opl Open Psion Language... (EPOC16/EPOC32)
ora:Oracle config files (.ora) (Oracle 8i, ver. 8.1.5)
papp:papp
pascal:Pascal
pccts:PCCTS
perl:Perl
pfmain:Postfix main.cf configuration
php:php PHP 3/4
phtml:phtml PHP 2.0
pic:PIC16F84 Assembler (Microchip's microcontroller)
pike:Pike
pilrc:pilrc - a resource compiler for Palm OS development
pine:Pine (email program) run commands
plm:PL/M
plsql:Oracle Procedureal SQL (PL/SQL)
po:po (gettext)
pod:Perl POD format
postscr:PostScript - all Levels, selectable
pov:PoV-Ray(tm) 3.5 Scene Description Language
povini:PoV-Ray(tm) 3.5 configuration/initialization files
ppd:PPD (PostScript printer description) file
ppwiz:PPWizard (preprocessor by Dennis Bareis)
procmail:Procmail definition file
progress: Progress 4GL
prolog:PROLOG
psf:Software Distributor product specification file
ptcap:printcap/termcap database
purifylog:purify log files
python:Python
qf:Quickfix window
r:R (GNU S)
radiance:Radiance Scene Description
ratpoison:Ratpoison configuration/commands file
rc:M$ Resource files (*.rc)
rcslog:RCS log output
rebol:Rebol
registry:Windows Registry export with regedit (*.reg)
remind:Remind
rexx:Rexx
robots:"Robots.txt" files
rpcgen:rpcgen
rpl:RPL/2
rtf:Rich Text Format
ruby:Ruby
samba:samba configuration files (smb.conf)
sas:SAS
sather:Sather/pSather
scheme:Scheme (R5RS)
scilab:Scilab
screen:Screen Virtual Terminal Emulator/Manager Configuration File
sdl:SDL
sed:sed
sendpr:FreeBSD send-pr file
sgml:SGML
sgmldecl:SGML (SGML Declaration =!SGML ...>)
sgmllnx:SGML-linuxdoc (supported by old sgmltools-1.x)
sh: shell (sh) Korn shell (ksh) bash (sh)
sicad:SiCAD (procedure language)
simula:Simula
sinda:sinda85, sinda/fluint input file
sindacmp:sinda85, sinda/fluint compare file
sindaout:sinda85, sinda/fluint output file
skill: SKILL
sl:Renderman shader language
slang:S-Lang
slrnrc:Slrn setup file
slrnsc:Slrn score file
sm:sendmail
smil:SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language)
smith:SMITH
sml:SML
snnsnet:SNNS network file
snnspat:SNNS pattern file
snnsres:SNNS result file
snobol4:SNOBOL4
spec:SPEC: Build/install scripts for Linux RPM packages
specman:SPECMAN E-LANGUAGE
spice:Spice circuit simulator input netlist
splint:splint (C with lclint/splint Annotations)
spup:Speedup, plant simulator from AspenTech
sql:SQL, PL/SQL (Oracle 8i)
sqlforms:SQL*Forms (Oracle 7)
sqlj:sqlj
sqr:Structured Query Report Writer (SQR)
squid:Squid config file
st:Smalltalk
stp:Stored Procedures (STP)
strace:strace output
tads:TADS
tags:tags
tak:TAK2, TAK3, TAK2000 thermal modeling input file
takcmp:TAK2, TAK3, TAK2000 thermal modeling compare file
takout:TAK2, TAK3, TAK2000 thermal modeling output file
tasm:TASM: turbo assembler by Borland
tcl:TCL/TK
terminfo Language:Terminfo definition
tex:TeX
texinfo:Texinfo (macro package for TeX)
texmf:Web2C TeX texmf.cnf configuration file
tf:tf
tidy:HMTL Tidy configuration file ( /etc/tidyrc ~/.tidyrc )
tli:TealInfo source files (*.tli)
trasys:TRASYS input file
tsalt:Telix (Modem Comm Program) SALT Script
tsscl:TSS (Thermal Synthesizer System) Command Line
tssgm:TSS (Thermal Synthesizer System) Geometry
tssop:TSS (Thermal Synthesizer System) Optics
uc:UnrealScript
uil:Motif UIL (User Interface Language)
vb:Visual Basic
verilog:Verilog
vgrindefs:Vgrindefs
vhdl:VHDL
vhdl VHSIC Hardware Description Language
vim:Vim 6.1 script
viminfo:Vim .viminfo file
virata:Virata Configuration Script
vrml:VRML97
vsejcl:JCL job control language - DOS/VSE
wdiff:wDiff (wordwise diff)
web:WEB
webmacro:WebMacro
wget:Wget configuration file ( /etc/wgetrc ~/.wgetrc )
winbatch:WinBatch/Webbatch (*.wbt, *.web)
wml:WML - Website MetaLanguage
wsh:Windows Scripting Host
wvdial:Configuration file for WvDial
xdefaults:X resources files like ~/.Xdefaults (xrdb)
xf86conf:XF86Config (XFree86 configuration file)
xkb:XKB (X Keyboard Extension) components
xmath:xmath (a simulation tool)
xml:XML
xmodmap:xmodmap definition file
xpm:X Pixmap
xpm2:X Pixmap v2
xs:XS (Perl extension interface language)
xsd:XSD (XML Schema)
xslt:XSLT
xxd: bin using xxd
yacc:Yacc
z8a:Z80 assembler asz80
zsh:Z shell (zsh)
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