Re: Something fishy is going on

2001-08-23 Thread Bill Wohler
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [The fish is] an apparently harmless Gnome "Easter Egg." That was my suspicion given that it was similar to images already on the system. It sure took me by surprise though. Especially after a VERY long day of hacking--oh, wait, don't let Openwave hear that--t

Re: Something fishy is going on

2001-08-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 06:50:57PM -0700, Craig Dickson wrote: > I'm jealous. I've been running GNOME for a long time and I've _never_ > seen this fish! -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL P

Re: Something fishy is going on

2001-08-23 Thread Rich Puhek
Warning: New Distributed Denial of Service attack on the loose! Synopsis: In a dastardly clever (yet simple) scheme, a new DDOS is attaching Linux newsgroups at an increasing rate. Artfully designed to capitalize on user paranoia following the massive hype surounding the "Code Red" family of worms

Re: Something fishy is going on

2001-08-23 Thread Craig Dickson
Bill Wohler wrote: > A fish just swam across my screen. What the hell is up with that? [...] > Here are the current processes. [...] > > PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND [...] > 597 ?S 0:00 /usr/bin/gdm > 607 ?S 0:00 /usr/bin/gdm > 618 ?S 0:0

Re: Something fishy is going on

2001-08-23 Thread burningclown
Jeez, this has popped up on the list A LOT lately ... check the archives. It's an apparently harmless Gnome "Easter Egg." Poor Wanda has come in for a lot of paranoia the last month or so! :) Glenn Becker On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Bill Wohler wrote: > A fish just swam across my screen. What the h

Re: Something fishy is going on

2001-08-23 Thread Tom Massey
On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Bill Wohler wrote: > A fish just swam across my screen. What the hell is up with that? No need to panic, it's a Gnome easter egg. Unless you're not running Gnome.

Re: Something fishy is going on

2001-08-23 Thread Mike Pfleger
* Bill Wohler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > A fish just swam across my screen. What the hell is up with that? > > I kid you not. There was a thread on this a week or so ago. It's apparently an easter egg in Gnome. Enjoy, Mike