Nethack 3.4.3 [PSARC/2008/172 FastTrack timeout 03/11/2008]

[Garrett D'Amore]

Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Danek Duvall wrote:
>   
>> On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 12:51:23PM -1000, Joseph Kowalski wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I'm really surprised at this.  We (Solaris) often get accused of NIH
>>> attitudes.  In most cases, we can deflect that accusation because of
>>> pre-existing conventions.  Here we have a chance to not only be
>>> compatible with Linux, but even SunOS4.1.  (Of course, the root of all of
>>> this is ucb.)
>>>       
>> What's the *point* of /usr/games?  
>>     
>
> So you can find the games quickly, without having to guess what in
> /usr/bin would be fun to run.  (nethack really sounds more like a
> network intrusion or debugging tool than a game if you don't already
> know it.)
>   

I think you're missing the point of nethack.  The point is to tie up the 
cycles of certain people (lets call them script-kiddies)  so their spent 
in a harmless diversion *rather* than hacking your network. :-)

    -- Garrett