[at-l] birthdays

[Gary Ticknor]

Root ("/") is the head of the Unix filesystem, and frequently the 
username of the administrator (depending on the variant of Unix), hence 
the term "root privileges". Charlie Root is slang for the sysadmin.

- Greenbriar, former root, a thankless task. Thanks, Ryan.

Felix J wrote:
> ...
> The 
> thing I wonder is this...the 'sender' of the e-mail was Charlie 
> Root...which is the same name Ryan used a month or two ago when he told 
> us some 'admin' stuff. So, what does 'Charlie Root' mean?
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