[at-l] birthdays

[Gary Ticknor]

Probably his child. Root has lots of children. Mostly with names like 
dev and var and usr and etc. Charlie is a prolific old goat, loves to 
"root" around (heh heh).

- Greenbriar

Felix J wrote:
> Gary Ticknor wrote:
>   
>> 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.
>>     
>
> Funny thing...when I was a kid, and learning all those life lessons from 
> my dad, we lived in a house in Bedford, Indiana. The address was 716 
> 22nd St.  The landmistress' name was Sally Root.   I wonder if she and 
> this slangified 'Charlie Root' are related....
>
>   
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