[[The text is over a white-on-black terminal showing a bit of output from ps -el, with processes running from root and sam.]]
When a user dies, their connections time out,
but their screen sessions linger.
[[The end of the command line is a |grep sam.]]
The server's uptime grows
because you can't bring yourself to reboot
and wipe out
their last earthly presence
[[The processes listed are screen, zsh, irssi, and grep sam.]]
the ghost in zshell.
{{Title text: And every day it gets harder to fight the urge to su to the user and freak people out.}}
Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).
We did not invent the algorithm. The algorithm consistently finds Jesus. The algorithm killed Jeeves. The algorithm is banned in China. The algorithm is from Jersey. The algorithm constantly finds Jesus. This is not the algorithm. This is close.