Unix man seeks understanding bride

A BLOKE is looking for a woman who understands his first love of Unix.

The lonely hearts advertisement on Craig's list has been getting much attention from the likes of Slashdot. Probably because there is sympathy from those whose idea of a wooing punchline is the phrase “but he forgot to stick the / in”. All this has meant that the poor bloke has been getting grep: /usr2/home/women/*: No such file or directory [That is enough Unix jokes. ed].

The advertisement said that the poster was part of a dying breed of people known as "shell users" who prefer the warm glow of a green screen full of text over the cold blockiness of a graphical interface.

He admits to being a ssh, scp, and even an occasional ftp user and hopes this will not put prospective dates off. His greatest fear is that, while the Windows fad will fade eventually, his kind is facing extinction.

He needs a woman who is willing to raise a child with him in the method of Unix. Any child of his should be setting emacs mode before any others can read. Other than that it will be a normal family, apparently.

Old fashioned, he would propose before expecting a bit of slap and tickle and would be happy to live anywhere where unix admins are paid enough to frolic happily in acres of code. He only wants one mate as two chicks in the same bed always causes interface problems.

You can read the ad here. µ