Computer geeks are funny people, it’s just that our humor is often borne of technical subjects. We’ll, Rick Garriques has a tremendous sense of humor, as evidenced by this satire of the Unix man pages. The stress of bringing a new child into the world can get your creative juices flowing like few other life events. Even if no one else understands it, I still say “well done, Rick!”
Update: I found this page which appears to be an earlier version by Joe Beck. Both are funny.
BABY(1) USER COMMANDS BABY(1)
NAME
BABY - create new process from two parent processes
SYNOPSIS
BABY sex [ name ]
SYSTEM V SYNOPSIS
/usr/5bin/BABY [ -sex ] [ -name ]
AVAILABILITY
The System V version of this command is available with the Sys-
tem V software installation option. Refer to Installing
SunOS 4.1 for information on how to install and invoke BABY.
DESCRIPTION
BABY is initiated when one parent process polls another server
process through a socket connection (BSD) or through pipes in the
system V implementation. BABY runs at a low priority for approximately
40 weeks then terminates with heavy system load. Most systems require
constant monitoring when BABY reaches it’s final stages of execution.
Click here to read the rest of the man page.
