[HN Gopher] Simultaneous cat and external keyboard input causing...
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       Simultaneous cat and external keyboard input causing kernel panic
       (2011)
        
       Author : josephcsible
       Score  : 47 points
       Date   : 2023-12-08 18:15 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (lore.kernel.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (lore.kernel.org)
        
       | dang wrote:
       | Discussed at the time:
       | 
       |  _Simultaneous cat and external keyboard input causing kernel
       | panic_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3196682 - Nov 2011
       | (3 comments)
        
       | bombcar wrote:
       | The link to the pictures of the (not useless) use of cat still
       | work! Cool URLs don't change.
        
         | labster wrote:
         | Useful use of cat
        
       | moritzwarhier wrote:
       | The best photo story I've ever seen!
       | 
       | > > > Then suddenly the cat shifted his position and there was a
       | kernel panic
       | 
       | > > Your cat wanted to find out what the magic in "magic SysRq
       | key" means
       | 
       | > > and pressed Alt+SysRq+C. The problem is that he did not
       | consult
       | 
       | > > Documentation/sysrq.txt first; the "C" does _not_ stand for
       | "catnip".
       | 
       | > Yes, it was a catastrophe.
       | 
       | > Truth is, cats are great panic generators and as fuzzy beings
       | themselves,
       | 
       | > they're also great fuzzers.
       | 
       | Think I'm seeing and reading this for the second time (or am I
       | confusing this with that bug report about a toddler breaking the
       | gnome login screen..?).
       | 
       | But anyway, this bug report is great.
        
       | carabiner wrote:
       | All cats are lil babies.
        
       | xarope wrote:
       | TIL, if sufficiently motivated (nice and hot laptop?), cats are
       | also excellent at fuzzing input...
        
       | rtsil wrote:
       | The problem with cat-induced bugs is that they are non-
       | reproducible even when the report contains all the steps, because
       | of a cat's non-deterministic nature.
        
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