Saturday, January 5, 2008

MotD

So, what does MotD mean?

Probably the most common translation is "Message of the Day." From the BSD help page

The file /etc/motd is normally displayed by login(1) after a user has logged in but before the shell is run. It is generally used for important system-wide announcements.

MOTDs appear pretty much everywhere you go on the internet, but it's not often they're identified as such. The Yahoo! Messenger Insider is a form of MotD; basically any "welcome screen" that shows up when you log on to a service would be a MotD.

It's also the Mind of the Dingo, or now, Mind of the Deege. Is it something important? Probably not. A relic from when I actually could look at what I wrote and be proud of it; from when answers were simple, and all you had to do to change the world was make enough people believe in the idea that was right. So why bring it back?

Who knows. Maybe, just maybe, something I write will touch someone's mind or heart, make them feel good about themselves, or convince them to believe that a good idea is the right idea. Or maybe its just more verbal diarrhea clogging up the internet.

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