> Real geeks prefer vi/emacs debates.
"vi"? "emacs"?? Dude, the real geek's editor is "cat >", or maybe "ed" if you're feeling lazy... There's no debating that... ;-)
There's a great xkcd cartoon on that...
for X in abcd; do
dd if=/dev/ sd$X of=/dev/null
done
Just think of the cost and time savings!
BTW, have you ever read the BOFH series?