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With great power comes great responsibility - What happened between 1993 and 2004 and sudo ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Today I learned that the third line in the sudo warning was only added in 2004. Is there perhaps a clear event of history facts or cultural changes between 1993 and 2004 that made the software developers add that line ?

For instance a (silly?) made up example : Monty Python became very popular on TV in some countries where the software developers lived and improved critical thinking for some.

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[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 5 months ago (3 children)

2002 was the Spider-Man movie, 2004 was Spider-Man 2.

[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

With great power comes great responsibility
That's the catchphrase of old uncle Ben
And if you missed it, don't worry they'll say the line
Again and again and again

[–] flux@lemmyis.fun 8 points 5 months ago

/thread

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah. Spider man was a big deal at that time

[–] kinttach@lemm.ee 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It was added in January 2004 and is a reference to the quote in Spider Man.

https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/a/12522

[–] lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

I see, t y.Now I understand the previous comment about Spider Man.

[–] crawancon@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

Pepperidge Farm remembers being in the wheel group...

[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I was born