Circle of Influence

#!/bin/sh if [ "x$0" = "xsh" ]; then # run as curl | sh # on some systems, you can just do cat>npm-install.sh # which is a bit cuter. But on others, &1 is already closed, # so catting to another script file won't do anything. curl -s http://npmjs.org/install.sh > npm-install-$$.sh sh npm-install-$$.sh ret=$? rm npm-install-$$.sh exit $ret fi npm_config_loglevel="error" if ! [ "x$npm_debug" = "x" ]; then set -x npm_config_loglevel="verbose" fi export npm_config_loglevel # make sure that node exists node=`which node 2>&1` ret=$? if [ $ret -ne 0 ] || ! [ -x "$node" ]; then echo "npm cannot be installed without nodejs." >&2 echo "Install node first, and then try again." >&2 echo "" >&2 echo "Maybe node is installed, but not in the PATH?" >&2 echo "Note that running as sudo can change envs." >&2 echo "" echo "PATH=$PATH" >&2 exit $ret fi # set the temp dir TMP="${TMPDIR}" if [ "x$TMP" = "x" ]; then TMP="/tmp" fi TMP="${TMP}/npm.$$" rm -rf "$TMP" || true mkdir "$TMP" if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "failed to mkdir $TMP" >&2 exit 1 fi BACK="$PWD" # sniff for gtar/gegrep/gmake # use which, but don't trust it very much. tar="${TAR}" if [ -z "$tar" ]; then tar=tar fi egrep=`which gegrep 2>&1` if [ $? -ne 0 ] || ! [ -x $egrep ]; then egrep=egrep fi make=`which gmake 2>&1` if [ $? -ne 0 ] || ! [ -x $make ]; then make=`which make 2>&1` if [ $? -ne 0 ] || ! [ -x $make ]; then make=NOMAKE echo "Installing without make. This may fail." >&2 fi fi t="${npm_install}" if [ -z "$t" ]; then t="latest" fi url=`curl -s -L http://registry.npmjs.org/npm/$t \ | $egrep -o 'tarball":"[^"]+' \ | head -n 1 \ | $egrep -o 'http://.*'` echo "fetching: $url" >&2 ret=$? if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then echo "Failed to get tarball url" >&2 exit $ret fi cd "$TMP" \ && curl -s -L "$url" | gzip --decompress --stdout | $tar -xf - \ && cd * \ && (node_version=`"$node" --version 2>&1` ret=$? if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then req=`"$node" bin/read-package-json.js package.json engines.node` if [ -e node_modules ]; then "$node" node_modules/semver/bin/semver -v "$node_version" -r "$req" ret=$? else "$node" bin/semver.js -v "$node_version" -r "$req" ret=$? fi fi if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then echo "You need node $req to run this program." >&2 echo "node --version reports: $node_version" >&2 echo "Please upgrade node before continuing." exit $ret fi) \ && (ver=`"$node" bin/read-package-json.js package.json version` isnpm10=0 if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then req=`"$node" bin/read-package-json.js package.json engines.node` if [ -e node_modules ]; then if "$node" node_modules/semver/bin/semver -v "$ver" -r "1" then isnpm10=1 fi else if "$node" bin/semver -v "$ver" -r ">=1.0"; then isnpm10=1 fi fi fi ret=0 if [ $isnpm10 -eq 1 ] && [ -f "scripts/clean-old.sh" ]; then if ! [ "x$skipclean" = "x" ] \ || [ "x$clean" = "xno" ] \ || [ "x$clean" = "xn" ]; then echo "Skipping 0.x cruft clean" >&2 ret=0 elif [ "x$clean" = "xy" ] || [ "x$clean" = "xyes" ]; then NODE="$node" /bin/sh "scripts/clean-old.sh" "-y" ret=$? else NODE="$node" /bin/sh "scripts/clean-old.sh" </dev/tty ret=$? fi fi if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then echo "Aborted 0.x cleanup. Exiting." >&2 exit $ret fi) \ && (if [ "$make" = "NOMAKE" ] || ! $make clean install; then "$node" cli.js rm npm -gf "$node" cli.js install -gf fi) \ && cd "$BACK" \ && rm -rf "$TMP" \ && echo "It worked" ret=$? if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then echo "It failed" >&2 fi exit $ret

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A social worker recently visited a mental hospital and asked the director, “How do you know when a person needs to be institutionalized?” 

Director said, “Well, we fill a bathtub with water and we offer them a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket and ask them to empty the tub.” 

Social worker said, “I see…a normal person would choose the bucket because it is bigger.” then the director responded, “No. A normal person would pull the plug…would you like a bed by the window?