[LukeShu]

This is the post referenced in the opening of The Story of Mel; which may also be of interest. http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html

[veddox]

Both are great epics of hacking history. I just wonder whether there are any more?

[moyix]

Sure; the 500 mile email comes to mind (it gets reposted here periodically):

http://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html

[LukeShu]

Another one is the Unix Recovery Legend: (also posted here periodically)

http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/~elf/hack/recovery.html

It's also included in the Unix Administration Horror Stories, which was posted here recently-ish. But it's more just tails of people screwing up in creative ways. http://www.yak.net/carmen/unix_horror_stories

[function_seven]

I love The Black Team: http://www.penzba.co.uk/GreybeardStories/TheBlackTeam.html

[veddox]

True, those are also good ones. Although I have to say the story of Mel is still my favourite :-)