pokesomesmot

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   by pokesomesmot 14y ago

   There is a lot to be said for standards. But that has nothing to do with the focus on the web to the exclusion of all else that is possible. As someone said, TCP/IP became a standard, even though there were superior alternatives. The benefi
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   by pokesomesmot 14y ago

   That's a good point. The web is but one example of client-server, albeit a large one. It's client-server that is the most insidious problem.
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   by pokesomesmot 14y ago

   Why is something that can be gleaned from a man page a "trick"? Boy reads man pages. News at 11. I agree with agwa. I only use chroot for building live systems, not "security". And I use su and sh -c sometimes for overcoming braindead a
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   by pokesomesmot 14y ago

   I don't understand why FA are so difficult for CS students to grasp. I have the reverse problem. The concept of FA makes perfect sense. It's how I naturally think of a computer. It's the theory stuff that is not based on state machnes wh
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   by pokesomesmot 14y ago

   So what's improved since then? 1. Bandwidth 2. Hardware 3. Language ease of use With respect to the implementations of these "services", things were actually better back in the day. That's because users were generally more responsible (be