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rsyncinside
14y ago
I heard that Google is a "bot". Do they say "No Thanks" to themselves? Maybe the title should read: Google Says "No Thanks" to Other Bots
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rsyncinside
14y ago
What? Booting from USB uses the BIOS. The solution to UEFI is to refrain from using it. Just use a classic BIOS. If some Linux distribution cannot boot via a legacy BIOS (how difficult is that, really? we've been doing it for over 30 yea
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rsyncinside
14y ago
Can you expand on your definition of "wrapper culture" (not to be confused with rapper culture)? Because if I understand your meaning, your comment could be applied to pretty much the entire "www". Almost everything offered by a "server" o
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rsyncinside
14y ago
With QNX you get a RTOS. You get a higher level of reliability, dependability than with multitasking. You don't get that sort of reliability with some pre-packaged Linux distribution. You need to do some nontrivial kernel hacking to make
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rsyncinside
14y ago
I have never understood this type of backlash. I see it so often when discussing systems of reduced size (and sometimes reduced functionality). What is so offensive to you about small things? That you feel the need to make a comment like
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rsyncinside
14y ago
That's actually what Dropbox does. It's Python wrapped around the rsync libraries. And a catchy icon. A lot of work went into the icon. rsync + python + icon = dropbox I think of Dropbox as rsync for Windows and Mac users who know only h