"Jonathan M Davis" <jmdavisp...@gmx.com> wrote in message news:mailman.2104.1299019810.4748.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... > On Tuesday, March 01, 2011 14:27:38 Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> "Jesse Phillips" <jessekphillip...@gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:ikj3nf$1l0v$1...@digitalmars.com... >> >> > Daniel Gibson Wrote: >> >> .bashrc doesn't have an extension and is not an extionsion either. >> >> The "." at the start is Unix convention to say "this is a hidden >> >> file/folder", this means "ls" (the unix equivalent to "dir") doesn't >> > >> > I don't like this description, it is a configuration file which just so >> > happens to have the convention of not being shown. >> >> That's the exact same thing. "not being shown" == "hidden" What else >> could >> "not being shown" mean, if not "hidden"? Obstructed view? >> >> > Linux doesn't have "hidden" files. >> >> That's just like saying "Windows doesn't have hidden files, it just has >> some files with a flag that happen to have the convention of not being >> shown". Six of one, half-dozen of the other. I'm not a fan of duck >> typing, >> but if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and has the DNA of a >> duck...it certainly ain't no elephant. > > No. It's a cat. :) > > - Jonathan M Davis > > > P.S. At least it is if you've seen B5...
OMG, I completely forgot about the whole cat thing in Babylon 5 (I assume you mean Babylon 5). It's been far too long. Actually, I still haven't gotten any further then about halfway through season 4. I really need to finish that sometime. Wait, are you sure that wasn't Andromeda?