On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, Peter da Silva wrote:
>
> The intent was that the special case // sequence (which is actually in POSIX,
> though I don't think anyone implemented anything using it in any post-POSIX
> environments, it was included to support things like the OpenNet super-root),
> after a special
On 2008-10-02, at 09:52, Tony Finch wrote:
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, Peter da Silva wrote:
I would suggest something that lets you say something like
"cat file >
/dev/win/anon//mode=text/geometry=80x24+30+30/title=filename/
close=retain"
And while you're fixing stuff, "/dev/tcp/anon//po
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, Peter da Silva wrote:
>
> I would suggest something that lets you say something like
>
> "cat file >
> /dev/win/anon//mode=text/geometry=80x24+30+30/title=filename/close=retain"
>
> And while you're fixing stuff, "/dev/tcp/anon//port=80/host=www.google.com/"
> would be spi
On 2008-10-01, at 12:49, David King wrote:
Sadly, Apple decided that disk images are the bestest way to
distribute
software and so effectively replicates this hate.
How so? They don't copy the contents of the DMG while mounting it,
as far as I can tell.
Because after downloading the dis
On 2008-10-01, at 13:49, Philip Newton wrote:
Who would you expect pays for them? Governments, through your taxes?
Big companies, passing on the costs to you through their products'
prices?
Yes, but that happens whether or not you pay for the resulting standard.
But this isn't hates-committees
On 2008-10-01, at 08:15, Joshua Juran wrote:
My plan is to use Unix filing calls and multiple processes:
// Pseudo-code follows
setsid();
int window = open( "/dev/new/window", O_RDWR );
ioctl( window, TIOCSCTTY, NULL ); // Yes, a window is a terminal
ioct
So I decided to launch an iPhone app while I wait for the toaster. App crashes
and as mentioned on the apps site, I need to reset the iPhone if this ever
happens...
I reset the phone and now it's showing the "please connect to iTunes" screen...
I do that and it says "iPhone activated". Huh!?
I
[I suppose software standards bodies hate is on topic]
Philip Newton wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 01:17, Michael G Schwern wrote:
>> [1] Maybe they did in one of the newer versions of SQL, but I can't read them
>> because they cost a good wad of cash. God forbid the standard be available.
>
