One consequence of Linux's dynamic network device naming

I knew that Linux did dynamic network device naming , but one consequence of that only really sunkin recently. Dynamic naming is relatively predictable for interfacesthat are always on (especially when various distributions work hard to make them verypersistent), but where it can really surprise you (and your software)is when the interfaces are dynamic. Like, say, PPP interfaces.

Just like Ethernet interfaces, the first active PPP connection gets ppp0 , the second one gets ppp1 , and so on. But unlike Ethernets


The advantage of blog comments

The advantage of having blog comments is that they are the easiest wayfor people to, well, make a comment on an entry. The main alternativeis email, but blog comments are significantly easier than email in this modern age of spam and other problems, where notonly is it difficult to find the blog author's email address (because ifit was easy to find the spammers would find it), but it's difficult toknow if you can trust them with your email address.

(While writing


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The not so secret origins of /usr/bin and /usr/sbin (and /sbin)

Once upon a time, Unix was very small and fit entirely in what is nowthe root filesystem, / ; hence, among other things, /bin , whichwas where commands went. This didn't last very long, and by the timeof at least the Third Edition in 1973, there was an additional /usr filesystem with a /usr/bin for 'overflow' programs that didn't fit onthe root filesystem any more.

(As I heard the story, the root


Heart Breaking News

There is no better way to learn making reckless conclusion on hearsay than reading the "stunning" newspaper story in Hong Kong.

Lest you doubt the impact of heart-breaking news among the local media, consider the recent talk of the town concerning patient death after the doctors' attempt to open the blocked arteries with balloon.

The balloon procedure meant to prop open an artery, called angioplasty, is always a high-stakes treatment decision (or gamble, if you like) and in particular so if performed in an emergency

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如題,我現在在北京。

首都機場,宏偉得讓我叫了五個「嘩」。

已經近十年無來過,感覺真的是天壤之別。

今天去了久仰的798藝術區,行了差不多一整天,感覺滿足。

但很意外的是,我才剛剛下車,行了幾幾步便見到李宗盛


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