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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Dominique Sanda近年移居阿根廷的布宜諾斯艾利斯, 在影壇幾乎消聲匿跡. 資料上顯示她自《血腥洪流》(Crimson Rivers, 2000) 客串一角後便再無作品面世. 99年的《烈女暴潮》(Garage Olimpo) 還可以見到她的演出, 昔日的清純被歲月洗刷掉, 有

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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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The problem with Usenet

There's recently been a little bit of fuss in the news about the NewYork Attorney General getting various ISPs to turn off the alt.*hierarchy on their Usenet servers, with a number of people are wonderinghow the ISPs were willing to cave in to this sort of pressure. My guess,based on what I remember from being fairly involved with a Usenet serverup until a couple of years ago, is that ISPs were probably just as happyto have a good excuse to cut back on their news servers


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