Why Unix filesystems precreate lost+found directories

Here's a sensible question about the lost+found directories thatvarious Unix filesystems stick in the top directory: why do they have toexist all the time? Yes, clearly fsck needs somewhere to put recoveredfiles, but in theory it could just create a lost+found directory whenneeded, and otherwise you wouldn't have it cluttering up the filesystem.

Part of the answer is that lost+found isn't just a normal emptydirectory; instead, it's usually substantially bigger, despite having


One thing that top-posting is good for

Like many Internet people of a certain generation, I don't like top-posting (and often have a semi-visceral reaction to it). For a long time Iavoided it almost entirely but these days I'm in an environment whereI'm reasonably exposed to it, and I've come to realize something aboutit.

Ultimately, the purpose of all quoting in email is to provide context,to remind people of the previous discussion if they don't remember itoff the top of


明月幾時有?

「So, how's New York?」我問Joyce,然後呷一口明前龍井。

「Vain。還是比較喜歡倫敦。」她說,又用手指搔一下剪得極短的頭髮。Joyce在航空公司任職公關,secondment到紐約半年後回來,就把一頭長髮剪短。

已經很久沒有來Pacific Place的夜上海了。

你會行賄嗎?

如果警察會因為貪吃西餅而涉嫌串謀妨礙司法公正,我手上這盒半島嘉麟樓奶黃月餅,沒理由打動不了我的秘書Selina。

我office的房間座落西南。但算命先生幫我計過,今年入秋以後,我的紅鸞星就會移到東北偏北,錯過了就要再等九

三至十八句

是已經有方法的了。當被無理的負能量環繞時,叮囑自己拉遠距離,從長的時間維度,廣的社會向度,外部的抽離角度,高遠的理念視野,去思考整個問題,不要過於沉迷所謂的人性醜惡(因為它往往有想像成份),想想一無所

靈魂的救贖

我渴望得到救贖,是從來沒有停止過。

明明是渴望成為高貴的人,卻總是縱情於罪惡之中,貪、嗔、痴、妄語、私慾、妒忌、憎恨,一直一直在燃燒我虛弱的內心,巴不得就要枯乾死去,向這個世界屈服,道德的底線越來越低,

假日消遣


假日無事,讀書看戲,不亦快哉!

最近所讀的書都有關國史,感受複雜,他日再談。

看戲的時光過得特別快,一天之間,看了五部,都是舊片,隨便說說,留個紀錄。

《氣象人生》(The Weather Man)


從來不喜歡看尼古拉斯基治當英雄的
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《頭條日報》某娛記作得就作

大家可以參考娛記的老作過程,看圖作文都要加鹽加醋,還要再加鄙賤的字眼,令故事看似峰迴路轉

  • 根本沒有想過trade-in日日用的tote bag (還有,那個不是“舊款”)
  • 絕對沒有買過那個BabyBlue的BalenciagaWorkBag,為何亂將我幫這個品牌賣廣告?
  • Hermes沒

成功之道?


袁彌明:唔知有咩成功

至於早前在論壇節目中公開狠批o靚模寫真集不雅的袁彌明,昨日聽聞周秀娜接受大學邀請講成功經驗時,即時疑惑地問:「我都唔知佢有咩咁成功!」當知道是科技大學邀請時,她難忍寸嘴:「我相信『


女人為什麼要求婚?


The Proposal被譯為《求婚的惡魔》,路人皆知片商想沾《穿Parda的惡魔》的光,然而主演的是Sandra Bullock,由《生死時速》演到現在,大家幾時見過她扮演過惡魔?這些年來無論是演會去選美的俏臥底,還是超齡演繹《觸不到的戀人》全智賢的