Must be talking about a version of the Mac I've ever seen: "It's easy to shut down without doing anying... poof! Your application has gone and you've shut down". I have never seen OSX do that: maybe he's talking about OS9 (which I'm glad I never used) or something even older?
I went to install Software Updates on my Mother's iBook (she's on dialup)... and her up time was 430 days! So, no, I don't think there were any unfriendly shutdowns.
Around about February or March this year NTL in the UK changed their terms and conditions to forbid all servers (including SSH, etc) hosted on subscribers' home machines over the NTL cable service.
The resulting angry reaction in the ntl newsgroups was fascinating to watch, and as someone who uses ssh to connect home, I was interested in the results.
It appears that NTL did in the end listen, as the terms and conditions for hosting servers were changed substantially. In brief (see section 16. Servers), NTL provide detailed rules that seem to amount to simply requiring responsible use.
"thousands of light detectors imploded in a chain reaction... [it] must have had something to do with the [water] pressure... [and] happened as the water tanks were being refilled after... maintenance."
They've lost 70% of the detectors.
This was such a marvellous experiment: it will be a real shame if they don't bring it back soon.
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I'm afraid the original article makes the same mistake.
Must be talking about a version of the Mac I've ever seen: "It's easy to shut down without doing anying ... poof! Your application has gone and you've shut down". I have never seen OSX do that: maybe he's talking about OS9 (which I'm glad I never used) or something even older?
... and her up time was 430 days! So, no, I don't think there were any unfriendly shutdowns.
I went to install Software Updates on my Mother's iBook (she's on dialup)
I prefer "the war on terra". Or, more honestly, "the war of terror".
A more reliable way of doing the same thing is
grep -c '^' file.txt
No good reason: I happened to notice your remark, and I remembered learning BCPL and being taught by Martin Richards, so I knew he created it.
The resulting angry reaction in the ntl newsgroups was fascinating to watch, and as someone who uses ssh to connect home, I was interested in the results.
It appears that NTL did in the end listen, as the terms and conditions for hosting servers were changed substantially. In brief (see section 16. Servers), NTL provide detailed rules that seem to amount to simply requiring responsible use.
All the New York times article says is this:
They've lost 70% of the detectors.
This was such a marvellous experiment: it will be a real shame if they don't bring it back soon.