Obviously the submitter didn't grow up with a unix background, as lots of people here have. And now I see lots of people asking what the hell submitter is thinking, "is this a joke", "not worthy of a story" et cetera.

But think about it. Submitter came from a GUI background and now discovers the commandline. I'm thinking back when I started with Linux, feeling totally amazed about so much utilities, so much power and I kinda envy the submitter :)

So give it a rest and just chip in.

What a weird thing to say. Kernel support has been present since the early (SysV) days of IPC. Do you think that was wrong?

Slashdot editor Soulskill sucks cocks! And CowboyNeal is a cum-guzzling karma whore!

I always post anonymously for obvious reasons.

I don't why, in your mind, that Mac Pro can't be both a fashion statement as well as a work horse.

There's lots of off-the-road cars that are available with leather upholstery and shiny aluminum rims. It's still an off-the-road car.

Except some (most?) companies don't have any common decency at all. Perhaps this UK retailer fucked around with this little guy a bit too often, refusing warranty or not honoring price guarantees. We don't know that.

Well, he is not obligated to answer, is he? I mean, it's kind of a dick move, but these fucking corporations ask for decency when they don't have any themselves.

I remember this time the cable company turned me over to a debt collection agency, without prior communication. Because they claimed I didn't send their modem back after cancelling service. Knowing these corporate shenanigans, I kept the post receipt for nearly five years. Otherwise they'd have brought me to court.

I owe NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING to these soulless corporations. I would perhaps reply but only for my own karma.

Ah yes, he wants to watch "online videos". Really, the old goat will be browsing 4chan and redtube when he hears you closing the front door behind your ass.

I use instapaper, pocket or some other offline reader for that.

I can understand when this is hard or complicated. But on OS X, when you stick in an empty external harddrive, the OS will ask if it can start making backups. It couldn't be any simpler -- just connect an external drive. It couldn't be any cheaper, either -- all it takes is a $50 drive.

This all makes me wonder if the OS shouldn't include some sort of emergency backup facility in the cloud. Apparently people expect this as "infrastructure".

Wow, amazing... Didn't know that feature existed. The fact that there's a support document on that, is hilarious.

I'd make him sing a little song.

"The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire
Step out of the car and let this m*****f***** burn
Burn m*****f***** burn"

Funny thing is, I've been OO programming for fifteen years now, and splitting up requirements into sane objects is hard. When I do get it right, I spent abnormal amounts of time thinking about them. It's rare to see well-thought out design.

You're taking it to a new level, eh? :)

So? Pay for extra leg room.

Goddamnit Foist, why haven't you finished your Sprint today? And why didn't you fill in your timesheet? I expect I can find you in the office this Saturday.