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Comment · 8 years ago
While I fully agree with you, there are several issues here:

- the word "free" has several meanings in English, i.e. "free" as in "no charge" and "free" as in "freedom" (free access, free software, etc.) - the answer given there does not indicate which one of those is meant.

- patents have most likely been granted in countries that recognise them - this does not prevent from the patent being put into public domain. However, the second sentence in question 17 seems to indicate that the license bears a fee, which also contradicts one of the meanings of "free above.

Either way, the Q&A/FAQ is full of marketing mumble.

Comment · 10 years ago
Disable all window decorations (i.e. adjust for best performance) and it's back - not a big deal.
Comment · 11 years ago
Finally!

Keep it, please!

Comment · 11 years ago
+1 # I'm not a fan of "plus ones"

Flash!? It's 2015!

Comment · 11 years ago
I take it you own one and would like your objective opinion. What exactly was wrong with it?
Comment · 11 years ago
OpenBSD grows and changes, and its rc.d(8) is no exception!

man 8 rcctl

Comment · 11 years ago
If something did not exist prior to our action then it is an invention, otherwise it's a discovery.
Comment · 11 years ago
> If you'd like to know what that does, you can just look up the bash source of `/etc/rc.d/rc.subr`, another bash script.

Ouch... Shell (or Bourne Shell to be exact), not bash.

Bash is a type of Shell and it's not* even available (thank goodness) on either of the BSDs in their base system (only as a port and/or package).

On OpenBSD, the actual command line interpreter is actually Korn, not the Bourne, Shell.

Comment · 11 years ago
I meant the whole thing - subkeys, their very purpose (even CAs use subkeys to sign certificats!) or usage, etc.

Seems a bit strange for security researcher - that's all.

Comment · 11 years ago
How is this personal?

I'm not trying to insult anyone, it's a mere statement of a fact - the OP hasn't a slightest clue about web of trust, subkeys, key-signing, etc. and he clearly demonstrated it in several comments. In those he spreads misinformation and FUD - and those are signs of a troll. So if I say "you haven't a slightest clue" to such an individual, I'm being polite.

Good day.

Comment · 11 years ago
I've noticed it several months ago by going through my server logs - hadn't included 'favicon.ico' in the HTML and yet, the browser - Chrom(e|ium) - tried downloading it every time.

Thanks for reminding me to report it ;^)

Comment · 11 years ago
The same with "UNIX", "Unix" and "unix" (sic!).
Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
Why would they? It's not needed - '-F', '--retry' and the like are redundant. IMVHO, OpenBSD's '-f' behaviour should have been the default elsewhere, too. How many times in the past have you deliberately followed the file descriptor (coreutils' default '-f' behaviour) instead of its name? Every single time I used it in the past on Linux, this is what I thought:

    "For f***** sake! I should have used '-F'! Arghhh...!"
Obviously, I'm paraphrasing ;^)

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