Re: Regexps (was Re: Invalid Operating System)

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On Dec 22, 2006, at 7:07 AM, Yossi Kreinin wrote:
> IMO, the semantics of the UNIX file I/O is a legitimate target.

When the thing that caused your problem was a shonky file system, not 
the semantics of UNIX file I/O, the legitimate target is the shonky 
file system that meant you had to for god's sake fsck it to get the 
space back.

> IMO, to make a target legitimate one doesn't have to: * mention an 
> existing better solution

It would also help if you could establish that a better solution was 
possible.

> If the engine blows up, you don't need to understand the chemistry 
> behind this - the vehicle sucks.

If the engine blows up because you put a critical mass of fissionables 
in the tank and drove it into a gas pump... I'd say it's the fact that 
it was raining moderator that day that was hateful.

• Yossi Kreinin 13:07 on 22 Dec 2006
  • Peter da Silva 13:20 on 22 Dec 2006
• Yoz Grahame 09:28 on 26 Dec 2006
  • Peter da Silva 12:42 on 26 Dec 2006
    • Adam Atlas 16:17 on 26 Dec 2006
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• Sean Conner 00:46 on 27 Dec 2006
  • jrodman 13:28 on 27 Dec 2006
• Daniel Pittman 01:42 on 27 Dec 2006
  • peter (Peter da Silva) 03:20 on 27 Dec 2006
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