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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-13.sprintlink.net!news.nkn.net!news.panther.net!nemesis!uhclem From: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV) Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: The Big Blue Box Message-ID: <E88wy3.KIv@nemesis.lonestar.org> References: <slrn5kaf5t.11r.c_chaos@chaosnet.wahnapitae.on.ca> <01bc4136$20f68ec0$78c5a9c6@win95> <5i47ee$iqk$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> <5i48m7$hsv@xmission.xmission.com> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 02:15:39 GMT Lines: 31 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38673 alt.os.linux:19927 comp.os.linux.misc:168496 klaus@xmission.com@editme.first wrote: : Most people can't set the clock on their VCR. That's why they all flash : 12:00. There was a study that found that most people could program the VCR clock. What people don't do is reset it every few days when there is a tiny 20msec power outage and the clock instantly reverts to 1200. If the VCR maker had put in some battery backup or even a large capacitor so that settings would survive a few minutes without power, the flashing 1200 would disappear in most places. The same is true for Windows TELNET. Why do people run it at 78x23 screen dimensions? Because that is the size it always starts with, (despite there not being a 78 column terminal ever made), and it won't remember the size when you resize it. Result: only those people who really need the 80x24 or 80x25 screen dimensions put up with resetting them every time they start TELNET, or they work hard to never let Microsoft TELNET exit. This TELNET bug was reported to Microsoft during Windows '95 beta and Microsofts response was "it's not a bug because NT does it too." So, two bugs make a feature. Frank Durda IV [uhclem%nemesis.lonestar.org]|"The Knights who say "LETNi" or uhclem%nemesis%rwsystr.nkn.net | demand... A SEGMENT REGISTER!!!" |"A what?" or ...letni!rwsys!nemesis!uhclem |"LETNi! LETNi! LETNi!" - 1983 (c) 1997, ask before reprinting