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  optimistically_conservative  =  For Computer Chat here on FR, try this Link:
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Think millions of people downloading "free" stuff at the same time...  Contrary to mindless assumption, the internet is finite.   5 by Publius6961

7 by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
To: martin_fierro

LOL!!   I am still unable to download the latest definitions as I keep getting these server busy messages.
Gee, I thought everything was easier with high speed internet. Not!!   by hsmomx3 (Joilet girl)



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(FYI = Angel image is © Precious Moments Angel)

(I'm using PC-BSD 8.1)


For those who may not know - In "Open Source" programs you can change the source code if you have the skill.

Per FreeBSD - Note:   The term “hacker” has nothing to do with breaking into other people's computers.  The correct term for the latter activity is “cracker”, but the popular press has not found out yet.  The FreeBSD hackers disapprove strongly of cracking security, and have nothing to do with it. 

For a longer description of hackers, see Eric Raymond's How To Become A Hacker.
Above Note from: "http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/article.html">(...FreeBSD / Open Source definition - The difference between a “hacker”, who changes open source code (good, because it's legal); and a “cracker”, who cracks security (bad)
- 1 Introduction, Scroll down to see Note:   | |

From the FreeBSD Book: (edited excerpt) Some people don't like the FreeBSD mascot. It is NOT a reference to a satanic cult or anything like that. It is a joking reference to background processes in UNIX systems that handle various tasks, that are called "daemons," which is pronounced "demons". Daemons are actually wonderfully helpful things. ...for sending email or visiting a Web page. MS Win 2000 has daemons that are called "services" instead.
The pitchfork is a reference to an important system call known as "fork". This causes a program to make a copy of itself in memory and then run that copy. Without fork, the Web server could only handle one visitor at a time. "FreeBSD UNLEASHED" - Urban / Tiemann - Sams, 2002 - pg. 19.

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Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)   by JRios1968

(Do not be afraid of tomorrow.....God is already there.)   by Guenevere

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