What is the difference between 'cmp -s' and 'diff -q' ? Why the hell are there two different apps that do the same thing in the same operating system? Why use the one nobody's heard of?

I swear, sometimes I feel like FreeBSD is _trying_ to be obtuse. It's almost as bad as Linux RC files.

The internet is useless ( Read more... )

I can't believe how much SHIT Apple has a monopoly on ( Read more... )

I go into Ledgers Liquers (the liquer store for those who remember Franklin St.) and drop about $110 on liquer and mixers. The guy behind the counter calls me by name, gives me a $5 discount. When i ask how much a piece of lindor chocolate is, he says to take it. Then hands me a Ledgers Liquers calendar and says have a good evening ( Read more... )

You think, oh, I ran `uname` and it says "Linux". This must be a Linux system ( Read more... )

It's friday, and it's halloween, and i have a bitchin new pad. If anyone's in town, you should come over some time tonight and see it, and hang out, drink, and be generally halloweeny! :D

Or give me something else more interesting to do. I _know_ there are parties tonight, but I forget where!

When we were young, we used leet to keep humans from being able to understand what we wrote. Now, we use it to keep bots, crawlers, and other automatic processes from picking up our email addresses or phone numbers. Atleast, I do. I don't need spam sent to my email addresses or phone numbers.

I feel bad because, come my ten year high school reunion next year, I won't remember anybody.

In BSD, netstat -an will show address:port ( Read more... )

The problem with my drinking is that there doesn't seem to be anything wrong. It's too easy. It doesn't negatively impact my work and rarely impacts my social life adversely. It's 2am and I feel vaguely functional. I have two gin & tonics and about 5 shots of rum in me (sipped, not shot), and I feel pretty okay. And I know that I'll get up ( Read more... )