Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Nov 2000 15:24:30 -0500 | From | "Michael H. Warfield" <> |
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Oh, I hate to add to a remark like that (OK, I lied, I love trollbait...)
On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 11:20:35AM -0800, Ben Ford wrote: > Olaf Kirch wrote:
> > sure request_module _does_not_ accept funky module names. Why allow > > people to shoot themselves (and, by extension, all other Linux users > > out there) in the foot?
> I thought that was the whole purpose of Unix/Linux?
True! Very true! Unix/Linux requires that the user shoot themselves in the foot. Windows automates that process and does it for the user, thus making foot shooting user friendly. :-)
> -b
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