Re: Two examples of semi structured data.

From: Kenneth Downs <firstinit.lastname_at_lastnameplusfam.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 18:49:07 -0400
Message-ID: <3lmqhc.d87.ln@mercury.downsfam.net>

mAsterdam wrote:

> Kenneth Downs wrote:
>

>> Laconic2 wrote:
>>>I never really wanted to learn anything about either the registry or
>>>cookies.  In both cases, I was forced into it by people who wanted to
>>>control the desktop machine I had purchased with my own money.  In some
>>>cases, they felt they were acting on my behalf,  doing what I would
>>>approve
>>>if only I were as smart as they are.  In other cases, it was a deliberate
>>>attempt to control my eyeballs and eardrums against my will.
>> 
>> Since nobody else has tossed in this off-topic comment, I will: That's
>> why
>> my desktops and servers run Linux.  My computers are my property and they
>> run only what I wish them to run.

>
> LFS: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

Ouch, too steeped in blood for me, but for all of that control with far less fuss, there is:

http://www.gentoo.org

...and for no fuss at all, there's Suse.

>

>> We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

>
> Just 2 Eurocents: The "information principle"
> (Codd, rephrased by Date) also has this
> honest, open ring of "I want to be able
> to know my stuff" to me.

-- 
Kenneth Downs
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Received on Thu Sep 09 2004 - 17:49:07 CDT