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There is a lot to be said for standards. But that has nothing to do with the focus on the web to the exclusion of all else that is possible. As someone said, TCP/IP became a standa…

That's a good point. The web is but one example of client-server, albeit a large one. It's client-server that is the most insidious problem.

Why is something that can be gleaned from a man page a "trick"? Boy reads man pages. News at 11. I agree with agwa. I only use chroot for building live systems, not "security". And…

I don't understand why FA are so difficult for CS students to grasp. I have the reverse problem. The concept of FA makes perfect sense. It's how I naturally think of a computer. It…

So what's improved since then? 1. Bandwidth 2. Hardware 3. Language ease of use With respect to the implementations of these "services", things were actually better back in the day…