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616, the "other" number of the beast, was officially registered to SCO. Maybe also fitting in hindsight.
For young'uns who weren't enjoying The Register's constant string of snarky headlines at the time... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO%E2%80%93Linux_disputes
Doesn't "with prejudice" mean no appeal?
It has been assigned to Doom for a very long time. A decade at least (maybe decades?).
(a) It's almost never used by anything else and (b) Unfortunately, I showed some software in a sprint demo once, using 666 as an arbitrary port. I was very clear that this port can be anything, because the software was made to be configurable by the user, and of course the project manager wrote it down and put it in the "official" and released documentation that the customer must use port 666. facepalm.
Why not also include the IANA link: https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/...
Most people will get a chuckle, but I suspect laymen and even Christian zealots will throw a fit.
Like when a normal person gets an error on their screen and it prints “process closed: child killed by parent”. It will probably raise an eyebrow at the very least, lol.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
For young'uns who weren't enjoying The Register's constant string of snarky headlines at the time... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO%E2%80%93Linux_disputes
> was dismissed with prejudice; SCO filed an appeal later that month. Doesn't "with prejudice" mean no appeal?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> was dismissed with prejudice; SCO filed an appeal later that month. Doesn't "with prejudice" mean no appeal?
No. It means that a case for the same incident cannot be filed again. When a case is dismissed without prejudice, it can be refiled if the plaintiff thinks they can make a better case at some future point.
In my RnD testing, when I just need an arbitrary port, 666 is my go to . (a) It's almost never used by anything else and (b) Unfortunately, I showed some software in a sprint demo once, using 666 as an arbitrary port. I was very clear that this port can be anything, because the software was made to be configurable by the user, and of course the project manager wrote it down and put it in the "official" and released d…
It has been assigned to Doom for a very long time. A decade at least (maybe decades?).
The associated email address, ddt@idcube.idsoftware.com, was for Dave Taylor who worked at id from 93-96. So about 3 decades.