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> We also assume that this is the meaning behind the daemon.co.uk, host to many United Kingdom web sites Not sure if it was the origin of the company name, but the domain was demon.co.uk not daemon. E.g. I had pretence.demon.co.uk with them for a few years. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Internet
"Boy I love trapping demons in microscopic silicon megastructures to do my bidding, I sure hope nothing goes wrong"
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Safari Reader View doesn't work on this page. What do you mean? I just tried it and it was fine.
For me (macOS 15.0.1), it only extracts the biggest quote (Your explanation of the origin of the word daemon ... United Kingdom web sites), the rest of the text is lost.
Do you pronounce it as demon or like Matt Damon?
Interestingly, Safari Reader View doesn't work on this page. Firefox's does. Alternatively, here's a readable mirror: https://ei.cs.vt.edu/%7Ehistory/Daemon.html And another: https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/7w7914/the_origin_of...
The *nix world is full of dark-but-fun terminology. Daemons run the system. New files get 666 (before the umask takes away unnecessary permissions). Parents kill their children before killing themselves. And sometimes you have to kill zombies.
unzip; strip; touch; finger; mount; fsck; more; yes; unmount; sleep.
The *nix world is full of dark-but-fun terminology. Daemons run the system. New files get 666 (before the umask takes away unnecessary permissions). Parents kill their children before killing themselves. And sometimes you have to kill zombies.
From: https://devrant.com/rants/1101391/my-daily-unix-command-list... unzip; strip; touch; finger; mount; fsck; more; yes; unmount; sleep.