The reason was the multiprocessor support in each system. And far from getting up on our
hind legs and saying “couldn't happen to FreeBSD”, we acknowledged that it could, in fact,
happen. In fact, over 3 years later, on the only occasion when Linus Torvalds visited us, I demonstrated a FreeBSD system which had such problems
where Linux didn't.
So on today's anniversary we came together to discuss how to improve the situation. I went
into more detail at the
time in a Daemon News article.
How time flies! I wonder how we compare now. I have the feeling that if it doesn't worry
Netflix, it's not a problem.
By coincidence, discovered that I had spent considerable time a year ago today. There I was more interested in my “Leica” lenses, the Hektor 13.5 cm f/4.5 and the 50 mm
f/3.5 FED 1. There, too, I came to the conclusion that the Hektor was not as bad as I
feared, though the FED seems to have performed worse than on Friday.
OK, how hard can it be? Horrible! These bizarre old units completely confuse me, and I had
already put it off once, and I spent some time today to come up with these quantities, which
still aren't good enough:
Ingredients
For 1.5 servings.
quantity
ingredient
step
215 g
(cooked) spaghetti
1
12 g
olive oil
2
15 g
garlic
2
12 g
anchovy fillets
2
30 g
black olives
3
20 g
capers
3
3 g
paprika, „edelsüß“
3
55 g
tomatoes
4
20 g
tomato paste
4
82 g
water
5
120 g
prawns, 10 g
5
parsley
7
0 g
oregano
8
Preparation
Cook the spaghetti.
Cut the anchovies into small pieces and fry in the oil with the garlic. The base
recipes claim that the anchovies will “dissolve”, but mine are made of sterner stuff.
Cut the olives into 3 or 4 pieces. Add olives, capers and paprika and mix well.
Add tomato and tomato paste and heat until about to dry out.
Add prawns and water. Heat until prawns are barely cooked.
This morning before dawn a transporter came and picked up Carlotta and Dana. Carlotta is
going back to Jane Ashhurst again, and Dana is going to Shelly Cooper. To make up for that,
Chris Bahlo picked up her mare Pinta, leaving only Samba and Morena here. Samba was not amused: Pinta had
become her friend, and Morena was the intruder. She spent all day complaining and avoiding
Morena.
It has been several months since I bought disdain.lemis.com, my first Microsoft “Windows” machine. I did some basic configuration, and then
left it.
Why? I hate Microsoft at the best of times, and they have gone and changed the appearance
Yet Again. And I was terrified of the pain I would have to go through to set up “file sharing”. But it has to happen,
and today I finally got round to it, in the process updating my living with Microsoft page.
On the whole things weren't that bad. I've found that it's easier to search for specific
terms than try to guess where in the menu tree Microsoft might have hidden specific
configuration functions. But they don't want to know about “map network drive”:
Never mind, there's a second search. But that took me to an external web page that starts by telling me
First, open File Explorer from your taskbar.
This is the same tool you use to browse your files and folders. Look for the folder icon, usually pinned to your taskbar. If it’s not there, you can find it by searching “File Explorer” in the Start menu.
On disdain the two paragraphs are separated by a whole screen's worth of
advertisements. I don't “browse” my files and folders. But yes, it's the tab symbol that I know from other versions of Microsoft.
For some reason they haven't changed it (yet). That takes me to something that I recall:
Still, modulo obfuscatory menus, it just worked. I was quite surprised.
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