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Old 04-09-2008
Common uses for Unix
What are some of the most common uses for Unix in the field?
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Old 04-09-2008
Guarding the harem.
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Old 04-10-2008
ahh, it has been a long time since I had to do homework, makes one kind of misty eyed for the days when I had all my own teeth and hair.

One use, though admittedly not very common, would be to monitor the amount of water your horse drinks in the field. The technical challenges that poses will not be met with windows, unless you could provide an environmentally secure, high power enclosure for the machine.

What about the kippers I can hear you asking already, well, as far as I know horses are allergic to smoked herring so make sure you uninstall GNU kipper before you deploy.
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Old 04-10-2008
Look it up here
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Old 04-11-2008
You don't let them out in the field, you need to keep them in the harem, fer chrissake.
 
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