................................. To leave Commie, hyper to http://commie.oy.com/commie_leaving.html .................................
http://www.very.net/~nikolai/penix/ .................... networks the Penix network philosphy is based on a `Master/Slave' relationship. Systems can be linked into networks that include hundred of machines, but generally, inter-machine communication is dominant/submissive. One machine makes a begging, whimpering request for a file from its `Dom', which must then establish which of its `Subs' has the file. It then issues a spank_IO order for the file; if the data packet isn't sent within the system default timeout period, the Dom issues a whip_IO. If THAT doesn't work, the Dom grabs the nearest (by address) Sub by its bus, shakes it silly, and applies the logical equivalent of nipple-clips. .................... ---> jab | commie | http://commie.oy.com "I take what I want and I want what I take." - Captain Kidd (in an episode of Felix the Cat)
