1. I never realized that 'xkill' could pass the appropriate signals through
a remote Xwindows connection, which in my case was SSH-tunnelled.  If anyone
has explored this or knows more, I'm very curious, about the security
implications, for instance; what can you tell me?   Example:  you log your
buddy into their remote account as they borrow your system momentarily, they
do their stuff, but could easily (accidentally or otherwise) kill anything
on your desktop, or possibly the entire session(?).  I know they could close
anything, having physical access, but I feel like I'm not getting the whole
picture.

2. File handle review:  open an editor on a file, suspend that, move the
file or delete it, resume and quit the edit.  Does the move or delete hold
onto the previously-opened filehandle, and wait (in the background, as the
mv or rm appear to return true) with its operation queued until the release
from the edit?

3. How do you (subjectively) weigh the benefits of a mini-itx system for a
home entertainment PC, versus a mini-P4?  Obviously, the P4 sucks more power
and can have far more processing power -- and can also be made nearly as
quiet.  The mobo/cpu combo's I'm looking at cost about the same... I'm just
looking for the variety of people's opinions here, offer whatever you care
to.

Thanks folks, see y'all some other Thursday eve!

   Ben
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