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Lil Nas X Is 'Upset' About 'Satan Shoes' Nike Lawsuit: 'Freedom of Expression Gone Out the Window'
Lil Nas X isn't happy about the Nike lawsuit that is blocking the sale of his shoe collaboration.
On Thursday (April 1), the "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" singer tweeted about what the situation means to him personally.
"I haven't been upset until today, I feel like it's f---ed up they have so much power they can get shoes cancelled," he tweeted. "Freedom of expression gone out the window. But that's gonna change soon."
At $1,018 a pair, the controversial "Satan Shoes" sold out within minutes the day they went on sale. According to MSCHF, the company that manufactured the shoes, they already completed sending 665 of the 666 orders. Nas shared that he planned on giving away the final pair but now can't because of the lawsuit.
"Sorry guys I'm legally not allowed to give the 666th pair away anymore because of the crying nerds on the internet," he tweeted.
Nike is suing MSCHF after claiming they did not authorize the production of the "Satan Shoes," which use the Nike Air Max 97 as a base. Nike is suing for trademark infringement, as the shoes still feature the signature Nike swoosh logo and the product's description mentions their brand.
Nike claimed that they were not involved with the shoes and even submitted documents to the court that some of their customers said they will no longer purchase Nike products because of the shoes, which feature a drop of human blood and pentagram symbol.
Shortly after the news of the lawsuit, Nas briefly addressed the situation on Twitter via a meme. "Me after the Nike lawsuit," he posted along with a GIF of Squidward in a cardboard box.


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Our Ford Brute Series Rear Bumper is anything but basic with its functional design and sleek styling.
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- Built from premium 3/16" and ¼" American steel
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- Expect 1-2 weeks for delivery
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Print a list of all files in the source tree that are not part of the current check-out. See also the "clean" command. If paths are specified, only files in the given directories will be listed.
Files and subdirectories whose names begin with "." are normally ignored but can be included by adding the --dotfiles option.
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San Francisco Tax Attorney Dale R. Kennedy JD, CPA celebrates 30 years with Kennedy Tax Solutions
Dale Kennedy celebrates 30 years as a certified public accountant and tax attorney in San Francisco, California. He is the CEO and Founder of Kennedy Tax Solutions, which operates in 7 western states
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The Treaty Commission
The Scrip Commission
Edmonton to Lesser Slave Lake
Lesser Slave River and Lesser Slave Lake Region
Treaty at Lesser Slave Lake
On the Trail to Peace River
Fort Chipewyan to Fort McMurray
The Athabasca River Region
Trip to Wahpooskow
As a documentary source Mair's book was special. It was written by a first-hand witness to some of the most significant events in the history of Northwest Canada, namely the signing of Treaty 8 at Lesser Slave Lake, and certain other adhesions that followed. Mair was also a direct participant in the details of the initial distribution of scrip in the region that summer. In addition to the official documents, his account has come to constitute the most detailed published source for the interpretation of these events, although obviously written by a decided government apologist.
At the time of publication the full ramifications of the Treaty signing and scrip allotment were not readily apparent, for the land in the Unorganized District of Athabasca remained largely unsettled. The Klondike Gold Rush had petered out, mineral resources along the lower Athabasca River had yet to be tapped, and the Peace River Country was still awaiting the settlement rush long predicted for it. Reserves had been surveyed for several of the native bands who had taken Treaty, including certain parcels in severalty. A number of holdings had also been marked out for those who had preferred settlement by land scrip. Most of those who had opted for money scrip had chosen to sell their entitlement, but were living off the land anyway. In 1908, most northerners lived pretty much as they had prior to the time of the settlement, either within or outside their assigned holdings. The most pronounced change in the region was in the economy, where, by now, cash had replaced barter as the standard of exchange.
Through the Mackenzie Basin contains no prognosis of any future conflict or misinterpretation of the events of 1899. Throughout the narrative, Mair's tone is decidedly one of optimism. The settlement process was seen as peaceful, with the natives basically satisfied having resisted certain disruptive elements bent on scuttling the negotiations, described by Mair as "half-breeds.from Edmonton, who had been vitiated by contact with a low class of white man there." That Mair should have presented such a picture is not surprising. He was a passionate Canadian and an advocate of the benevolence of the British Empire. His poems and other writings also reveal a strong affinity for the wilderness and an empathy for the plight of the North American Indian.
Reprinted from Through the Mackenzie Basin: An Account of the Signing of Treaty No. 8 and the Scrip Commission, 1899, by Charles Mair.
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Fathers of the Church
The Homilies: Homily IX
by Unknown in 370-380. | translated by Peter Peterson, M.A
THEREFORE on the next day, Peter going out with his companions, and coming to the former place, and taking his stand, proceeded to say: "God having cut off by water all the impious men of old, having found one alone amongst them all that was pious, caused him to be saved in an ark, with his three sons and their wives. Whence may be perceived that it is His nature not to care for a multitude of wicked, nor to be indifferent to the salvation of one pious. Therefore the greatest impiety of all is forsaking the sole Lord of all, and worshipping many, who are no gods, as if they were gods.
"If, therefore, while I expound and show you that this is the greatest sin, which is able to destroy you all, it occur to your mind that you are not destroyed, being great multitudes, you are deceived. For you have the example of the old world deluged. And yet their sin was much less than that which is chargeable against you. For they were wicked with respect to their equals, murdering or committing adultery. But you are wicked against the God of all, worshipping lifeless images instead of Him or along with Him, and attributing His divine name to every kind of senseless matter. In the first place, therefore, you are unfortunate in not knowing the difference between monarchy and polyarchy—that monarchy, on the one hand, is productive of concord, but polyarchy is effective of wars. For unity does not fight with itself, but multitude has occasion of undertaking battle one against another.
"Therefore straightway after the flood, Noe continued to live three hundred and fifty years with the multitude of his descendants in concord, being a king according to the image of the one God. But after his death many of his descendants were ambitious of the kingdom, and being eager to reign, each one considered how it might be effected; and one attempted it by war, another by deceit, another by persuasion, and one in one way and another in another; one of whom was of the family of Ham, whose descendant was Mestren, from whom the tribes of the Egyptians and Babylonians and Persians were multiplied.
"Of this family there was born in due time a certain one, who took up with magical practices, by name Nebrod, who chose, giant-like, to devise things in opposition to God. Him the Greeks have called Zoroaster. He, after the deluge, being ambitious of sovereignty, and being a great magician, by magical arts compelled the world-guiding star of the wicked one who now rules, to the bestowal of the sovereignty as a gift from him. But he, being a prince, and having authority over him who compelled him, wrathfully poured out the fire of the kingdom, that he might both bring to allegiance, and might punish him who at first constrained him.
"Therefore the magician Nebrod, being destroyed by this lightning falling on earth from heaven, for this circumstance had his name changed to Zoroaster, on account of the living (zw^san) stream of the star (aste'ros) being poured upon him. But the unintelligent amongst the men who then were, thinking that through the love of God his soul had been sent for by lightning, buried the remains of his body, and honoured his burial-place with a temple among the Persians, where the descent of the fire occurred, and worshipped him as a god. By this example also, others there bury those who die by lightning as beloved of God, and honour them with temples, anti erect statues of the dead in their own forms. Thence, in like manner, the rulers in different places were emulous of like honour, and very many of them honoured the tombs of those who were beloved of them, though not dying by lightning, with temples and statues, and lighted up altars, and ordered them to be adored as gods. And long after, by the lapse of time, they were thought by posterity to be really gods.
"Thus, in this fashion, there ensued many partitions of the one original kingdom. The Persians, first taking coals from the lightning which fell from heaven, preserved them by ordinary fuel, and honouring the heavenly fire as a god, were honoured by the fire itself with the first kingdom, as its first worshippers. After them the Babylonians, stealing coals from the fire that was there, and conveying it safetly to their own home, and worshipping it, they themselves also reigned in order. And the Egyptians, acting in like manner, and calling the fire in their own dialect PHTHAE, which is translated HEPHAISTUS or OSIRIS, he who first reigned amongst them is called by its name. Those also who reigned in different places, acting in this fashion, and making an image, and kindling altars in honour of fire, most of them were excluded from the kingdom.
"But they did not cease to worship images, by reason of the evil intelligence of the magicians, who found excuses for them, which had power to constrain them to the foolish worship For, establishing this things by magical ceremonies, they assigned them feasts from sacrifices, libations, flutes, and shoutings, by means of which senseless men, being deceived, and their kingdom being taken from them, yet did not desist from the worship that they had taken up with. To such an extent did they prefer error, on account of its pleasantness, before truth. They also howl after their sacrificial surfeit, their soul from the depth, as it were by dreams, forewarning them of the punishment that is to befall such deeds of theirs.
"Many forms of worship, then, having passed away in the world, we come, bringing to you, as good merchantmen, the worship that has been handed down to us from our fathers, and preserved; showing you, as it were, the seeds of plants, and placing them under your judgment and in your power. Choose that which seems good unto you. If, therefore, ye choose our wares, not only shall ye be able to escape demons, and the sufferings which are inflicted by demons, but yourselves also putting them to flight, and having them reduced to make supplication to you, shall for ever enjoy future blessings.
"Since, on the other hand, you are oppressed by strange sufferings inflicted by demons, on your removal from the body you shall have your souls also punished for ever; not indeed by God's inflicting vengeance, but because such is the judgment of evil deeds. For the demons, having power by means of the food given to them, are admitted into your bodies by your own hands; and lying hid there for a long time, they become blended with your souls. And through the carelessness of those who think not, or even wish not, to help themselves, upon the dissolution of their bodies, their souls being united to the demon, are of necessity borne by it into whatever places it pleases. And what is most terrible of all, when at the end of all things the demon is first consigned to the purifying fire, the soul which is mixed with it is under the necessity of being horribly punished, and the demon of being pleased. For the soul, being made of light, and not capable of bearing the heterogeneous flame of fire, is tortured; but the demon, being in the substance of his own kind, is greatly pleased, becoming the strong chain of the soul that he has swallowed up.
"But the reason why the demons delight in entering into men's bodies is this. Being spirits, and having desires after meats and drinks, and sexual pleasures, but not being able to partake of these by reason of their being spirits, and wanting organs fitted for their enjoyment, they enter into the bodies of men, in order that, getting organs to minister to them, they may obtain the things that they wish, whether it be meat, by means of men's teeth, or sexual pleasure, by means of men's members. Hence, in order to the putting of demons to flight, the most useful help is abstinence, and fasting, and suffering of affliction. For if they enter into men's bodies for the sake of sharing pleasures, it is manifest that they are put to flight by suffering. But inasmuch as some, being of a more malignant kind, remain by the body that is undergoing punishment, though they are punished with it, therefore it is needful to have recourse to God by prayers and petitions, refraining from every occasion of impurity, that the hand of God may touch him for his cure, as being pure and faithful.
"But it is necessary in our prayers to acknowledge that we have had recourse to God, and to bear witness, not to the apathy, but to the slowness of the demon. For all things are done to the believer, nothing to the unbeliever. Therefore the demons themselves, knowing the amount of faith of those of whom they take possession, measure their stay proportionately. Wherefore they stay permanently with the unbelieving, tarry for a while with the weak in faith; but with those who thoroughly believe, and who do good, they cannot remain even for a moment. For the soul being turned by faith, as it were, into the nature of water, quenches the demon as a spark of fire. The labour, therefore, of every one is to be solicitous about the putting to flight of his own demon. For, being mixed up with men's souls, they suggest to every one's mind desires after what things they please, in order that he may neglect his salvation.
"Whence many, not knowing how they are influenced, consent to the evil thoughts suggested by the demons, as if they were the reasoning of their own souls. Wherefore they become less active to come to those who are able to save them, and do not know that they themselves are held captive by the deceiving demons. Therefore the demons who lurk in their souls induce them to think that it is not a demon that is distressing them, but a bodily disease, such as some acrid matter, or bile, or phlegm, or excess of blood, or inflammation of a membrane, or something else. But even if this were so, the case would not be altered of its being a kind of demon. For the universal and earthly soul, which enters on account of all kinds of food, being taken to excess by over-much food, is itself united to the spirit, as being cognate, which is the soul of man; and the material part of the food being united to the body, is left as a dreadful poison to it. Wherefore in all respects moderation is excellent.
"But some of the maleficent demons deceive in another way. For at first they do not even show their existence, in order that care may not be taken against them; but in due time, by means of anger, love, or some other affection, they suddenly injure the body, by sword, or halter, or precipice, or something else, and at last bring to punishment the deceived souls of those who have been mixed up with them, as we said, withdrawing into the purifying fire. But others, who are deceived in another way, do not approach us, being seduced by the instigations of maleficent demons, as if they suffered these things at the hands of the gods themselves, on account of their neglect of them, and were able to reconcile them by sacrifices, and that it is not needful to come to us, but rather to flee from and hate us. And at the same time they hate and flee from those who have greater compassion for them, and who follow after them in order to do good to them.
"Therefore shunning and hating us they are deceived, not knowing how it happens that they devise things opposed to their health. For neither can we compel them against their will to incline towards health, since now we have no such power over them, nor are they able of themselves to understand the evil instigation of the demon; for they know not whence these evil instigations are suggested to them. And these are they whom the demons affright, appearing in such forms as they please. And sometimes they prescribe remedies for those who are diseased, and thus they receive divine honours from those who have previously been deceived. And they conceal from many that they are demons, but not from us, who know their mystery, and why they do these things, changing themselves in dreams against those over whom they have power; and why they terrify some, and give oracular responses to others, and demand sacrifices from them, and command them to eat With them, that they may swallow up their souls.
"For as dire serpents draw sparrows to them by their breath, so also these draw to their own will those who partake of their table, being mixed up with their understanding by means of food and drink, changing themselves in dreams according to the forms of the images, that they may increase error. For the image is neither a living creature, nor has it a divine spirit, but the demon that appeared abused the form. How many, in like manner, have been seen by others in dreams; and when they have met one another when awake, and compared them with what they saw in their dream, they have not accorded: so that the dream is not a manifestation, but is either the production of a demon or of the soul, giving forums to present fears and desire. For the soul, being struck with fear, conceives forms in dreams. But if you think that images, as being alive, can accomplish such things, place them on a beam accurately balanced, and place. an equipoise in the other scale, then ask them to become either heavier or lighter: and if this be done, then they are alive. But it does not so happen. But if it were so, this would not prove them to be gods. For this might be accomplished by the finger of the demon. Even maggots move, yet they are not called gods.
"But that the soul of each man embodies the forms of demons after his own preconceptions, and that those who are called gods do not appear, is manifest from the fact that they do not appear to the Jews. But some one will say, How then do they give oracular responses, forecasting future things? This also is false. But suppose it were true, this does not prove them to be gods; for it does not follow, if anything prophesies, that it is a god. For pythons prophesy, yet they are cast out by us as demons, and put to flight. But some one will say, They work cures for some persons. It is false. But suppose it were true, this is no proof of Godhead; for physicians also heal many, yet are not gods. But, says one, physicians do not completely heal those of whom they take charge, but these heal oracularly. But the demons know the remedies that are suited to each disease. Wherefore, being skilful physicians, and able to cure those diseases which can be cured by men, and also being prophets, and knowing when each disease is healed of itself, they so arrange their remedies that they may gain the credit of producing the cure.
"For why do they oracularly foretell cures after a long time? And why, if they are almighty, do they not effect cures without administering any medicine? And for what reason do they prescribe remedies to some of those who pray to them, while to some, and it may be more suitable cases, they give no response? Thus, whenever a cure is going to take place spontaneously, they promise, in order that they may get the credit of the cure; and others, having been sick, and having prayed, and having recovered spontaneously, attributed the cure to those whom they had invoked, and make offerings to them. Those, however, who, after praying, have failed, are not able to offer their sacrifices. But if the relatives of the dead, or any of their children, inquired into the losses, you would find the failures to be more than the successes. But no one who has been taken in by them is willing to exhibit an accusation against them, through shame or fear; but, on the other hand, they conceal the crimes which they believe them to be guilty of.
"And how many also falsify the responses given and the cures effected by them, and confirm them with an oath! And how many give themselves up to them for hire, undertaking falsely to suffer certain things, and thus proclaiming their suffering, and being restored by remedial means, they say that they oracularly promised them healing, in order that they may assign as the cause the senseless worship: And how many of these things were formerly done by magical art, in the way of interpreting dreams, and divining! Yet in course of time these things have disappeared. And how many are there now, who, wishing to obtain such things, make use of charms! However, though a thing be prophetical or healing, it is not divine.
"For God is almighty. For He is good and righteous, now long-suffering to all, that those who will, repenting of the evils which they have done, and living well, may receive a worthy reward in the day in which all things are judged. Wherefore now begin to obey God by reason of good knowledge, and to oppose your evil lusts and thoughts, that you may be able to recover the original saving worship which was committed to humanity. For thus shall blessings straightway spring up to you, which, when you receive, you will thenceforth quit the trial of evils. But give thanks to the Giver; being kings for ever of unspeakable good things, with the King of peace. But in the present life, washing in a flowing river, or fountain, or even in the sea, with the thrice-blessed invocation, you shall not only be able to drive away the spirits which lurk in you; but yourselves no longer sinning, and undoubtingly believing God, you shall drive out evil spirits and dire demons, with terrible diseases, from others. And sometimes they shall flee when you but look on them. For they know those who have given themselves up to God. Wherefore, honouring them, they flee affrighted, as you saw yesterday, how, when after the address I delayed praying for those who were suffering these maladies, through respect towards the worship they cried out, not being able to endure it for a short hour.
"Do not then suppose that we do not fear demons on this account, that we are of a different nature from you. For we are of the same nature, but not of the same worship. Wherefore, being not only much but altogether superior to you, we do not grudge you becoming such as we are; but, on the other hand, counsel you, knowing that all these demons beyond measure honour and fear those who are reconciled to God.
"For, in like manner as the soldiers who are put under one of Caesar's captains know to honour him who has received authority on account of him who gave it, so that the commanders say to this one, Come, and he comes, and to another, Go, and he goes; so also he who has given himself to God, being faithful, is heard when he only speaks to demons and diseases; and the demons give place, though they be much stronger than they who command them. For with unspeakable power God subjects the mind of every one to whom He pleases. For as many captains, with whole camps and cities, fear Caesar, who is but a man, every one's heart being eager to honour the image of all; for by the will of God, all things being enslaved by fear, do not know the cause; so also all disease-producing spirits, being awed in some natural way, honour and flee from him who has had recourse to God, and who carries right faith as His image in his heart.
"But still, though all demons, with all diseases, flee before you, you are not to rejoice in this only, but in that, through grace, your names, as of the ever-living, are written in heaven. Thus also the Divine Holy Spirit rejoices, because man hath overcome death; for the putting of the demons to flight makes for the safety of another. But this we say, not as denying that we ought to help others, but that we ought not to be inflated by this and neglect ourselves. It happens, also, that the demons flee before some wicked men by reason of the honoured name, and both he who expels the demon and he who witnesses it are deceived: he who expels him, as if he were honoured on account of righteousness, not knowing the wickedness of the demon. For he has at once honoured the name, and by his flight has brought the wicked man into a thought of his righteousness, and so deceived him away from repentance. But the looker-on, associating with the expeller as a pious man, hastens to a like manner of life, and is ruined. Sometimes also they pretend to flee before adjurations not made in the name of God, that they may deceive men, and destroy them whom they will.
"This then we would have you know, that unless any one of his own accord give himself over as a slave to demons, as I said before, the demon has no power against him. Choosing, therefore, to worship one God, and refraining from the table of demons, and undertaking chastity with philanthropy and righteousness, and being baptized with the thrice-blessed invocation for the remission of sins, and devoting yourselves as much as you can to the perfection of purity, you can escape everlasting punishment, and be constituted heirs of eternal blessings."
Having thus spoken, he ordered those to approach who were distressed with diseases; and thus many approached, having come together through the experience of those who had been healed yesterday. And he having laid his hands upon them and prayed, and immediately healed them, and having charged them and the others to come earlier, he bathed and partook of food, and went to sleep.
Taken from "The Early Church Fathers and Other Works" originally published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. in English in Edinburgh, Scotland, beginning in 1867. (ANF 8, Roberts and Donaldson). The digital version is by The Electronic Bible Society, P.O. Box 701356, Dallas, TX 75370, 214-407-WORD.


text: Owner: • Chuck Cushner Slathered in Lamborghini orange paint and exuding a presence that is anything but subtle, this 1959 Bonneville is a car that represents a peak time in American automotive design. It was drafted before government mandates and regulations stifled imagination and creativity, and takes us back to an era when we still looked to the stars for inspiration. This is a car that will stop you dead in your tracks and make you truly long for the days when chrome was King, gas was a mere .25¢ per gallon, and where Elvis Presley was the greatest thing the public had ever heard.


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US subsidiary participated in a joint corporate packing event
More than 75 employees of WIKA USA have packed food for children in famine regions together with their families. This was part of a campaign of "From Hunger to Hope" in the United States.
Comprehensive contained rice, soy, dried vegetables and a vitamin powder. For our colleagues of the subsidiary, the team-building character of packing was combined with a touching experience: the awareness that you can keep children alive and build up their strength with this little food. WIKA contributed to this by participating in a joint packing event of companies where 47520 meals in total were prepared for transport. Apart from providing staff, the companies also donated money for purchasing the food, WIKA contributed 2500 dollars.
Helping means joy: Employees of WIKA USA packed food for children in famine regions.
The participation underlined the subsidiary's core values of being committed to social responsibility, safe workplaces and a clean environment. 1300 volunteers participated in the event and jointly packed over 272000 meals for the "From Hunger to Hope" campaign. The meals will be distributed by the charity organization "Feed my Starving Children" which operates in nearly 70 countries.


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Saving Files Via Drag-and-Drop: The Direct Save Protocol for the X Window System
This document was created from Google's cache of http://www.newplanetsoftware.com/xds/.
The Direct Save Protocol (XDS) builds on top of the XDND protocol to allow users to save a file by simply dragging it to a file manager window, thereby avoiding the necessity of having a directory browser in each application's Save File dialog.
Current version: 0 Last updated on June 7, 1999
Supporters of the XDS protocol
Example walk-through
Note: Parenthesized numbers in bold-face are the number of packets sent to or from the server.
Step 0: Before the drop
Before the drag begins, the source creates a window property XdndDirectSave
on itself of type text/plain
(including the charset attribute, if necessary) that contains the file name (without a path) in which the user wants to save.
The source should specify the action XdndActionDirectSave
When the file manager receives XdndPosition
, it should only accept the drop if the target directory is writable. If the mouse is over the icon or name of a writable directory, this is the target, and the icon should be highlighted. Otherwise, the target is the directory whose contents are displayed in the window. Since continuous feedback is provided to the source, this will not cause problems even if the window's directory is not writable and some of its subdirectories are writable.
Step 1: Drop is send
When the file manager received XdndDrop
, it should first check for XdndDirectSave
. If this is not provided, it should fall back on text/uri-list
If it finds the XdndDirectSave
target, it retrieves the data from the source window's XdndDirectSave
property (2), converts it to a URL (e.g. name
-> file://host/path/name
), places this in the XdndDirectSave
property (2), changes the type to match the character set (if necessary), and requests XdndDirectSave
from the source. (7)
Step 2: Transmit source location
The source receives the request for XdndDirectSave
, retrieves the data from its XdndDirectSave
property (2), and tries to save the data to the specified location.
If successful, it responds to the target's request with data of type XA_STRING
containing the single character S (0x53)
, indicating success. It then waits for the file manager to respond further.
If it would like to use the specified location but cannot because it is on a different machine, it responds with data of type XA_STRING
containing the single character F (0x46)
, indicating failure. It then waits for the file manager to respond further.
If it refuses to save the data in the specified location (e.g. it does not allow saving on a different machine because the file's contents are not relocatable), it responds with data of type XA_STRING
containing the single character E (0x45)
, indicating an error.
Step 3: Status code exchange
The file manager receives the result.
If it receives S
, it refreshes its display to show the new file and then sends XdndFinished
If it receives F
, it checks for the data type application/octet-stream
. If this is available, it retrieves it and tries to save the file itself. If successful, it refreshes its display. Otherwise, it changes the source window's XdndDirectSave
property to zero length to indicate failure. (1) It then sends XdndFinished
If it receives E
, it sends XdndFinished
Step 4: Finishing
The source receives XdndFinished
If it sent S
or F
, it checks its XdndDirectSave
property. If this is not empty, the source updates the file path and name that it stores and clears its "needs save" flag. (The property can be empty in either case, as explained in the Notes section.)
Regardless of what it sent or received, it must delete the XdndDirectSave
property when it is finished. (This can be done in the XGetWindowProperty()
Given that some prefer not to use a file manager, it is still a good idea to provide a directory browser so the user has a choice.
If one chooses not to provide a directory browser, then the interface might act as follows:
- When the user initiates Save, the program displays a modeless dialog with an input field, a Save button, and a draggable icon. If the file does not exist on disk, the input field contains an example name. If the file exists on the same machine, the input field contains the full path + name. If the file exists on a different machine, the input field contains the full URL.
- If the user drags the icon, use the XDS protocol and dismiss the dialog if successful.
- If the input field contains a full path + name, the Save button should enabled. If the user clicks it (or presses Return), save the file directly and dismiss the dialog if successful.
The source should report the error if it sends
in Step 2. The target should report it if an error occurs in Step 3.
Other applications can use this protocol if they need the name of the data in addition to the data itself by simply retrieving the contents of the XdndDirectSave
window property before requesting the actual data.
If a program expects a large amount of data (e.g. a video clip) then it could in principle pretend to be a file manager in order to obtain the data on disk instead of via the X Selection. In this case, it must always set the property to zero length in Step 3 so the source doesn't think that the data has been saved. Since this will only work if the source is on the same machine, however, it is usually better to use a Publish-Subscribe protocol where the target simply checks for modifications to a file written by the source.
Technical details
Current version: 0
Unless otherwise noted, all constants mentioned below are the string names of X atoms, capitalized as shown. This avoids the need for hard-coded values, which would require a global registry.
Atoms and Properties
This is both a window property and a data type. In both cases, the full name of the atom is XdndDirectSave0
. The version number is included in the name to allow new versions of the protocol in the future. All applications are required to support all previous versions of this protocol. A file manager should search the list of available data types starting with the latest version of XdndDirectSave
that it supports and use the latest version that it finds. This is equivalent to the way the XDND protocol works. For direct save, the version number is part of the atom name instead of being stored in a window property because the latter method would require more network traffic.
The window property must be of type text/plain
, including the charset
attribute, if necessary. This allows file names to contain any character that the file system can handle. File managers that cannot handle the character set can refuse the drop. Applications that cannot handle the character set returned by the file manager can treat this as an error and return E
. (Refer to step 2 of the walk-through.) If the charset attribute is not set, it is assumed to be ISO-8859-1
This is the action that is sent to the target.
This data type is reserved to provide the data in the exact format that the program would write to disk.
Sample implementation
While implementing this protocol, you may find it very useful to use the programs xlsatoms
to list all the atoms that the server knows about, xprop
to list all the properties on a particular window, and xscope
to study the timing of events.
Even if you implement Direct Save from scratch, we would appreciate it if your distribution included some sort of documentation that states clearly that you are supporting this protocol and provides a reference to this web page. This will help get the snowball rolling. The more applications that support the same protocol, the more useful Direct Save will be for the users. If you tell us that you support the protocol, we will also add you to the list of supporters.
Changes from previous versions
October 26, 2000:
* Action changed to `XdndActionDirectSave`.
June 7, 1999:
* Initial publication.
This protocol was developed by Main.?ThomasLeonard who works on the ROX Desktop and John Lindal at New Planet Software.


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In today's digital and social media-driven world, consumers have the world at their fingertips, but are men and women's fingers doing the same thing? A closer look into today's rapidly evolving digital behaviors highlights the differences between what engages men and women—as well as how they react (or don't) along the way.
Our mobile devices play a significant role in our everyday lives. Their diverse and extensive range of capabilities offers something for just about everyone. And that's a good thing, particularly when we look at the key features that appeal to both men and women, which aren't always the same.
Globally, while more men gravitate toward tech-savvy mobile phone attributes like operating system (48% men vs. 41% women), battery life (48% vs. 44%), screen size (38% vs. 34%) and processor speed (41% vs. 31%) when shopping for a new device, more women are influenced by price (72% women vs. 67% men), service contract terms (27% vs. 25%) and camera capability (32% vs. 30%).
When thinking about your next mobile phone purchase, what criteria are most important in your decision? (Global Average)
Criteria | Men | Women |
Price | 67% | 72% |
Phone features | 49% | 48% |
Battery life | 48% | 44% |
Operating system (Android, IOS, RIM) | 48% | 41% |
Internet connectivity | 42% | 39% |
Processor speed | 41% | 31% |
Screen size | 38% | 34% |
Handset Style/Design | 34% | 35% |
Camera capability | 30% | 32% |
Wireless carrier (AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Orange, etc.) | 27% | 26% |
Service contract terms | 25% | 27% |
Source: Nielsen Global Survey, Q1 2013 |
That's not to say that women aren't embracing technology. In fact, quite the opposite can be true—especially when it comes to social media usage.
There's no denying the impact that social media is having on how people connect with each other. And for the most part, both men and women around the world agree that the growth of social media as a news source is more positive (78%) than negative (22%). In fact, a greater percentage of women (28%) get more than 50 percent of their news from social media sources than men (25%).
But as the word "social" implies, we aren't using social media just to get the news. And in that respect, findings from a Nielsen online global survey show that globally, women are connecting for social reasons more than men. In fact, staying in contact with family and friends is the top reason women use social media (65% vs. 53% for men). More women also use social media than men as a creative outlet, particularly for blogging and uploading/sharing photos (28% women vs. 23% men) and for entertainment purposes (48% women vs. 45% men).
Comparatively, more men use social media than women for business reasons (27% vs. 22% for women), but less than women for "how to, information, and self-help" needs (30% men vs. 37% for women). Men are also twice as likely as women to use social media for dating (13% vs. 7% for women).
Trust is the foundation for any healthy relationship. This sentiment is particularly relevant online, and there are notable differences between how men and women view and act on what they come across in their daily lives—whether it be within their social media environs, on the Web, or even when they see a billboard ad on their way to work.
In terms of advertising, men appear slightly more trusting overall than women. Nielsen's Global Trust in Advertising survey shows that more men trust branded websites (69% men vs. 68% women), ads on TV (63% men vs. 61% women), ads in newspapers (63% men vs. 60% women), ads in magazines (61% men vs. 59% women) and ads on the radio (57% men vs. 56% women) than women. While "complete trust" is low across the board for both sexes, responses from women are notably lower. For example, 11 percent of men say they completely trust magazine ads, compared with only 6 percent of women.
So what types of ads do resonate with men and women around the world?
Men | Women | Both |
Car themes | Sentimental themes | Humor |
Sports themes | Family oriented themes | Aspirational themes |
High energy/action | Real-life situations | Value |
Sexual themes | Pets & kids | Celebrity endorsements |
Source: Nielsen Global Survey, Q1 2013 |
When it comes to taking action on the advertising we see, the media we come across seems to inspire fewer women globally than men. In fact, a greater percentage of women say they do not take action compared to men across the board. For example, 48 percent of women say they never take action on social media ads, compared with 42 percent of men. For ads featured on more traditional media, 40 percent of women say they never take action based on newspaper ads, compared with 32 percent of men. More women (59%) also do not take action on mobile phone text ads compared with men (52%).
So as companies and brands expand their communication and engagement digitally, understanding both sides of the gender divide is critically important for reaching and engaging the right consumers with the right messages.
This article is based on findings from three recent Nielsen global surveys: Q3 2012, Q1 2013 and Q3 2013. The findings are based on survey respondents with online access across 58+ countries. While an online survey methodology allows for tremendous scale and global reach, it provides a perspective only on the habits of existing Internet users, not total populations. In developing markets where online penetration has not reached majority potential, audiences may be younger and more affluent than the general population of that country. Additionally, survey responses are based on claimed behavior, rather than actual metered data.


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Recycling is a pretty simple concept: take something that isn't useful anymore and make it into something new instead of just throwing it away. It can be anything from recycling old paper into new paper, to making an old hubcap into a decorative birdbath. In reality, recycling can get pretty complex -- how it interacts with our environment, our politics, our economy and even our own human behavior patterns will play a major role in the future of our planet. In this article, we'll look at what recycling is, why and how it works and some criticisms of the practice. What is Recycling?
Recycling can take many forms. On a small scale, any time you find a new use for something old, you're recycling. One example is making old cereal boxes into magazine holders [source: All Free Crafts].
Recycling becomes more important on larger scales. At this level, used consumer goods are collected, converted back into raw materials and remade into new consumer products. Aluminum cans, office paper, steel from old buildings and plastic containers are all examples of materials commonly recycled in large quantities, often through municipal programs encouraging bulk household collections.
It's rare for a recycled product to be exactly the same as the original material from which it was recycled. Recycled paper, for example, contains ink residue and has shorter fibers than virgin paper (paper made from wood pulp). Because of this, it may be less desirable for some purposes, such as paper used in a copy machine. When a recycled good is cheaper or weaker than the original product, it's known as down-cycling (or downstream recycling). Eventually, goods move so far down the recycling stream it isn't feasible to recycle them any further. After being recycled a few times, paper is no longer usable. In some cases, goods can be up-cycled -- made into something more valuable than the original product. An example of this is a company making upscale, artistic furniture pieces out of old newspapers and aluminum cans [source: Stovell Design].


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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy discuss a 'comprehensive package' of measures to stabilize the euro currency.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The leaders of Europe's two largest economies have said they've agreed on a "comprehensive package" of measures to address the eurozone sovereign debt and banking crisis, but they did not give any details.
After meeting in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Sunday that they have settled on a "durable" solution for the sovereign debt problems in Greece.
Analysts said the mention of a "durable" solution for Greece suggests Merkel and Sarkozy are willing to accept a deeper restructuring of the nation's unsustainable debt load.
EU leaders have repeatedly said that Greece will meet its obligations and avoid a default. But many economists say the private sector will have to write down the value of Greek bonds by up to 50% in order for the nation to finally get out of debt.
Merkel and Sarkozy also pledged to do "all that is necessary" to ensure that European banks have sufficient capital.
Sarkozy said further information on the plan will be disclosed later this month, adding that "now is not the moment to go into the details."
Analysts had been expecting an announcement on bank recapitalization at the next European Council summit. The meeting, which had been scheduled for Oct. 17-18, was pushed back on Monday to Oct. 23.
The rhetoric, while familiar, boosted morale across global financial markets. In Europe, shares in London, (UKX) Frankfurt (DAX) and Paris (CAC40) gained between 1.8% and 3%. U.S. stocks were also sharply higher.
The rallies came despite news that troubled lender Dexia Group has been bailed out by the governments of France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Dexia, which is largely dependent on wholesale funding markets for financing, was the first bank to succumb to the recent pullback in bank-to-bank lending.
Merkel and Sarkozy have been leading the European Union's slow-motion charge to rescue the euro from a sovereign debt crisis that has festered for 18 months and now threatens to infect the European banking system.
The latest talk from Paris and Berlin has focused on the need to strengthen banks that are exposed to potential losses on government bonds issued by Greece, Italy and other so-called peripheral euro area nations.
Despite the positive response in financial markets on Monday, analysts said recapitalizing European banks, while important, is not enough to fully resolve the underlying government financing problems.
"The recapitalization of Europe's banks is a necessary, but not sufficient step to return confidence to the market," said John Peace, a research analyst at Nomura Securities. "If steps are not taken to reassure the market about the solvency of Italy, we have really only treated the symptoms and not the disease of the current crisis."
In addition, analysts said implementing a "coordinated" rescue of the European banking system would be technically complex.
Mujtaba Rahman, an analyst at Eurasia Group, said a government rescue would likely involve some combination of direct injections by individual European states, along with recapitalization and government bond purchases by the European Financial Stability Fund.
But all three elements of such a strategy face challenges, he noted in a recent research report.
Rahman said that injecting money directly into banks could make the situation worse by increasing the liabilities for those European governments making the investments or contributing to the EFSF bailout fund.
In addition, the amount of money in the bailout fund is widely believed to be insufficient, and talks about how to boost its firepower have been inconclusive. The European Central Bank could also do more to facilitate interbank lending, he added.
Merkel and Sarkozy did not announce any plans to enhance the powers of the EFSF. The leaders have reportedly disagreed on how to deploy the €440 billion bailout fund once a proposed overhaul is made official later this month.
France is said to be worried that using government money to rescue troubled banks could tarnish the nation's top-tier credit rating. Banks in France are among the most exposed to distressed sovereign debt.
On Sunday, Sarkozy said France and Germany are in complete agreement on the undisclosed rescue measures.
Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank in London, said preparing for an orderly default by Greece and recapitalizing European banks could "make a lot of political and economic sense."
"The measures that are being planned now may well be necessary," he said. "However, on their own, these two measures could make the actual debt crisis worse."
Schmieding said allowing Greece to default would send a signal to investors that Italian bonds may also be subject to major write downs.
That would drive up Italy's borrowing costs and raise speculation about the nation falling victim to a fate similar to Greece, he added.
"To rein in the grave risks which these measures may entail, they would have to come with an iron-clad guarantee for Italy that could impress hyper-nervous investors enough to buy and hold Italian sovereign debt again," said Schmieding.
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The Election and the Death Throes of White Male Power
On Monday night, protesters interrupted a Donald Trump rally, shouting about gun control and proclaiming that black lives matter. The large crowd of Trump supporters shouted back at them. MSNBC News reporter Benjy Sarlin described how, "as one man was dragged away, people in the crowd variously yelled, 'Shoot him!' 'Kick his ass' … 'Light the motherfucker on fire!'" One man yelled, "Sieg Heil!"
It has been a violent, sad year marked by mass shootings and police violence and acts of terror and a seemingly endless supply of vitriol and anxiety. But while that series of events may have felt like a random, scary blur as we lived through it, it's coming into stark and horrifying relief at year's end thanks to the blaring optics of our presidential-election cycle.
Our first black president sits in the White House, entering his eighth and final year; in his party, a woman who would become the first female commander-in-chief is building a substantial lead. Meanwhile, the dominant front-runner of the opposing party plays untroubled host to white-power revivalist meetings, suggests that "deportation forces" should "round up" immigrants, and proposes identification badges for Muslims. Donald Trump's competitors for the Republican nomination — men who agree with him that women who have been raped or suffered incest should be forced to carry resulting pregnancies to term — somehow look rational and moderate by comparison. But Ted Cruz is no moderate: He touts his endorsement by Operation Rescue president Troy Newman, who has advocated for the execution of "convicted" abortionists and defended activists who have in fact killed abortion doctors. "We need leaders like Troy Newman in this country," Ted Cruz, who might be the Republican nominee for president in 2016, has said.
Increasingly, the press is bold and unapologetic in its comparisons of this moment to earlier, presumably nastier points in history. Trump's rowdy, racist gatherings recall "the ugliness of a George Wallace rally from 1968," and the candidate himself has been compared to late-19th-century South Carolina governor Benjamin Tillman, who "touted violent terrorism as a tactic for maintaining white supremacy." This week's news of a Tennessee woman who went to the hospital after attempting to self-abort a 24-week pregnancy with a coat hanger provoked recollections of a pre-Roe United States, in which self-induced abortion caused the death of an estimated 5,000 women a year, the majority of whom were likely women of color. Naturally, Monday's Nazi rallying cry made awkward comparisons between Trump and der Führer a hell of a lot easier to make, and the calls to set black activists on fire returned us to the Jim Crow South, in which, Isabel Wilkerson has written, "someone was hanged or burned alive … every four days."
But comparisons to earlier eras obscure the grim reality that what we are living through is not the echo of past risks, but rather our own present danger.
This moment, this election, these years represent the death throes of exclusive white male power in the United States. That the snarling fury and violence are contemporary does not make them less real than the terrors of previous periods; it makes them more real, at least to those of us living through them. And the presidential-primary contest, while absurdist and theatrical, is reflecting very real fury and violence in the non-electoral world: the burning of crosses and black churches, the execution of black men by police, the resistance of male soldiers to women in elite combat positions, a white man with a history of rape and violence against women himself a "warrior for the babies" after killing people at an abortion clinic, and a younger white man killing nine black churchgoers with the explanation "You rape our women, and you're taking over our country."
The political contest just projects these panicked resentments on a bigger, more official screen. The public spectacle of this presidential election, and the two that have preceded it, are inextricably linked to the racialized and gendered anger and violence we see around us. Recall that Trump's rise in politics began with his attacks on Barack Obama as foreign, as Muslim, as other. And that the tea party whence Ted Cruz springs has concerned itself mostly — official protestations about economic priorities to the contrary — with shutting down reproductive-health options for women. That is, when they are not trying to shut down the political ambitions of Hillary Clinton at any cost (see Trey Gowdy's wild-eyed, profligate, and fruitless Benghazi investigation).
Whatever their flaws, their political shortcomings, their progressive dings and dents, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton mean a lot. They represent an altered power structure and changed calculations about who in this country may lead. It is not coincidence that after seven years of a black president people are calling for lynchings at Republican rallies. It's not some random quirk that eight years after a woman almost became the Democratic nominee, Republican candidates are crowing about their commitment to making pregnancy compulsory and accepting the endorsements of those who support violence against abortion providers.
This is our country in an excruciating period of change. This is the story of the slow expansion of possibility for figures who have long existed on the margins, and it is also the story of the dangerous rage those figures provoke. Listen closely, and you'll hear the acknowledgment coming directly from the Republican candidates. Here was Marco Rubio in Tuesday's debate: "What's at stake in this election is not simply what party's going to be in charge but our very identity as a people and as a nation." This is not a dog whistle. This is a statement of fact.
There are those on the right and the left who love to downplay identity politics as a distraction: Do we even believe in race or gender as anything but social constructs? How do identity politics apply to Carly Fiorina or Ben Carson? Isn't worrying about gender and race with regard to presidential politics just narcissism anyway?
But it's not narcissism. This election is a referendum on the existence and civic participation of Americans who are not white men — as voters, as citizens, as workers, as members of the military, as presidents.
And while the resistance may be symptomatic of death throes, a rage at the dying of the white male light, it nonetheless presents a very real threat — there is the possibility that the old and angry may triumph over the new and different. Those who are furious are not without power to effect change that lasts generations: Imagine Ted Cruz or Donald Trump or Marco Rubio in office with a Republican Congress and Supreme Court seats to fill. Voting: restricted. Immigration: halted. Abortion: banned. Equal pay: unprotected. Same-sex marriage: overturned.
Imagine, on the other hand, a Clinton presidency — or even a Sanders one, though even a white male Jewish socialist may invite less ire than a woman. Clinton, like Obama before her, isn't carrying just her own baggage, but will stand in as the symbolic target for those whose fury at increased female autonomy has been building. In a nation where women who were not permitted to cast votes still live and breathe, her campaign, as Ms. Clinton has herself declared in other contexts, is living history. If she wins, she — and we — will be forced to do battle with this rising, chilling, ever more open threat from those who feel enraged that their country is no longer their own. I fear that there's a lot more terror ahead of us.


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susv3(5) [sunos man page]
standards(5) Standards, Environments, and Macros standards(5) NAME
standards, ANSI, C, C++, ISO, POSIX, POSIX.1, POSIX.2, SUS, SUSv2, SUSv3, SVID, SVID3, XNS, XNS4, XNS5, XPG, XPG3, XPG4, XPG4v2 - standards and specifications supported by Solaris DESCRIPTION
Solaris 10 supports IEEE Std 1003.1 and IEEE Std 1003.2, commonly known as POSIX.1 and POSIX.2, respectively. The following table lists each version of these standards with a brief description and the SunOS or Solaris release that first conformed to it. POSIX Standard Description Release POSIX.1-1988 system interfaces and headers SunOS 4.1 POSIX.1-1990 POSIX.1-1988 update Solaris 2.0 POSIX.1b-1993 realtime extensions Solaris 2.4 POSIX.1c-1996 threads extensions Solaris 2.6 POSIX.2-1992 shell and utilities Solaris 2.5 POSIX.2a-1992 interactive shell and utilities Solaris 2.5 POSIX.1-2001 POSIX.1-1990, POSIX.1b-1993, Solaris 10 POSIX.1c-1996, POSIX.2-1992, and POSIX.2a-1992 updates Solaris 10 also supports the X/Open Common Applications Environment (CAE) Portability Guide Issue 3 (XPG3) and Issue 4 (XPG4); Single UNIX Specification (SUS, also known as XPG4v2); Single UNIX Specification, Version 2 (SUSv2); and Single UNIX Specification, Version 3 (SUSv3). Both XPG4 and SUS include Networking Services Issue 4 (XNS4). SUSv2 includes Networking Services Issue 5 (XNS5). The following table lists each X/Open specification with a brief description and the SunOS or Solaris release that first conformed to it. X/Open CAE Specification Description Release XPG3 superset of POSIX.1-1988 contain- SunOS 4.1 ing utilities from SVID3 XPG4 superset of POSIX.1-1990, Solaris 2.4 POSIX.2-1992, and POSIX.2a-1992 containing extensions to POSIX standards from XPG3 SUS (XPG4v2) superset of XPG4 containing his- Solaris 2.6 torical BSD interfaces widely used by common application pack- ages XNS4 sockets and XTI interfaces Solaris 2.6 SUSv2 superset of SUS extended to sup- Solaris 7 port POSIX.1b-1993, POSIX.1c-1996, and ISO/IEC 9899 (C Standard) Amendment 1 XNS5 superset and LP64-clean deriva- Solaris 7 tive of XNS4. SUSv3 same as POSIX.1-2001 Solaris 10 The XNS4 specification is safe for use only in ILP32 (32-bit) environments and should not be used for LP64 (64-bit) application environ- ments. Use XNS5 or SUSv3, which have LP64-clean interfaces that are portable across ILP32 and LP64 environments. Solaris releases 7 through 10 support both the ILP32 and LP64 environments. Solaris releases 7 through 10 have been branded to conform to The Open Group's UNIX 98 Product Standard. Solaris 10 has been branded to conform to The Open Group's UNIX 03 Product Standard. Solaris releases 2.0 through 10 support the interfaces specified by the System V Interface Definition, Third Edition, Volumes 1 through 4 (SVID3). Note, however, that since the developers of this specification (UNIX Systems Laboratories) are no longer in business and since this specification defers to POSIX and X/Open CAE specifications, there is some disagreement about what is currently required for confor- mance to this specification. When Sun Studio C Compiler 5.6 is installed, Solaris releases 2.0 through 10 support the ANSI X3.159-1989 Programming Language - C and ISO/IEC 9899:1990 Programming Language - C (C) interfaces. When Sun Studio C Compiler 5.6 is installed, Solaris releases 7 through 10 support ISO/IEC 9899:1990 Amendment 1:1995: C Integrity. When Sun Studio C Compiler 5.6 is installed, Solaris 10 supports ISO/IEC 9899:1999 Programming Languages - C. When Sun Studio C++ Compiler 5.6 is installed, Solaris releases 2.5.1 through 10 support ISO/IEC 14882:1998 Programming Languages - C++. Unsupported features of that standard are described in the compiler README file. Utilities If the behavior required by POSIX.2, POSIX.2a, XPG4, SUS, or SUSv2 conflicts with historical Solaris utility behavior, the original Solaris version of the utility is unchanged; a new version that is standard-conforming has been provided in /usr/xpg4/bin. If the behavior required by POSIX.1-2001 or SUSv3 conflicts with historical Solaris utility behavior, a new version that is standard-conforming has been provided in /usr/xpg4/bin or in /usr/xpg6/bin. If the behavior required by POSIX.1-2001 or SUSv3 conflicts with POSIX.2, POSIX.2a, SUS, or SUSv2, a new version that is SUSv3 standard-conforming has been provided in /usr/xpg6/bin. An application that wants to use standard-conforming utilitues must set the PATH (sh(1) or ksh(1)) or path (csh(1)) environment variable to specify the directories listed in the following table in the order specified to get the appropriate utilities: Standard Utility Directories SVID3, XPG3 1. /usr/ccs/bin 2. /usr/bin 3. directory containing binaries for your compiler 4. other directories containing bina- ries needed by the application POSIX.2, POSIX.2a, SUS, SUSv2, XPG4 1. /usr/xpg4/bin 2. /usr/ccs/bin 3. /usr/bin 4. directory containing binaries for your compiler 5. other directories containing bina- ries needed by the application POSIX.1-2001, SUSv3 1. /usr/xpg6/bin 2. /usr/xpg4/bin 3. /usr/ccs/bin 4. /usr/bin 5. directory containing binaries for your compiler 6. other directories containing bina- ries needed by the application When an application uses execlp() or execvp() (see exec(2)) to execute a shell file, or uses system(3C), the shell used to interpret the shell file depends on the standard to which the caller conforms: Standard Shell Used 1989 ANSI C, 1990 ISO C, /usr/xpg4/bin/sh 1999 ISO C, POSIX.1 (1990-2001), SUS, SUSv2, SUSv3, XPG4 POSIX.1(1988), SVID3, /usr/bin/sh XPG3, no standard specified Feature Test Macros Feature test macros are used by applications to indicate additional sets of features that are desired beyond those specified by the C stan- dard. If an application uses only those interfaces and headers defined by a particular standard (such as POSIX or X/Open CAE), then it need only define the appropriate feature test macro specified by that standard. If the application is using interfaces and headers not defined by that standard, then in addition to defining the appropriate standard feature test macro, it must also define __EXTENSIONS__. Defining __EXTENSIONS__ provides the application with access to all interfaces and headers not in conflict with the specified standard. The application must define __EXTENSIONS__ either on the compile command line or within the application source files. 1989 ANSI C, 1990 ISO C, 1999 ISO C No feature test macros need to be defined to indicate that an application is a conforming C application. ANSI/ISO C++ ANSI/ISO C++ does not define any feature test macros. If the standard C++ announcement macro __cplusplus is predefined to value 199711 or greater, the compiler operates in a standard-conforming mode, indicating C++ standards conformance. The value 199711 indicates conformance to ISO/IEC 14882:1998, as required by that standard. (As noted above, conformance to the standard is incomplete.) A standard-conforming mode is not available with compilers prior to Sun WorkShop C++ 5.0. C++ bindings are not defined for POSIX or X/Open CAE, so specifying feature test macros such as _POSIX_SOURCE, _POSIX_C_SOURCE, and _XOPEN_SOURCE can result in compilation errors due to conflicting requirements of standard C++ and those specifications. POSIX Applications that are intended to be conforming POSIX.1 applications must define the feature test macros specified by the standard before including any headers. For the standards listed below, applications must define the feature test macros listed. Application writers must check the corresponding standards for other macros that can be queried to determine if desired options are supported by the implementation. POSIX Standard Feature Test Macros POSIX.1-1990 _POSIX_SOURCE POSIX.1-1990 and _POSIX_SOURCE and _POSIX_C_SOURCE=2 POSIX.2-1992 C-Language Bindings Option POSIX.1b-1993 _POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L POSIX.1c-1996 _POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L POSIX.1-2001 _POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L SVID3 The SVID3 specification does not specify any feature test macros to indicate that an application is written to meet SVID3 requirements. The SVID3 specification was written before the C standard was completed. X/Open CAE To build or compile an application that conforms to one of the X/Open CAE specifications, use the following guidelines. Applications need not set the POSIX feature test macros if they require both CAE and POSIX functionality. XPG3 The application must define _XOPEN_SOURCE. If _XOPEN_SOURCE is defined with a value, the value must be less than 500. XPG4 The application must define _XOPEN_SOURCE and set _XOPEN_VERSION=4. If _XOPEN_SOURCE is defined with a value, the value must be less than 500. SUS (XPG4v2) The application must define _XOPEN_SOURCE and set _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1. If _XOPEN_SOURCE is defined with a value, the value must be less than 500. SUSv2 The application must define _XOPEN_SOURCE=500. SUSv3 The application must define _XOPEN_SOURCE=600. Compilation A POSIX.1 (1988-1996)-, XPG4-, SUS-, or SUSv2-conforming implementation must include an ANSI X3.159-1989 (ANSI C Language) standard-con- forming compilation system and the cc and c89 utilities. A POSIX.1-2001- or SUSv3-conforming implementation must include an ISO/IEC 99899:1999 (1999 ISO C Language) standard-conforming compilation system and the c99 utility. Solaris 10 was tested with the cc, c89, and c99 utilities and the compilation environment provided by Sun Studio C Compiler 5.6. When cc is used to link applications, /usr/lib/values-xpg4.o must be specified on any link/load command line, unless the application is POSIX.1-2001- or SUSv3-conforming, in which case /usr/lib/values-xpg6.o must be specified on any link/load compile line. The preferred way to build applications, however, is described in the table below. An XNS4- or XNS5-conforming application must include -l XNS on any link/load command line in addition to defining the feature test macros specified for SUS or SUSv2, respectively. If the compiler suppports the redefine_extname pragma feature (the Sun Studio C Compiler 5.6 compilers define the macro __PRAGMA_REDE- FINE_EXTNAME to indicate that it supports this feature), then the standard headers use #pragma redefine_extname directives to properly map function names onto library entry point names. This mapping provides full support for ISO C, POSIX, and X/Open namespace reservations. If this pragma feature is not supported by the compiler, the headers use the #define directive to map internal function names onto appro- priate library entry point names. In this instance, applications should avoid using the explicit 64-bit file offset symbols listed on the lf64(5) manual page, since these names are used by the implementation to name the alternative entry points. When using Sun Studio C Compiler 5.6 compilers, applications conforming to the specifications listed above should be compiled using the utilities and flags indicated in the following table: Specification Compiler/Flags Feature Test Macros 1989 ANSI C and 1990 ISO C c89 none 1999 ISO C c99 none SVID3 cc -Xt -xc99=none none POSIX.1-1990 c89 _POSIX_SOURCE POSIX.1-1990 and c89 _POSIX_SOURCE and POSIX.2-1992 POSIX_C_SOURCE=2 C-Language Bindings Option POSIX.1b-1993 c89 _POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L POSIX.1c-1996 c89 _POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L POSIX.1-2001 c99 _POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L POSIX.1c-1996 c89 _POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L CAE XPG3 cc -Xa -xc99=none _XOPEN_SOURCE CAE XPG4 c89 _XOPEN_SOURCE and _XOPEN_VERSION=4 SUS (CAE XPG4v2) c89 _XOPEN_SOURCE and (includes XNS4) _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1 SUSv2 (includes XNS5) c89 _XOPEN_SOURCE=500 SUSv3 c99 _XOPEN_SOURCE=600 For platforms supporting the LP64 (64-bit) programming environment, SUSv2-conforming LP64 applications using XNS5 library calls should be built with command lines of the form: c89 $(getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS) -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 $(getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_LDFLAGS) foo.c -o foo $(getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_LIBS) -lxnet Similar SUSv3-conforming LP64 applications should be built with command lines of the form: c99 $(getconf POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS) -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 $(getconf POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64_LDFLAGS) foo.c -o foo $(getconf POSIX_V6_LP64_OFF64_LIBS) -lxnet SEE ALSO
csh(1), ksh(1), sh(1), exec(2), sysconf(3C), system(3C), environ(5), lf64(5) SunOS 5.10 14 Jan 2004 standards(5)


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I understand the company he referenced in the article reprimanded Muglia for what he shared. The publisher took the rare action of amending the article to highlight the areas in dispute. And I had to go take a shower after reading it. Sunlight is said to be the best disinfectant so I'll keep exposing Snowflake until they start operating with integrity. Dwight D. Eisenhower said "the supreme quality for leadership is unquestionable integrity. Without it no success is possible." Integrity starts at the top Bob. Pulling stunts like this will impact the trust from your investors, customers, employees, and the industry at large. At Teradata, we feel honesty and integrity are foundational for establishing customer and industry trust. We are honored to have been awarded the Ethisphere Institute Award for World's Most Ethical Companies for nine years https://www.teradata.com/About-Us/Awards. My previous Snowflake blogs: Snowflake Claims 100,000% Cost Savings vs. Teradata – You Can't Make This Stuff Up! "Retire Teradata" - Dream on, Snowflake "Built for the Cloud" vs "Built for Analytics" - You can have both Is Good Enough Really Good Enough? #BuiltForTheCloud #CloudExperts #Snowfake
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