<b_jonas> slashlearn block device/Block devices are a concession made in Unix to make raw hard disks and magnetic tape have a similar interface to regular files and terminals. Since magnetic tapes can\'t write individual bytes, only entire blocks, the interface isn\'t exactly the same, thus the dreaded dd obs= option was born.

2013-02-06.txt:20:54:15: <oerjan> we shall just have to make the Ëơđëřmđřơmë dialect, which has a large enough alphabet to be practical.
2013-02-11.txt:22:18:09: <oerjan> `pastelogs <oerjan.*đ