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Hey, 'Sherlock' ... Who's This Mark Strong Fellow? {Moviefone Blog}

Jan 17th 2010 3:10PM Maybe I'm missing a trick but the article doesn't seem to mention No Country For Old Men as the introduction suggests it will.

3 Linux Apps That Make Me Hate Windows {Download Squad}

Oct 26th 2008 11:01AM hence no crazy registry issues that require restarting.

It isn't the registry which forces reboots. Changes to the registry are instantaneous. It's Windows file protection: Files which are in use cannot be moved, replaced, or deleted which is why system upgrades require reboots. Though third party applications rarely actually require a reboot, but it's done for posterity.

Yeah, yeah, you don't need to reboot to play with files which are in use on Unix, and that's convenient in many cases. Not being able to also has its pluses (for one, there are fewer ways to fuck up a running system).