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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In mech., the point where cords, ropes, etc., meet from angular directions in funicular machines. More properly called node.

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  • It looks like Apache's doing something that triggers a bug in the kernel; knotes are event notification things, so I bet Apache's doing some kind of asynch I/O, and triggering a bug in the kernel code that implements it, causing it to leave the knote state of the process in an invalid state, so that the kernel panics when trying to close down the process state after process termination.

    Snell-Pym » Web server upgrade 2008

  • It looks like Apache's doing something that triggers a bug in the kernel; knotes are event notification things, so I bet Apache's doing some kind of asynch I/O, and triggering a bug in the kernel code that implements it, causing it to leave the knote state of the process in an invalid state, so that the kernel panics when trying to close down the process state after process termination.

    Snell-Pym » 2008 » April 2008

  • I knote the abundunce of posts from a certain G Eagle of whome many tails are tolled.

    mummified fairy remains found!!! « raincoaster 2007

  • [Bug 171502] Opening kontact config dialog while in the knote part freezes kontact

    OSDir.com 2009

  • a knote of saile, but were forced to hull, for diverce days togither.

    Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733 Various 1885

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