Hello,

I just plugged in some USB devices into my old 133Mhz laptop with 
OpenBSD on it and they magically work. These devices would not work 
and/or had problems on Winblows with the laptop.. yet on the desktop 
they USB devices worked fine. So as I say.. compliments, and thanks.

Question about buttons and knobs..
What exactly is a knob?


I ask because on a Door, a knob is very useful for getting the door 
open.. if the door didn't have a knob I'd have to stick my finger or a 
credit card into the latch area and get it open.

Is a knob an extra feature that doesn't really add anything much better, 
but is just there for the sake of being trendy? Is a knob a wrapper in 
some cases? For example is IFUP/IFDOWN a knob? Is a symlink a knob since 
that is essentially an extra directory that isn't necessarily needed 
since you could just be simple and use the actual file instead.. I think 
some 'wrappers' are useful so I hope all wrappers are not knobs.. I 
think maybe I have the definition of a knob wrong.J

Having two knobs on a door is stupid, unless one knob is for a really 
short person who is 1 foot tall and the other knob is for the 5 foot 
person).

I know I'm being a knob asking what a knob is, but I seriously want to 
know exactly what a knob or button is. Yes I googled it and basically 
all I found was a knob is when someone implements something that doesn't 
seem to be the best solution or the knob doesn't really add any extra 
enhancement. But on a door, a knob is quite needed.. so..  flamebaits 
aside.. I'd like technical knob discussion please. As an API author I 
try to reduce complexity.. but sometimes making wrappers around an API 
might add a knob around it to make it simpler. For example the CP 
command is just a knob for copy..


Regards,
L505
Knob Student