foreach $client ($select->can_read(1)) {
    if($serversocks{$client}) {
      # Activity on the listening socket means we have a new
      # client attempting to connect.
      # Get ahold of the new socket, assign it to all the whatnot, etc
      $client = $client->accept;
      $select->add($client);
      &setnonblocking($client); # <--- SEE HERE
      $connections{$client} = Connection->new($client, \%outbuffer, $Utils::thisserver);
      $unfinished{$client}  = $connections{$client};
    }

##</code><code>##

sub setnonblocking {
  my $sock = shift;
  # Get the current state of the socket..
  my $flags = fcntl($sock, F_GETFL, 0) or
    die "Can't get the flags on socket: $!\n";
  # ..and then add O_NONBLOCK (nonblocking-ness) on to it.
  fcntl($sock, F_SETFL, $flags | O_NONBLOCK) or
    die "Can't set socket non-blocking: $!\n";
}