From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 00:38:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C5EB106566B for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:38:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-152.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-152.bluehost.com [67.222.39.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3EE1F8FC12 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:38:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 25683 invoked by uid 0); 22 Jul 2008 00:38:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by outboundproxy5.bluehost.com with SMTP; 22 Jul 2008 00:38:32 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=MkKEohafsOyovWyPZWunV9i0wmGTzpU7h+dISjLl9KVL/9ypr4Wx0iOTiMH8LOCYFQ6VZ0UZrRkVc9Z9XK40k4pytD23D1QKbgnZ3mDwL4AE46n2n42B+WrzkjhI/kZo; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kokopelli.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KL5tf-0001dw-Ph for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:38:32 -0600 Received: by kokopelli.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:32:38 -0600 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:32:38 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080722003238.GB18067@kokopelli.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <10989.172.24.169.213.1216491493.squirrel@webmail.lipetsk.ru> <48823535.6070306@FreeBSD.org> <200807191721.03418.gnemmi@gmail.com> <200807191801.57568.mike.jeays@rogers.com> <1216540522.6845.19.camel@dingo-laptop> <20080720144020.GA12401@kokopelli.hydra> <20080721150201.GA41544@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080721150201.GA41544@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: What price at the license of FreeBSD 7? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:38:34 -0000 --LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:02:01AM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 08:40:20AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: >=20 > > On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 02:55:22PM +0700, OutBackDingo wrote: > > >=20 > > > > How many Zimbabwe dollars, I wonder? This seems to give the finest= =20 > > > > measurement for approximations to zero... > > >=20 > > > I think this is a bit uncalled for, it might have been in a candid > > > manner, but there are alot of locations in the world using FreeBSD > > > quite effectively where most people live on less then a dollar a day > > > Id also like to note your so called US dollar isnt fairing so well. > > > Pretty soon might it also be worth 0.00. I do think we should try not= to > > > insult the ecomonics of other countries=20 > >=20 > > The US Dollar hasn't really been worth anything since 1975 at the lates= t. > > People just haven't figured that out yet. >=20 > Neither have most of the things people are buying with it. > So, it all evens out. > It people only bought what they really need, the dollar would > be high, and the economy would be totally stagnant. Who knows, > maybe that would be better than what we have now. That wouldn't solve the problem of the US dollar being a fiat currency. Basically, under a fiat currency, trying to financially plan for the future is a matter of gambling the economy won't blow up in your face in the interim -- which is anything but a sure bet. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] Jeff Henager: "If the average user can put a CD in and boot the system and follow the prompts, he can install and use Linux. If he can't do that simple task, he doesn't need to be around technology." --LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkiFKqYACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWxWACgz/pNC3KNCe83cbxMtmzccRV5 iJYAn3OwAeHz3NGNNjgLp9gIKub+26fQ =mI7h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG--