From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 17 12:10:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA11207 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:10:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA11200; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199702172010.MAA11200@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A Parable To: cmott@srv.net (Charles Mott) Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:10:02 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Charles Mott" at Feb 17, 97 11:05:36 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Charles Mott wrote: > > A physicist is sleeping in his bedroom. He sees a fire burning in one > corner of the room and a bucket of water in another corner. He puts out > the fire and goes back to sleep. > > The mathemetician wakes up and says, "Ah, a solution!" He then goes > back to sleep without doing anything. > > The FreeBSD team wakes up and says, "Let's audit the entire house for > fires, termite damage, worn carpet, and scratches in the walls -- starting > first in the kitchen." They then go back to sleep. http://www.freebsd.org/auditors.html pay no attention to the men behind the curtain. ;) jmb