From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Dec 15 00:50:22 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 781FA1DB43F for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:50:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@woodcruft.co.uk) Received: from lime.woodcruft.co.uk (woodcruft.co.uk [81.187.27.248]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47b5RK5thwz3R2g for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:50:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@woodcruft.co.uk) Received: by lime.woodcruft.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7164A13158C; Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:50:20 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:50:20 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: Ralf Mardorf Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Polytropon Subject: Re: [off-topic] Re: I apologise ... Message-ID: <20191215005020.7bah32maj7rjjo6h@woodcruft.co.uk> Reply-To: Frank Shute Mail-Followup-To: Frank Shute , Ralf Mardorf , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Polytropon References: <3c7df19d6e93eb168016421df0ec54d5@kathe.in> <20191214111857.67b4c53e@archlinux> <20191214124809.9b205826.freebsd@edvax.de> <20191215000423.5d43ff86@archlinux> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191215000423.5d43ff86@archlinux> X-Organisation: 'Woodcruft Ltd.' User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47b5RK5thwz3R2g X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of frank@woodcruft.co.uk designates 81.187.27.248 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=frank@woodcruft.co.uk X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[frank@woodcruft.co.uk]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[woodcruft.co.uk]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(-1.70)[ipnet: 81.187.0.0/16(-4.72), asn: 20712(-3.70), country: GB(-0.08)]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[rocketmail.com]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20712, ipnet:81.187.0.0/16, country:GB]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:50:22 -0000 On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 12:04:23AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 12:48:09 +0100, Polytropon wrote: > >FreeBSD should therefore be seen as a foundation, not as a "one size > >fits all egg-laying wool-milk-sow", which it isn't, and which _no_ OS, > >despite imaginable claims, is. To expect (!) something different than > >this fact is absolute nonsense. > > "I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think > that any conscious entity can ever hope to do." - HAL 9000 > > AI{,O} is what users expect nowadays and it will come soon, most likely > with harmful secondary effects. My fear is that we wont get as far as seeing the secondary effects since the 'deus ex machina' is ourselves: "Three great powers rule the world: greed, fear, and stupidity." -- Mark Twain How do you fancy those 3 characteristics of humanity raised to the nth degree? Regards, -- Frank --* The Machine Stops.*--