From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 09:57:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17A6616A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:57:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from tx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk (tx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.167]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0AFD43D1F for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:56:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from scan3.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.2.166] helo=localhost) by tx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1AhYDK-0004fK-PK for chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:56:58 +0000 Received: from rx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.2.165]) by localhost (scan3.oucs.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.166]) (amavisd-new, port 25) with ESMTP id 17738-05 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:56:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.161.253]) by rx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 4.20) id 1AhYDK-0004fF-Bv for chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:56:58 +0000 Received: (qmail 32577 invoked by uid 0); 16 Jan 2004 17:56:58 -0000 Received: from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk by gateway by uid 71 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (sweep: 2.14/3.71. spamassassin: 2.53. Clear:. Processed in 1.513596 secs); 16 Jan 2004 17:56:58 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk via gateway X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.16 (Clear:. Processed in 1.513596 secs) Received: from dhcp1131.wadham.ox.ac.uk (HELO piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk) (163.1.161.131) by gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk with SMTP; 16 Jan 2004 17:56:57 -0000 Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.1.20040116175159.03f4dd48@imap.sfu.ca> X-Sender: cperciva@imap.sfu.ca (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1 Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:56:54 +0000 To: Jamie Bowden From: Colin Percival In-Reply-To: <20040116081448.I78161-100000@moo.sysabend.org> References: <20040116160124.GF41788@over-yonder.net> <20040116081448.I78161-100000@moo.sysabend.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: chat@freebsd.org cc: "Matthew D. Fuller" Subject: Re: Good BSD/Linux Article (somewhat off-topic) X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:57:03 -0000 At 16:18 16/01/2004, Jamie Bowden wrote: >I read it from the link off of Daemon News' Daily section. If someone >wants to /. it, you'll probably need to upgrade your connection for a few >days, and add filters to your mail to screen the nastygrams you'll be sure >to get from the shallow (and usually 14yo) end of the Linux Userbase Pool. I think the /. effect is overrated these days. Network connections and processors have gotten faster much more rapidly than the slashdot readership has grown; the only time slashdot kills anything now is when people use excessively dynamic pages. Colin Percival