From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 1 00:31:41 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 12E7916A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 00:31:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vhost109.his.com (vhost109.his.com [216.194.225.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B94C643D48 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 00:31:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brad@stop.mail-abuse.org) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (localhost.his.com [127.0.0.1]) by vhost109.his.com (8.12.11/8.12.3) with ESMTP id iB10V4Ci076016; Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:31:34 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from brad@stop.mail-abuse.org) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20041130135330.1BA100%0DAD03D2@iname.com> References: <20041129024602.GA23324@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net> <1101748454.41ab58e61eb88@imp2-q.free.fr> <1101788709.41abf62519b57@imp2-q.free.fr> <20041130002603.692153b7.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> <20041130135330.1BA100%0DAD03D2@iname.com> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 01:22:43 +0100 To: phummers@iname.com (Peter Hummers) From: Brad Knowles Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The beastie boot menu. 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: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:31:41 -0000 At 1:53 PM -0500 2004-11-30, Peter Hummers wrote: >> What do you mean "accessible"? And by whom? Do you mean >>handicapped-friendly? Do you mean moron-resistant? > > AKA "fool-proof" There is no such thing. As soon as you declare something fool-proof, someone goes and invents a bigger fool. The absolute best you can possibly hope for is to be sufficiently moron-resistant for most cases. -- Brad Knowles, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755 SAGE member since 1995. See for more info.