From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 13 23:59:35 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 B44CF16A418 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:59:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danny@ricin.com) Received: from smtpq1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl (smtpq1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl [213.51.146.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 450AD13C457 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:59:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danny@ricin.com) Received: from [213.51.146.190] (port=60173 helo=smtp1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl) by smtpq1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JPRVm-0006Ev-62 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:59:34 +0100 Received: from cp1228410-a.dbsch1.nb.home.nl ([84.27.217.164]:63072 helo=desktop.homenet) by smtp1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JPRVl-000448-DI for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:59:34 +0100 Received: by desktop.homenet (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:58:48 +0100 From: "Danny Pansters" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:58:48 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <20080208083120.Q1424@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080210103930.016b24a2@makeworld.com> <20080213231839.GI68467@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20080213231839.GI68467@demeter.hydra> X-Face: (Zs+'ncTcchkOX|~t6{?Iii=O!G#WEK!+OD0|-F=i%1pvP5V_Sz4PaJC8o)=?utf-8?q?MiSnH/JMJFy=0A=09oBN-My?=, v":S7, (=?utf-8?q?mmkPm=27U=7BMgT+eM=2EBd=5Cp/P!dr=5DhOTXqpse21O!=25Ct=60SE=2EOodq?= =?utf-8?q?=5Dry=5E=23kU=5E=0A=09-?=GT.[8D}i$6P>=" =?utf-8?q?=23=0A=09*J+4d=7E?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200802140058.48880.danny@ricin.com> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) Subject: Re: Some ideas for FreeBSD 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: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:59:35 -0000 On Thursday 14 February 2008 00:18:39 Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 10:39:30AM -0600, Chris wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 20:12:37 -0800 > > > > "Ted Mittelstaedt" wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Wojciech Puchar [mailto:wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl] > > > > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 11:32 PM > > > > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > > > > Cc: millueradfa@yahoo.com; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > > > Subject: RE: Some ideas for FreeBSD > > > > > > > > > It is one thing to add support for a POSIX call into FreeBSD. > > > > > That's fine. > > > > > > > > > > It's quite another to break a header or supply hacky 32-bit-only > > > > > code in a library or some such just because Linux does the same > > > > > brain-dead stuff and the Linux maintainers are too stubborn or > > > > > stupid to fix Linux. > > > > > > > > don't forget that linux changed from being good unix OS to be > > > > windows competitor. and it's competing well. > > > > > > Ah, something to strive for! :-) > > > > > > Reason # 1 to be happy with Linux: It attracts all the morons who > > > would otherwise fuck up FreeBSD? > > > > Oh my! Ted my man! I'm sure that was a remark! As you do > > know, many of us happy BSD'ers are well versed in Linux-eeze and > > actually live very happily in both worlds. > > > > I would hate to think I may fall into that category! Oh wait! I do! > > Doh!!! > > I don't believe he said that morons were the *only* people attracted to > Linux. Something can be a lightning rod and still serve as a place to > tie off your clothesline (to stretch a metaphor) every now and then. IMHO, that stretched methaphor is not only funny but also very true. Then again, someone's FreeBSD lightning rod is probably also someone else's clothesline too. They're just both a smaller part of the overall whole of lightning-strikers and cloth-washers. Dan