From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 24 11:12:48 2010 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 EACED1065676 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:12:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bf1783@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 839888FC1B for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:12:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyj26 with SMTP id 26so1171144wyj.13 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:12:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:reply-to:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=ImKtB2rSMnkuysWU9pzhonR7LyT0kVwNXInS30+LhVQ=; b=dst/7keDSB0fWv5bnFrAm1icPuVDxOqJbSlnQp4YVU8BvpH3BPTO09za1GxMdVpyaD NqdkgnMMR8fd3zlUoOIzECL8k+imFgKWAw9/pxkqcEGeeqgDxNRTYppd9ivmn8SVUaqz +u5V5vMNef9XBoAuPNvA3QA3OLgxWqtoIPGoY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=r0nq0GLNMkiErBnNGP4L9RsM4CW0ODjHXMo+Ur/dJe+cPIi+/eSAqaIBQowZmeVWQm BqVoj/BXP3gtOk95+mPWBbbmCFZyXyn6XmUZ5ufTHSCeC2i/VtLOZU9PZHQshZ9Z4nvP 5yawGgLu4aUsGjl2KbhupbBsh4PYtwg2FnhqE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.10.77 with SMTP id 55mr4820894weu.17.1279969966242; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:12:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.171.10 with HTTP; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:12:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:12:46 +0000 Message-ID: From: "b. f." To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Subject: Re: BSD logo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bf1783@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:12:49 -0000 > >> I have always been thinking of trying FreeBSD but as a Christian I get > >> deterred by its un-Christian > >> logo. It's amazing how exercised people get over a topic like this, like in that old story: http://www.milk.com/true-stories/unix_for_the_masses.html I think it's a pretty dumb logo myself, but a group of people that offer you free software, and even some help using it -- that doesn't seem benign to you? Why don't you talk to some of the other Christians involved in the project, like those that maintain bible study software in FreeBSD Ports? ... > The term "daemon" has ancient >roots in Greek mythology and has nothing to do with more recent Christian >notions of "demons". Well, "nothing to do with" is overstating the case a bit. There are some connections, even beyond the etymological, and not all Greeks thought alike about them. But we take your point. ... >I was a member of a military unit known as the Red Devils years ago. I >did not feel like I was being corrupted by Evil. Some people would find this a lot more problematic than wearing a daemon t-shirt. ;) Out of curiosity, Is that the one that got its ass kicked at Pearl Harbor and Wake Island, or the one that got its ass kicked at Arnhem? Or just a hardcore bunch of Man U. fans? ... >You stick to your holy water, I'll stick to defenestrating virgins, That seems like a waste of a perfectly good virgin. >sacrificing goats and chanting the Lord's prayer backwards whilst >dancing naked in a pentagram. >I find it's the only way to get FreeBSD to work.... I knew I was missing something. b.