From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 19 13:11:29 2011 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 D25371065674 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:11:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ED9F8FC0A for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:11:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QYHmi-0006Ca-Hq for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:11:28 +0200 Received: from pool-173-79-85-36.washdc.fios.verizon.net ([173.79.85.36]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:11:28 +0200 Received: from nightrecon by pool-173-79-85-36.washdc.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:11:28 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Followup-To: gmane.os.freebsd.questions Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:12:09 -0400 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <7c5c9d52-465f-4996-a5ce-0894c24dfef6@default> <20110619074556.03e346e7@scorpio> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-173-79-85-36.washdc.fios.verizon.net Subject: Re: Auto Reply: Re: Any working SIP-phone on 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: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:11:29 -0000 Jerry wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 04:27:04 -0700 (PDT) > Dave Segleau articulated: > >> I am out of the office until June 20th. I will only have intermittent >> access to email. I will read and reply to your message when I get >> back to the office. >> >> If you need assistance with a Berkeley DB or Product Management issue >> while I am away, please contact ashok.joshi@oracle.com. > > Yes, another malfunctioning / incorrectly configured "vacation / auto > reply" program. I often wonder if anyone actually takes the few minutes > required to check to make sure the program is working correctly. > The extremely busy lifestyle of the multi-tasking office worker is such that they have no time or attention span for actually paying much attention to anything. They will always have 50 million things going on at once, and as they time- slice through their day, priorities shift in real-time necessitating the need to interrupt task A because another multi-tasker has deemed task B now more important. With ever increasing input from larger pools of colleagues the rate of interrupt accelerates, creating the guarantee no task will ever be completed. So, myriad sub-tasks are never operated on long enough and with sufficient attention to bring about a quality completion. But the multi-tasking office worker can now proclaim: "I did 50 million things today and I was so good at it I need a vacation and a salary increase". And: "I'm so important I absolutely must let everyone know". :-) -Mike