From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 11 09:57:33 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A05F216A41A for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:57:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D1A113C43E for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:57:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-25-183.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.25.183]:65289 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JDGdo-00013D-7T for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:57:32 +0100 Received: (qmail 34145 invoked from network); 11 Jan 2008 10:50:48 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 11 Jan 2008 10:50:48 +0100 Received: (qmail 86107 invoked by uid 1001); 11 Jan 2008 10:50:48 +0100 Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:50:48 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" Message-ID: <20080111095048.GA86060@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" , Poul-Henning Kamp , Wilko Bulte , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Dominic Fandrey References: <3712.1200043508@critter.freebsd.dk> <47873680.1000604@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47873680.1000604@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.25.183 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1JDGdo-00013D-7T. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1JDGdo-00013D-7T f225dd738923135724ecaffc04696535 Cc: Wilko Bulte , Poul-Henning Kamp , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Dominic Fandrey Subject: Re: FreeBSD's problems as seen by the BSDForen.de community X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:57:33 -0000 On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 04:27:28AM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > In message <4787354C.4000803@gmail.com>, "Aryeh M. Friedman" > > writes: > > > >> And by denying that there is an apporiate venue you (among with > >> other people) have by definition made it so anyone who presents > >> such a purposal will be screwed before the debate even starts... > >> > > > > I don't waste time debating Newtons second law either. > > > Why because it was eventually proven incomplete by relatively? (i.e. > if no one dared question it then the incorrect version of the law > would still be used today and odds are there would be no computers > because electronics uses modern physics and not classical) Wrong on all counts. Newton's second law (as Newton formulated it) was not invalidated by relativity. And even if it had been it would not have mattered much for the existence of computers since it is perfectly possible to build electronic circuits without knowing anything about relativity or quantum physics. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se