From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 3 04:28:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 099A416A417 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2008 04:28:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from mx-out-05.forthnet.gr (mx-out.forthnet.gr [193.92.150.104]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75CC913C457 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2008 04:28:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from mx-av-05.forthnet.gr (mx-av.forthnet.gr [193.92.150.27]) by mx-out-05.forthnet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m134D8J1018957 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2008 06:13:08 +0200 Received: from MX-IN-05.forthnet.gr (mx-in-05.forthnet.gr [193.92.150.32]) by mx-av-05.forthnet.gr (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m134D8kw020469 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2008 06:13:08 +0200 Received: from kobe.laptop (ppp47-170.adsl.forthnet.gr [62.1.64.170]) by MX-IN-05.forthnet.gr (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m134D5Qj015111 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2008 06:13:07 +0200 Authentication-Results: MX-IN-05.forthnet.gr smtp.mail=keramida@ceid.upatras.gr; spf=neutral Authentication-Results: MX-IN-05.forthnet.gr header.from=keramida@ceid.upatras.gr; sender-id=neutral Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m134D5oO005331 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2008 06:13:05 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m134D5XD005330 for freebsd-chat@freeBSD.org; Sun, 3 Feb 2008 06:13:05 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 06:13:05 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: freebsd-chat@freeBSD.org Message-ID: <20080203041304.GA5298@kobe.laptop> References: <200802012123.m11LNV3s061230@lurza.secnetix.de> <20080201225214.GA57322@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <863asaopbz.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080203010151.GA62332@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080203010151.GA62332@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Cc: Subject: Re: why is it called /boot/beastie.4th ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:28:11 -0000 On 2008-02-03 01:01, Frank Shute wrote: >On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 01:28:48AM +0100, Dag-Erling Smrgrav wrote: >>Frank Shute writes: >>> Should be done by default IMO. Used to be until the religious maniacs >>> started going on about devil worship and other such nonsense. >> >> No, it was removed because it was butt-ugly. ASCII art stopped being >> cool twenty years ago. > > And the ascii Freebsd that it was replaced with is beautiful?! And > cool?!! > > I like the ascii beastie and you've got no taste ;) > > If it were put to a vote, the beast would win by a country mile amongst > those users with taste! Taste... it's always 'taste' in a way or another. Since there *is* an option, which interested people can tweak to their heart's desire, and the source *IS* *OPEN* for anyone to modify on their own if the option is not enough, can we drop the ad hominem's and move on with actually *hacking* FreeBSD to make it better?