From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 14 00:15:59 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7A2316A400 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:15:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drumslayer2@yahoo.com) Received: from web34511.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web34511.mail.mud.yahoo.com [66.163.178.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6E80913C45A for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:15:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drumslayer2@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 36933 invoked by uid 60001); 14 Mar 2007 00:15:58 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=6vTMNh3eFIx59nRW+Q3aJxTGbGTRlSyBeKk07JKsPjssGRoQ1i7NFrKD1BVgUJnYJ6Y10Ik2nOsF/5w/qpAtwqPsTcxxJA+cxgRraRzhx19Cur5zqHJLyUtLFVBuDe5SHltA0P9wDuFA836mnIJV4qnHyt1Fb8uAAfM8C6c1ErU= ; Message-ID: <20070314001558.36931.qmail@web34511.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: Ve.qnjYVM1lFouZWHzKXWff25VHLFm4PZxGp0dNtp2Le_t8dNvEzs4RhDdLnHeyu4fhQgoH9ypy.nfASl9uyYrMGWuSNVxckeb7p4hrXUNhskF5HWy4prVqQ79up0FtbFGxBabwqUiI0JsA- Received: from [67.112.21.27] by web34511.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:15:58 PDT Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:15:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole Harrington To: rloefgren@forethought.net, Old Ranger In-Reply-To: <20070313173903.H1923@auden.jmla.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Devil Image 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, 14 Mar 2007 00:15:59 -0000 --- rloefgren@forethought.net wrote: > On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Old Ranger wrote: > > > Believe it or not, I actually had an irate woman > complain to me about having a > > "devil" image on our church website. > > Nothing is more complete than the delusion > that beauty equals goodness. > > - Tolstoy I think it needs to be clarified that "beastie" is Not a devil. Beastie was aptly created to represent a Daemon. Simply correct them that it is not a devil or demon but a Daemon. >From Wikipedia: "Many people equate the word daemon with the word demon, implying some kind of Satanic connection between UNIX and the underworld. This is an egregious misunderstanding. Daemon is actually a much older form of demon; daemons have no particular bias towards good or evil, but rather serve to help define a person's character or personality. The ancient Greeks' concept of a personal daemon was similar to the modern concept of a guardian angel --- eudaemonia is the state of being helped or protected by a kindly spirit. As a rule, UNIX systems seem to be infested with both daemons and demons." (p403) Nicole The Large Print Giveth And The Small Print Taketh Away -- Anon