From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 18 13:23:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1006A37B401 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:23:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B698243F93 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:23:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@welearn.com.au) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h5IKNEgC065740; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 06:23:14 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h5IKN67Z065739; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 06:23:06 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from sue) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 06:23:06 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Terry Lambert Message-ID: <20030619062306.D96512@welearn.com.au> Mail-Followup-To: Sue Blake , Terry Lambert , Pete Ehlke , Bill Moran , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org References: <3EF061D9.7000609@potentialtech.com> <20030618165119.GA31988@rfc822.net> <20030618173637.GB32151@rfc822.net> <3EF0A71E.648498C8@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3EF0A71E.648498C8@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:53:34AM -0700 X-PGP-Fingerprint: E9A3 7B97 C563 DBB1 979E BC04 D2A2 9DA3 1274 7885 cc: Pete Ehlke cc: Bill Moran cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsd daemon chick wallpaper?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 20:23:22 -0000 On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:53:34AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > Pete Ehlke wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 01:25:26PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > > confused by pointers doesn't mean she can't write useful code. I mean, many > > > of the high-level languages don't even use pointers, right? > > > > I've heard this, as well. I don't trust any of them. > > They use pointers. > > They just don't let *you* use pointers. > > Mostly because their smarmy designers believe they are smarter > than all their users -- after all, if you were smart enough to > use pointers, you would have written your own high level language > that doesn't permit people less intelligent than you to use > pointers and thus screw up software you might want to run some > day... Typical, one track mind :-) Within minutes the facade drops and their basic animal instincts for code take over. They can't help it, you can't fight it. That's why BSD women are more attractive than others. It's the only way the species was able survive. -- Regards, -*Sue*-