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Date:      Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:28:38 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu>
To:        Jeff Baker <Jeff.Baker@ACADHOTLINE.net.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: adopt a newbie program - Thanks
Message-ID:  <199908271828.NAA24127@beowulf.utmb.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199908271813.DAA01709@bow.portal.net.au>
References:  <199908271813.DAA01709@bow.portal.net.au>

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Jeff Baker writes:

[elided]

This thread probably should be put to bed, but...

 > 
 > I'm still not sure why I need to adopt a philosphy to use a
 > technology....but then there's lots I don't understand in the world.
 > 

Because if you understand why things are the way they are, and if
the things are well designed in the first place, you don't need
to know or have read the answer to every little question or
problem that comes up.  You can hold a dialog with yourself that
goes something like this:

"The Unix way of doing this" (TM) is foo.  Therefore, since foo
implies fum, I should connect the frasmus to the serial port and
it should work.  And more times than not it does.  On Unix.

[more elided]

-- 
M. L. Dodson                                bdodson@scms.utmb.edu
409-772-2178                                FAX: 409-772-1790


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