Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 12:47:00 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Peter Philipp <pjp@globalserve.net> Cc: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, de-bsd-chat@de.freebsd.org, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: daemon stories ( german customs ) Message-ID: <19971127124700.10853@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971126211114.3355A-100000@tap.system.ca>; from Peter Philipp on Wed, Nov 26, 1997 at 09:15:59PM -0500 References: <19971126204207.18278@klemm.gtn.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971126211114.3355A-100000@tap.system.ca>
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On Wed, Nov 26, 1997 at 09:15:59PM -0500, Peter Philipp wrote: > On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Andreas Klemm wrote: > >> He is "witnes of Jehova" ;-))) So he can't tale my offer. >> >> Well I tried to explan to him, that this is only a masquot of >> the developemen team and was only chosen because of daemon >> programs so a demon is the masqot. >> >> "Yes, he told me ... these demons work in the background and try >> to influence us to something bad ..." >> >> Umpf ;-)) I wished him a nice day, said to him, yes I also belive >> in something like "good" and went away ... >> >> Someone other with such "demon stories" ?! ;-) > > A few years back, when just starting to live out of my parents house, the > jehovia's liked coming by my house and talking to my roomate. He liked > talking to them and telling him his theories about god and such. > > One day they gave him an article about the number "666" and computers > because they heard that I am on the computer all day. After reading it, I > was balling of laughter. basically it was saying htat everything that has > a stamp on it is devilish and that computers all deal with numbers and > identification stamps and so on so they are the devils work. They were > warning of the end of the world when everyone was just assigned a number > and it's all the devils work...hence computers are bad. :) Hmmm. I don't think I've stopped them coming past here yet, though last time I pointed out that my trust in them was somewhat shaken when--as they said in 1967--the world didn't come to an end in 1975. If they show their faces again, I suppose I should try to sell them a copy of "The Complete FreeBSD". Greg
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