From nobody Thu May 22 18:04:48 2025 X-Original-To: dev-commits-doc-all@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4b3GQm4L8bz5wytF for ; Thu, 22 May 2025 18:04:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R11" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4b3GQm3pHVz3KJ6; Thu, 22 May 2025 18:04:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1747937088; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1FbFO8AFCo3MPZlKZkFdGrNDICf4km92Y7bns2de/NM=; b=cOvUfzg8SiXMEImhbTVeOWlTkftpPYqfzPj4Qw9Sles6bRLvaWLmZ4u9bF+XeQzxD0zEGb CDGvIzykurPIDO4Uwrroh89342y6XBqtw4jIySU/7+0bz2mJaBiNbGRsFzGUfu38W5DgoS eCGyuitNB+tjo7WCyBi2+ht0qN5aE+ATS3inyW+bOwHREU5t6bPjUJhh40G3QYu1kl8418 Au3wxiHKl/H/L3ZiVviP5I5LkQRmYEfxhbDUT/tuGmYuZspIR1rvUrj+STJ5iE6mQGDb+j FWWj7xiisXnUemfvmoclHy81qL9LqQ0OH5D5KijSDc8MIZS83WPaRR0yWpX35Q== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1747937088; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1FbFO8AFCo3MPZlKZkFdGrNDICf4km92Y7bns2de/NM=; b=S91NazFvIDbIu5HDaFFTRvagUrORmlkqAxp0R73mDE0SC6nMMULzo1jSsk7ASlmws2K5/b oOsQYbJItf9ZFlHiwfNyfB2zfO8uHAv88gcvYZCcsjzG+D1SwnBOhm4KqLWQgxvJnw/VvY FUf2/oEpNVMKk1WAnyfPK3LayFER9H0FQ0HAGZsFkjMBjOefeI6a155arac7329WQmho61 nOF399XLtIrQg1iU2Afh/dQGP95VQANS///XICdyqgSDSHtNAQktVIkDUXUaUi1oXkitoM 8FaMhFLGiYdmmIZ6bg899NX6En65gLMLFCBHxorVA5NE9iZHbAhuYRksN9QBtw== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1747937088; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=mnNz9ULO95nstU5HlefXGat428TZzqf6ECNAGiKukYHriY24KBM3g0YsEckd7UuFgsGEOM UBBR98fhxiQHkssazKxpkPgfPH9qOjng/Y7v1zLzBidBXXGdDIG6JdZ25F1HZhkcH6QoMy twu3TcFnf831Ixt4WA5Glb+LBzaqXYEFLvD5W2JqzSsXXWFHRlQSGyrmi6NtMEUtesMuEY Qv86amxOegX8SXYDANnNJmQzrFb9n813yHLaROIpWPLghlhJTbUrZgC9Pl3Pw6eO4Mb3UA pI1b4klAhujvfROksfWTnvYIVhtLDCrI7QmN9BbeVG5P5aZT/9CswnMVWa049A== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4b3GQm3C2LzWrH; Thu, 22 May 2025 18:04:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.44]) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.18.1/8.18.1) with ESMTP id 54MI4mqg009892; Thu, 22 May 2025 18:04:48 GMT (envelope-from git@gitrepo.freebsd.org) Received: (from git@localhost) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.18.1/8.18.1/Submit) id 54MI4mmI009889; Thu, 22 May 2025 18:04:48 GMT (envelope-from git) Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 18:04:48 GMT Message-Id: <202505221804.54MI4mmI009889@gitrepo.freebsd.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org From: Ed Maste Subject: git: 80103fa629 - main - FAQ: Remove "The FreeBSD Funnies" List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the doc repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-doc-all List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-doc-all@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: emaste X-Git-Repository: doc X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 80103fa629c629babbe538a2daa6b0eebe36011c Auto-Submitted: auto-generated The branch main has been updated by emaste: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=80103fa629c629babbe538a2daa6b0eebe36011c commit 80103fa629c629babbe538a2daa6b0eebe36011c Author: Ed Maste AuthorDate: 2025-05-22 17:46:40 +0000 Commit: Ed Maste CommitDate: 2025-05-22 18:04:23 +0000 FAQ: Remove "The FreeBSD Funnies" Without comment on the humour value of these entries they seem most suited to confusing new users and are not appropriate Frequently Asked Questions. Reviewed by: carlavilla Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D50469 --- documentation/content/en/books/faq/_index.adoc | 31 -------------------------- 1 file changed, 31 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/faq/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/faq/_index.adoc index cf86d99133..7ca37afd5b 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/faq/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/faq/_index.adoc @@ -532,37 +532,6 @@ Some people have commented that the amount of noise generated by a change is inv The longer and complete answer is that after a very long argument about whether man:sleep[1] should take fractional second arguments, {phk} posted a long message entitled link:http://www.bikeshed.com[A bike shed (any color will do) on greener grass...]. -[[funnies]] -== The FreeBSD Funnies - -Take a break from technicalities and dive into the playful side of FreeBSD. - -[[very-very-cool]] -=== How cool is FreeBSD? - -[qanda] -Has anyone done any temperature testing while running FreeBSD?:: -No, but we have done numerous taste tests on blindfolded volunteers who have also had 250 micrograms of LSD-25 administered beforehand. -35% of the volunteers said that FreeBSD tasted sort of orange, whereas GNU/Linux(R) tasted like purple haze. -Neither group mentioned any significant variances in temperature. - -Seriously, FreeBSD uses ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface), therefore FreeBSD can put the CPU into low power mode. - -[[dev-null]] -=== Where does data written to /dev/null go? - -It goes into a special data sink in the CPU where it is converted to heat which is vented through the heatsink / fan assembly. -This is why CPU cooling is increasingly important; as people get used to faster processors, they become careless with their data and more and more of it ends up in [.filename]#/dev/null#, overheating their CPUs. - -If you delete [.filename]#/dev/null# (which effectively disables the CPU data sink) your CPU may run cooler but your system will quickly become constipated with all that excess data and start to behave erratically. - -If you have a fast network connection you can cool down your CPU by reading data out of [.filename]#/dev/random# and sending it off somewhere; however you run the risk of overheating your network connection and [.filename]#/# or angering your ISP, as most of the data will end up getting converted to heat by their equipment, but they generally have good cooling, so if you do not overdo it you should be OK. - -[[punk-my-friend]] -=== My colleague sits at the computer too much, how can I prank them? - -Install package:games/sl[] and wait for they to mistype `sl` for `ls`. - [[acknowledgments]] == Acknowledgments