From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 28 21:48:40 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 064BF106567A for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 21:48:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redtick@sbcglobal.net) Received: from web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.199.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B881C8FC20 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 21:48:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from redtick@sbcglobal.net) Received: (qmail 49578 invoked by uid 60001); 28 May 2009 21:21:59 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sbcglobal.net; s=s1024; t=1243545719; bh=pEeHp2raKaQUmCn5mpo99IW8FJ5790gqv+O82PrPdes=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=edzihaygNdHzsqOST1A2Z2qdw1v+lxcoIGb4RIKW5Ph3o+tY0AxnfieUgdGvlkH28qjw8/d4r5fGcq19QI8Gg4aVdr2HWg2o+pjL1R/gJCO86i5W95Rnbjc2h5kSUxkHfaIgUYhhFRQjTrWHhzvw8FVCwYR0RnKlCR/aU+eYaYk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=OQum52HwNoD9fUIRks5PWudMrqse83eQITZ49yp0JIVTn0uy4zmKXrdTiolRtpvHDAdaUvO7GxJz83uGXthDXU7tF+RLpCQG/WpSn8J52RiCkbfDo1ip23V77wBEHs7U+ZmmOxUJHbxxGfsU+IO2HeUTrYtGkssIft+4+/S55+4=; Message-ID: <375910.46987.qm@web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: 69VGOjkVM1m0WMZLiLMCOxku8dWR18vDgzwS559N88qug9ibf.ea1cFDi1vUUM0avc_PePPAuWBEOZBI2N4_Pjwcxj.gdfEhdcD0nFfd7kxUgIIqbV5fjVJ46Ns0Gl4rhuaR2ImW0yYxC_tSEUknfc1V2ORgpGHreB1rjshj1URFBDjSsotzvkPsicjsghUL.uKkdq_x5zfEbptcrvaBTwwHxKnYUDPs1_zP7ZAO07xpTvyINvQ6hYEqZlGwfHPVb3FMI6CpN174CNsPChWDpHGVT_br7zehqJ_v5fJzMJ6pJK7hrlPQs3an4Kfrsv82WIl71lxgbrlOsZDL2RcTXwEimQF_s7Qhinvv Received: from [75.41.234.82] by web81206.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 28 May 2009 14:21:59 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/5.3.9 YahooMailWebService/0.7.289.10 Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 14:21:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Busby To: help help MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: What is this forum for? 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: Thu, 28 May 2009 21:48:40 -0000 --- On Thu, 5/28/09, Bill Moran wrote: > From: Bill Moran > Subject: Re: What is this forum for? > To: "Wojciech Puchar" > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 4:12 PM > In response to Wojciech Puchar : > > > > > > This list has been around of a LOOOONG > time.=A0 The rules haven't changed > > > in the 10 years since I've been subscribed, and > the list works 99% of the > > > time. > >=20 > > But there are more and more new "users". It will not > work that way another=20 > > 10 years. >=20 > It's funny, that's the same thing that was being said 10 > years ago. >=20 > In the 70s, they claimed that by the year 2000, there would > be 3 billion > people on earth, and over half of them would be starving > because we > wouldn't be able to produce enough food.=A0 There are > now over 6 bil, > and the % of starving people is lower than ever. >=20 > I have a book from the 80s that predicts that we'll run out > of oil by > the year 2000 and have to find another source to power our > cars before > then.=A0 The book has graphs showing the available > reserves and usage > and everything.=A0 The math all works out. >=20 > After 30 years of hearing doom and gloom predictions, I > can't even take > them seriously any more.=A0 When the news about swine > flue first came out > and the "experts" were predicting how many people would > die, I just started > laughing out loud. >=20 > And I'm laughing at you right now. >=20 There is more profit in preaching about doom and gloom. "Hey, don't worry it'll work out" will not get you a multi-million dollar s= tudy grant.=20