From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Sep 2 6:39:33 2002 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 7333337B400 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 06:39:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net (gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D49343E42 for ; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 06:39:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert2@mindspring.com) Received: from pool0039.cvx40-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([216.244.42.39] helo=mindspring.com) by gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17lrQO-0005qU-00; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 06:39:28 -0700 Message-ID: <3D7369D4.3088B629@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 06:38:28 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave Hayes Cc: "Neal E. Westfall" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? References: <200209021147.g82BlW157571@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dave Hayes wrote: > > There are people who can not do this. I would prefer to have the > > contributions of those people, than the participation of the trolls. > > If I must lose one or the other, let it be the trolls. > > I feel exactly the opposite. If someone can't hit a key on the > keyboard and render the troll powerless, I don't want to be held > hostage to their choices. Good riddance. You're not held hostage to their choices. Feel free to subscribe to other lists as well. > Well, people would focus on not being rich. Then they'd be unhappy. > What good is a BMW if you cant brag to your friends because they > all have one too? ;) The same good it was when you *could* brag: it is a means of getting from point A to point B. > > You lack of curiousity and determination marks you. > > There's a misread. I don't lack these things at all. What made you say > this? You said "I can live with some things being unknowable". -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message