From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Oct 23 11:34:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from db-cvad-1-tmp.yahoo.com (db-cvad-1-tmp.yahoo.com [216.145.48.242]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DE3837B401 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:34:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from master.gorean.org (root@master.gorean.org [10.0.0.2]) by db-cvad-1-tmp.yahoo.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id f9NIYdw66579; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:34:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by master.gorean.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id f9NIZM100775; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:35:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: master.gorean.org: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:35:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton X-X-Sender: doug@master.gorean.org To: jacks@sage-american.com Cc: Ceri , Noor Dawod , FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List Subject: Re: Knowing how many computers are connected to your server? In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20011023084549.00f12f38@mail.sage-american.com> Message-ID: <20011023113028.V725-100000@master.gorean.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 jacks@sage-american.com wrote: > I misunderstood the question because it was early here... so I don't need > to be admonished for trying to help with only good intentions. Actually, you do, but much more gently than you have been. There are thousands of people who subscribe to each FreeBSD mailing list, many of whom pay for their internet access by the byte. It is far better to not post at all than it is to try and answer a question, even with the best of intentions, and get it wrong. So next time, please take a few minutes, get some coffee, whatever you have to do, and think about your answer before sending it. Meanwhile, those of you posting hyper-critical, smart-ass replies should just get over yourselves. That kind of response isn't necessary, isn't productive, and ultimately causes more harm than good. A simple correction for the benefits of the archives is useful, but leave the social commentary out of it. The Signal to Noise ratio on this list is bad enough already. Thanks, Doug -- "We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail." - George W. Bush, President of the United States September 20, 2001 Do YOU Yahoo!? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message