From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jul 31 04:21:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA08932 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 04:21:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-12.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id EAA08927 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 04:21:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from (uk.radan.com) [158.152.75.22] by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0z2DFW-0004rY-00; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 11:21:27 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id MAA02265; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 12:20:38 +0100 Received: from uk.radan.com (gppsun4) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA07164; Fri, 31 Jul 98 12:20:36 BST Message-Id: <35C1A862.DADF9492@uk.radan.com> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 12:20:02 +0100 From: Mark Ovens Organization: Radan Computational Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Sue Blake Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Dag-Erling Coidan Sm rgrav , Pat Lynch , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: plush toys References: <18289.901803797@time.cdrom.com> <19980731023546.56289@welearn.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sue Blake wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 30, 1998 at 06:03:17AM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > "Jordan K. Hubbard" writes: > > > > > Good idea... and while they're at it, they could market the vi > > > > > reference coffee cup too. I *really* want one of those... :) > > > > Let's try and stay focused on the FreeBSD items, shall we? :) > > > > > > Well, last I checked, FreeBSD shipped with vi. It's even in our CVS > > > tree, under src/usr.bin/vi :) > > > > I think you're missing the point. If you want a vi cup, go buy one > > from whomever sells it. If you want a piece of FreeBSD merchandise > > which isn't already offered, let's talk about it. :) > > What about a calendar for next year, marking off dates of current and > historical interest, the odd paragraph on an interesting incident, > landmark event, person or philosophy, a picture of the humble computer > that breaks all these records, the first FreeBSD CD, daemons of > yesteryear, Excellent idea!! Hanging one on the office wall (or next to the coffee machine) should certainly get the FreeBSD name well known. > Jordan frolicking with his cats... I bet such behaviour is illegal in some countries ;-) > Maybe half a dozen pages of carefully selected reference info. FreeBSD > URLs of course, but also things like an abridged vi reference (I'd > prefer ed, actually), a list of those IP addresses that anyone can use, > which branch to follow and why(not), that BSD genealogy diagram, and a > whole lot of things I don't know about but should. > Don't forget the audience is international. That is important, for holidays etc. > Make this section useful enough, and the > rest entertaining enough, and it'll even be worth buying for those poor > souls who still suffer some other kind of unix. On the subject of calendars and Unix, can someone explain the following from /usr/share/calendar/calendar.computer .... 08/14 First Unix-based mallet created, 1954 ^^^^ |||| Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Unix "invented" in 1969? > > -- > > Regards, > -*Sue*- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- Mark Ovens *====================================* CNC Apps Engineer | One of the main causes of the fall | Radan Computational Ltd | of the Roman Empire was, that | mailto:marko@uk.radan.com | lacking a zero, they had no way of | | indicating the successful | | termination of their C programs | *====================================* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message