From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Dec 14 05:19:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA06821 for chat-outgoing; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 05:19:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ching.apana.org.au (root@ching.apana.org.au [202.12.89.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA06811 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 05:19:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from martin@ching.apana.org.au) Received: from ching.apana.org.au (hatch.ching.apana.org.au [202.12.89.194]) by ching.apana.org.au (8.8.4/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA04483; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 23:47:29 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <3493DC2F.E994429E@ching.apana.org.au> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 23:46:31 +1030 From: Martin Bull Organization: The first "ching.apana.org.au" member X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.02 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wes Peters CC: Ken.Monville@FergInc.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs linux References: <199712121058.MAA14187@greenpeace.grondar.za> <19971212084211.63177@toth.FergInc.com> <3493795A.41C67EA6@xmission.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Wes Peters wrote: > Ken Monville wrote: > KM> I have a little saying taped to the bottom of my monitor.. I forget > KM> where I got it from, but I don't take credit for it... > > > KM> 4) Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then > > KM> beat you with experience. > > WP> A corollary to this is the old admonition: > > WP> "Never try to teach a pig to sing, it just makes you look stupid > WP> and irritates the pig." I think this was a "quote" from 'Lazarus Long' a character in Robert Heinlein's book "Time enough for love" The two other quotes from Heinlein/Long which I think are worth living by are (1) Everything in excess, moderation is for monks! (2) A person should be able to do a small bit of everything, specialisation is for insects Martin