Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 09:45:34 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Terry Lambert" <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why dual boot? Message-ID: <038b01c1a70e$fcb0f200$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <3C4FBE5C.2AE8C65@mindspring.com> <20020123114658.A514@lpt.ens.fr> <20020123223104.SM01952@there> <3C4FBE5C.2AE8C65@mindspring.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20020124213809.00e6e5d0@localhost> <20020125131659.GB7374@hades.hell.gr> <3C51CD33.4E69B204@mindspring.com> <001b01c1a635$636a4170$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C5270E4.BF21F79B@mindspring.com> <011b01c1a659$fb98a670$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C52AB34.B8896C8D@mindspring.com> <018c01c1a675$f3dcc1c0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C534259.A20067B2@mindspring.com> <02ba01c1a6ec$62983740$0a00000a@atkielski.com> òÿÿÿ <3C539BC5.C1543E5D@mindspring.com>
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Terry writes: > Oh, you mean anecdotally ... No, I mean empirically, as I have previously explained and explicitly stated. > ... as in based on or consisting of > reports or observations of usually > unscientific observers. I already have the dictionary from which you lifted this definition, so you need not repeat it here. > Unless you have some empirical evidence you > wish to present? My own experience supports my assertions. > As in capable of being verified or disproved > by observation or experiment? No. Not all empirical evidence is verifiable. > Guess that's "no". No, I'm trying to point out that what you intend by "backing up" is unclear in this context. Your insistence upon it induced me to explicitly define empirical. > An alternate viewpoint derived from an investment in > the status quo? Simply an alternate viewpoint. I don't recall deriving it from anything. > Your claimed ability to install a production > system using the CDROM installer says noting > about where the majority of FreeBSD production > system come from. Neither do any of your posts to this list. I don't think that the feasibility of installing a production server from a CD-ROM is really in doubt. I'm surprised that anyone would question it. > I can personally vouch for over 20,000 of > them that came from disk duplication, rather > than CDROM installs. In other words, you are supporting your assertions with your own experience? Hmm. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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