From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 18 1:32:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f106.law3.hotmail.com [209.185.241.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 561FB37B404 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 01:32:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 01:32:55 -0800 Received: from 208.240.243.170 by lw3fd.law3.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:32:54 GMT X-Originating-IP: [208.240.243.170] From: "Neil Short" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB CF reader (SanDisk) epilog Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:32:54 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Jan 2002 09:32:55.0170 (UTC) FILETIME=[1B9CEE20:01C1A003] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>or maybe it's >>higher up where the system figures if it hasn't heard >>from a disk drive in xx seconds it's not going to >>hear from it at all. >> > >No reflection on you personally, but your speculation illustrates the >biggest problem with software today--especially open-source software: >Nobody >actually has any idea how it works, even if the source is freely available. >Everyone just speculates, throwing darts, hoping to get something right, or >at least to get something working. Is it any wonder that systems fail and >crash? > It sounds like you are suggesting that only bonified hackers should be using FreeBSD. while(!succeed)try{again();} _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message