From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 26 15:31:45 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3BA516A4CE; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 15:31:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [198.92.228.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E204A43D5E; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 15:31:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2450B61A4; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 09:31:39 -0600 (CST) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 55717-06; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 09:31:24 -0600 (CST) Received: from [198.92.228.34] (racerx.makeworld.com [198.92.228.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BAEB60EA; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 09:31:24 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <41CED97D.2050906@makeworld.com> Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 09:32:13 -0600 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041218) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Colin J. Raven" References: <20041223112731.GA32750@ninja.terrabionic.com> <41CB9F16.1010405@nbritton.org> <41CBA2D5.4070700@makeworld.com> <20041224142246.GB779@gothmog.gr> <41CC9DE0.6010500@makeworld.com> <41CD7D41.4070206@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV 0.75.1/amavisd-new-2.2.0 (20041102) at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's Visual Identity: Outdated? X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 15:31:46 -0000 Colin J. Raven wrote: > On Dec 25, Nikolas Britton responded thusly: > >> Colin J. Raven wrote: >> >>> On Dec 25, Dag-Erling Smørgrav launched this into the bitstream: >>> >>>> Chris writes: >>>> >>>>> One does not need to know how to rebuild an engine to know how to >>>>> drive the car. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> One should not criticize the design of an engine while vehemently >>>> claiming to have no interest in how enginges are built. >>> >>> >>> >>> One should not buy a car without at least knowing the general specs >>> of the engine. >> >> >> >> One should not buy a car without at least looking under the hood, >> kicking the tires, and taking it for a test drive. >> > > One should not need to strike tires with one's footwear in order to > determine the suitability of the vehicle. > > > Regards, > -Colin Bah - I ride an HD anyways. -- Best regards, Chris