From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Nov 30 12:54:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DA7A14E0A for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 12:54:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA11276 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 21:54:04 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id VAA72934 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 21:54:02 +0100 (MET) Received: from smtp02.primenet.com (smtp02.primenet.com [206.165.6.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 397B114E0A for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 12:53:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr09.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp02.primenet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA21405; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 13:53:26 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr09.primenet.com(206.165.6.209) via SMTP by smtp02.primenet.com, id smtpdAAARga4QP; Tue Nov 30 13:53:15 1999 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr09.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA05793; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 13:53:09 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199911302053.NAA05793@usr09.primenet.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf files.i386 src/sys/kern To: dillon@apollo.backplane.com (Matthew Dillon) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 20:53:09 +0000 (GMT) Cc: bpederson@geocities.com, arch@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199911301831.KAA26563@apollo.backplane.com> from "Matthew Dillon" at Nov 30, 99 10:31:37 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > :Sorry, but I have to agree with Bill on this...depending on undefined > :behavior in a system is just plain bad practice. You're gonna get > :burned eventually when someone implements a similar system but doesn't > :necessarily exactly copy all the undefined behaviors. > > This is ridiculous. We aren't talking about people writing scripts > here. We are talking about human nature. Human beings are not > computers and expecting them to act like a computer in their everyday > sysadmining is just plain ridiculous. Matt's right. Expecting humans to exhibit this level of competence on average is unreasonable. Instead, you should hire competent system admins, and expect that average humans will be able to obtain jobs in the food service industry. Someone has to ask good sysadmins whether or not they want fries withtheir McMeals. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message