Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 20:42:29 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Jeff Walters <jeff@walters.name> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD logo... Message-ID: <20030415194229.GA51798@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <200304151536.11960.jeff@walters.name> References: <BAY1-DAV71D585c9HZT00005d43@hotmail.com> <3E9C2965.5080504@potentialtech.com> <200304151536.11960.jeff@walters.name>
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 03:36:11PM -0400, Jeff Walters wrote:
> I agree that usage of FreeBSD is most likely not going to harm your soul, but
> regardless of the origins of the misperceptions, it's clearly doesn't add to
> positive PR of FreeBSD. Definition 1(a) of "demon" in Merriam-Webster is "an
> evil spirit". (See www.m-w.com) Definition 2 is the FreeBSD definition, "an
> attendant power or spirit".
Webster's says different though:
>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil
spirit, fr. Gr. ? a divinity; of uncertain origin.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a
middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between
the divine and the human. --Sydenham.
2. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the
demon of Socrates. [Often written {d[ae]mon}.]
3. An evil spirit; a devil.
That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. --Shak
Ceri
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