From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Sep 4 4:42:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE56C37B400 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 04:42:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org [64.239.180.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3236343E6E for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 04:42:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Received: from hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g84BgY182928; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 04:42:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org) Message-Id: <200209041142.g84BgY182928@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Terry Lambert Cc: "Neal E. Westfall" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 04:42:29 -0700 From: Dave Hayes Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Terry Lambert writes: > Dave Hayes wrote: >> > There are people who can not do this. I would prefer to have the >> > contributions of those people, than the participation of the trolls. >> > If I must lose one or the other, let it be the trolls. >> >> I feel exactly the opposite. If someone can't hit a key on the >> keyboard and render the troll powerless, I don't want to be held >> hostage to their choices. Good riddance. > > You're not held hostage to their choices. Feel free to subscribe > to other lists as well. So I can return to a hostage state? No thanks. >> Well, people would focus on not being rich. Then they'd be unhappy. >> What good is a BMW if you cant brag to your friends because they >> all have one too? ;) > > The same good it was when you *could* brag: it is a means of > getting from point A to point B. Not exactly the same good, you miss the fun in bragging. >> > You lack of curiousity and determination marks you. >> >> There's a misread. I don't lack these things at all. What made you say >> this? > > You said "I can live with some things being unknowable". That's because there's an entire universe of knowable things that I still have to learn. When I finish those, I'll worry about the rest. ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< What bread looks like depends upon whether you are hungry or not. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message