From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 7 15:41:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B0B5106564A for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:41:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail1.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:201:1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E76FC8FC17 for ; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 15:41:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o97FexfH003795 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 7 Oct 2010 08:40:59 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id E68D71CC41; Thu, 7 Oct 2010 08:40:58 -0700 (PDT) To: Daniel Braniss In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:49:43 +0200." Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:40:58 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20101007154058.E68D71CC41@ptavv.es.net> Cc: "army.of.root" , Brandon Gooch , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Move banner to games X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:41:26 -0000 > Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:49:43 +0200 > From: Daniel Braniss > Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > > In message <4CADC453.7010404@googlemail.com>, "army.of.root" writes: > > > On 10\10\02 18:48, Paul B Mahol wrote: > > > > On 10/2/10, Brandon Gooch wrote: > > > >> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Paul B Mahol wrote: > > > >>> Hi, > > > >>> > > > >>> I see no point to have it in usr/bin. > > > >> > > > >> Cool! This is the first time I've heard of this program! How come the > > > >> folks at my university who manage the line printers have never let me > > > >> on to this?! > > > >> > > > >> Ahh -- wait a sec -- I'm beginning to see your point about the whole > > > >> "move it to games thing"... > > > >> > > > >> -Brandon aka "The Green Bar Bandit" > > > >> > > > > > > > > NetBSD and OpenBSD have this version in games and horizontal version > > > > of banner in usr/bin. > > > > > > > > I see no point to have this program(s) in base at all. > > > > > > > > I will just stop here. > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > A horizontal version of banner could be nice for motd etc. > > > > > > I like banner. > > > It makes me smile and think that FreeBSD is a cosy place to be. > > > > It's been in the base for decades. People used it to print banners on > > reports, before laser and ink jet printers were around, when tractor feed > > printers ruled. Banner was more than just a game. People used it for > > production work. I suppose you could still use it for its intended purpose > > today however with the graphical tools we have today it's a little archaic. > > Having said that, it doesn't take up a lot of space and should probably > > remain where it is. > > > > BTW, I'm of the age where I did use it and tools like it (on the IBM > > mainframe) for real work. > > ah memories, I had the walls of my office covered with pi with some very long > precision :-) I'm so sorry. I'm more prone to remember the ASCII rendering of the artwork of rather long images from a popular magazine which would certainly (and properly) be unacceptble in the workplace today. :-) -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751