From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 15 13:12:59 2003 Return-Path: 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 BC66E37B401 for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:12:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from c001.snv.cp.net (h007.c001.snv.cp.net [209.228.32.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C044443F3F for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:12:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jeff@walters.name) Received: (cpmta 9626 invoked from network); 15 Apr 2003 13:12:57 -0700 Received: from 24.216.194.242 (HELO 10.0.1.51) by smtp.register-admin.com (209.228.32.121) with SMTP; 15 Apr 2003 13:12:57 -0700 X-Sent: 15 Apr 2003 20:12:57 GMT From: Jeff Walters To: Ceri Davies Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 16:12:56 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: <200304151536.11960.jeff@walters.name> <20030415194229.GA51798@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20030415194229.GA51798@submonkey.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200304151612.56216.jeff@walters.name> cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD logo... X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jeff@walters.name List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 20:13:00 -0000 On Tuesday 15 April 2003 03:42 pm, Ceri Davies wrote: > 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: > If I remember my high school English teacher correctly, Merriam-Webster is the one true Webster. Something about the person named Webster being sloppy about the legal side and somehow losing the general term Webster to the public domain; Merriam-Webster is the actual trademarked descendant of that original Webster, and I believe it's the only one a respectable (American) English teacher would use. :) This isn't even FreeBSD chat any more.