Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:27:34 -0400 From: David-Paul Niner <dpniner@dpniner.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Happy Birthday Charlie Root. Charlie Whom, btw? Message-ID: <12C08746-3DE3-4704-BA6A-8E87D4FCE8E6@dpniner.net> In-Reply-To: <46783F26.6040907@freebsdbrasil.com.br> References: <46783F26.6040907@freebsdbrasil.com.br>
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Interesting post. Type chpass (as root) and you'll see that his full name is actually "Charlie &" The & is substituted with his username, I believe.f I always thought of the name "Charlie" as a generic term for a man. My grandfather always used to say things like "listen here, Charlie..." DP On Jun 19, 2007, at 4:40 PM, Patrick Tracanelli wrote: > For some time I believed that Charlie Root was somehow related to > the baseball guy, C. H. Root, and it had some sort of story in this > name, chroot, etc. But the CHRoot baseball buy was born on March > 17, and today I found out: > > 19 Jun Charlie Root <root@FreeBSD.org> born in Portland, Oregon, > United States, 1993 > > So, whats the story? The origin of the name? Did someone actaually > existed who was called like that, other than the CHRoot pitcher? > > -- > Patrick Tracanelli > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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