From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 7 23: 0:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from riker.skynet.be (riker.skynet.be [195.238.3.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2313537B41B for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 22:59:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.0.1.16] (ip-27.shub-internet.org [194.78.144.27] (may be forged)) by riker.skynet.be (8.11.6/8.11.6/Skynet-OUT-2.16) with ESMTP id fB86xhY10455; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 07:59:43 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from ) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <016801c17faf$6a977640$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <15377.37214.213789.306335@guru.mired.org><00c901c17f9f$e80a95e0$0a000 00a@atkielski.com><20011208043931.GA27716@hades.hell.gr><00fd01c17fa9$ ccf20c20$0a00000a@atkielski.com><20011208053552.GC28300@hades.hell.gr> <013201c17fab$fc6e3260$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15377.44640.194488.100103@guru.mired.org> <016801c17faf$6a977640$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 07:55:10 +0100 To: "Anthony Atkielski" , "Mike Meyer" From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. Cc: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" 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 At 7:12 AM +0100 on 2001/12/08, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > I don't have a generic name for it. I'm not sure that there is much in > common among specialists with respect to their home and office computing > environments. So, by your definition, an IT specialist can't have a desktop? Man, talk about arbitrary. Next time, why don't you come up with a good definition before you start an argument? Oh, right -- I forgot again. You have your Windows Religion. > No, I am trying to illustrate an abstract concept in an understandable way, > without much success, apparently. That's because most abstract concepts have problems when you try to forcibly apply them in totally inappropriate ways to real-world situations. -- Brad Knowles, H4sICIFgXzsCA2RtYS1zaWcAPVHLbsMwDDvXX0H0kkvbfxiwVw8FCmzAzqqj1F4dy7CdBfn7 Kc6wmyGRFEnvvxiWQoCvqI7RSWTcfGXQNqCUAnfIU+AT8OZ/GCNjRVlH0bKpguJkxiITZqes MxwpSucyDJzXxQEUe/ihgXqJXUXwD9ajB6NHonLmNrUSK9nacHQnH097szO74xFXqtlbT3il wMsBz5cnfCR5cEmci0Rj9u/jqBbPeES1I4PeFBXPUIT1XDSOuutFXylzrQvGyboWstCoQZyP dxX4dLx0eauFe1x9puhoi0Ao1omEJo+BZ6XLVNaVpWiKekxN0VK2VMpmAy+Bk7ZV4SO+p1L/ uErNRS/qH2iFU+iNOtbcmVt9N16lfF7tLv9FXNj8AiyNcOi1AQAA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message