Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 14:07:36 -0800 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Kernel Internals Documentation Message-ID: <20120103220736.GF53108@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20120103181401.GB20156@hemlock.hydra> References: <20120101064247.3e8b0b56@scorpio> <4F00580D.1060208@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120101091420.117aa8f3@scorpio> <20120102065526.GA16481@hemlock.hydra> <20120102083114.6c09d839@scorpio> <20120102193319.GA31717@hemlock.hydra> <20120103020611.GA22209@chancha.local> <4F02A306.5060501@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120103121211.GA1375@chancha.local> <20120103181401.GB20156@hemlock.hydra>
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--uTRFFR9qmiCqR05s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chad Perrin on Tuesday, 03 January 2012: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 01:12:11PM +0100, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 04:41:10PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: > > > New users are nearly always dismayed at the apparent difficulty of=20 > > > things, and should be warned that they will need to do some work "und= er=20 > > > the hood" in order to get what they want. The honesty can start=20 > > > immediately, it doesn't necessarily have to be a goal. > >=20 > >=20 > > When people think in freedom, think in rights. And rights are > > something that some "authority" give or steal. > >=20 > > Multinationals think in what is good to sell. People like > > "comfort" over all. The taste of people is fantastically > > represented in the Wall-E movie; to "arise and walk" is not > > considered a right. Futurist?, my father, thirty years ago, to > > go to the corner to buy cigarettes, took the car; today he has > > half body paralyzed by an hemiplegia, and perhaps one day to > > arise and walk will not be a right for him. >=20 > You're confusing "capability" with "right". These words are not the same > because their meanings are not the same. >=20 > I have a right to speak my mind, but if cancer requires the removal of my > jaw so that I can no longer speak, I no longer have the capability of > speaking at all. These are different things; a capability can be taken > away, but a right cannot. >=20 > This is what is meant by "rights" in the context of ethics. The law has > its own jargon with its own definitions. The way you use "right" here is > very much nonstandard for any context of which I'm aware, which means > that before you can have a meaningful discussion with someone that > involves such use of the term "right" you need to get them to buy into > your definition of their own free will and agreement. Otherwise, the > discussion will be nothing but disagreement and/or misunderstanding. >=20 > So . . . please start with the denotative meanings of words, consider > your audience, and use words accordingly. If you wish to use a term > differently than how it is understood, make sure you clarify that fact up > front. If others refuse to go along with it, find a different term to > use that can better convey the meaning you wish to convey. >=20 If everyone followed your advice here, Chad, then 99% of the arguments on t= he Internet would evaporate. --=20 =2EO. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com =2E.O | sterling@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com OOO | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com --uTRFFR9qmiCqR05s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPA3woAAoJEIpckszW26+RboUIAI//x7oQlS9NrVm7/l1fSyHP ZCNP2okH3AdXT75JGVW2Axf4wTcSfoO9+/IiE1K/OM/PxkSLuLWYx8npa08RWRtd Og4R4WsxqcQgO6NJ4yxH5MGYKLe+1v7J1pV0B4WYBw7iZ8bqmbp4HvxAiEyjjam1 LCEvtQDgKUh/IAKUd3V1UXI2HYyFU0yjVVlA2sRsKE5LyS11Gjkajirzfj7t6q7N dwklzEUeLVPuBgVZyzATsYnyOCh7gHwQ1KQfooVfmmZUoczZuF9CIN8hPYRkn0P9 4FE4CZYJCZcV+A8aFTiSfCrh/9OEvLPvV67TlHsNgYTIG/5b/wvVwSWOX+9/0fw= =nKnr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uTRFFR9qmiCqR05s--
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