From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 7 23:37:22 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 9544737B427 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 23:36:25 -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 fB87aBY19863; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 08:36:11 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from ) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: bs663385@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <018001c17fb5$1837e910$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <15377.37214.213789.306335@guru.mired.org> <00c901c17f9f$e80a95e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011208043931.GA27716@hades.hell.gr> <00fd01c17fa9$ccf20c20$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011208053552.GC28300@hades.hell.gr> <013201c17fab$fc6e3260$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <018001c17fb5$1837e910$0a00000a@atkielski.com> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 08:32:27 +0100 To: "Anthony Atkielski" , "Giorgos Keramidas" , "Brad Knowles" From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. Cc: "Mike Meyer" , 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 7:53 AM +0100 on 2001/12/08, Anthony Atkielski wrote: >> Really? I thought that a desktop was the top >> of a desk. > > Not in this context. Well, you had not provided this information in your original scenario. Indeed, since you prohibit the possibility of ever gaining additional information on the subject, it simply is impossible to make a proper recommendation. Real-world situations give you a chance to find out more information, with this possibility of discovering that there is a basic misunderstanding in the definition of one or more of the terms of discussion. -- 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