From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Jun 26 2:35:40 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 757E837B401 for ; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 02:35:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hades.hell.gr (patr530-a147.otenet.gr [212.205.215.147]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5Q9ZMxR011811; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:35:23 +0300 (EEST) Received: from hades.hell.gr (hades [127.0.0.1]) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g5Q9ZLdE002373; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:35:21 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from charon@localhost) by hades.hell.gr (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g5Q9WTqJ002310; Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:32:29 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:32:29 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Brett Glass Cc: tech_info@threespace.com, tlambert2@mindspring.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Let Microsoft secure your PC! Message-ID: <20020626093229.GB2009@hades.hell.gr> References: <3D18D2AE.CB27F665@mindspring.com> <200206252145.PAA01094@lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200206252145.PAA01094@lariat.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: C1EB 0653 DB8B A557 3829 00F9 D60F 941A 3186 03B6 X-Phone: +30-944-116520 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 On 2002-06-25 15:45 +0000, Brett Glass wrote: > I just posted an article on Microsoft's "Palladium" this morning. > While it's named after the statue of Athena (Pallas) that guarded > the gates of the legendary city of Troy, it sure seems more like > a Trojan horse.... See > > http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,264949,00.asp It all seems very proper, once you think about it for a while. Pallas, the goddess Athena, was also the protector of Ullysses, one of the most prominent Greek lords. She had assisted him many times in battle against the Troadites, in acts of spying, and was the one that finally gave him hints that lead to the creation of the Trojan Horse. So much for the "protector goddess" beliefs ;) Typical of the anthropomorphic ways in which Greeks believed their gods and goddesses lived, she was mostly after her own personal plans, and was probably laughing her head off every time some devout Troadite prayed in her temple within Troy, munching on the offerings of the priests. The saying that was coined as a result of the whole Trojan Horse incident, "Fear the Greeks, even when they bear gifts", applies equally well to the Greek gods. Therefore: Fear Pallada, even when she bears gifts. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message