Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:07:45 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can I rename root? Message-ID: <20020107150745.X38258@roman.mobil.cz> In-Reply-To: <20020107132550.GA1970@raggedclown.net> References: <20011229154552.B855@localhost> <20011230103317.A474@localhost> <20011231154733.A832@localhost> <20011231155709.GA8082@rhadamanth> <20020106234436.A837@localhost> <20020107045736.GC1368@raggedclown.net> <4mpu4m4rq8.u4m@localhost.localdomain> <20020107064602.GA3480@raggedclown.net> <20020107134907.B835@localhost> <20020107132550.GA1970@raggedclown.net>
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> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 14:25:50 +0100
> From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Can I rename root?
>
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 01:49:07PM +0100, Rogier Steehouder wrote:
> > On 07-01-2002 07:46 (+0100), Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> > > Someone who takes it on themselves to rename root, until told otherwise
> > > is not a newbie.
> > > He was given lots of reasons why not.
> >
> > I have studied applied physics, I believe very little without proof.
> >
> Well, that shit cuts no ice with me. Waggling credentials proves
> nothing. You chose to ignore the advice given to you by people who
> have used Unix for years and years. They are the proof, in this case.
> And if any of them say something clearly incorrect (as I recently did
> concerning another topic) they get corrected pretty quickly. That's
> the way it goes.
Truth is that telling someone to do or to avoid something, not
telling them why (giving an example), turns the advice into a dogma,
and I don't think that's very useful. Because even if you convince
them (not) to do something, they'll continue repeating it without a
thought, and when the actual circumstances change, no one notices.
This happens a lot with people assuming code that's long been
replaced and so on.
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