From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu May 31 2: 4:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from dt051n37.san.rr.com (dt051n37.san.rr.com [204.210.32.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E48F37B422 for ; Thu, 31 May 2001 02:04:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@DougBarton.net) Received: from DougBarton.net (master [10.0.0.2]) by dt051n37.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA84949; Thu, 31 May 2001 02:04:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@DougBarton.net) Message-ID: <3B16091E.35F9915A@DougBarton.net> Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 02:04:30 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ITServices@cableinet.co.uk Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation References: <05fe34732071f51PCOW029M@blueyonder.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Stuart Duckworth wrote: > > On 29 May 01, at 22:22, Doug Barton wrote: > > > > > That would make it a graphical display. A graphical user interface is one > > where the user interaction with those graphics causes useful things to > > happen. > > > > Well, I interacted with the graphics and FBSD installed and I think > that's useful :-) > > I take your point though. No problem. Give the nature of this list it's sometimes good to dip lightly into the world of pedantry so that those who are interested can learn a little something in the process. -- I need someone really bad. Are you really bad? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message