Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:15:46 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>, <2albertfuller@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Bye-bye beastie ... Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNAEHMFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <200509281330.j8SDU8BZ009502@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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Right back at ya Jerry: .:\:/:. +-------------------+ .:\:\:/:/:. | PLEASE DO NOT | :.:\:\:/:/:.: | FEED THE TROLLS | :=.' - - '.=: | | '=(\ 9 9 /)=' | Thank you, | ( (_) ) | Management | /`-vvv-'\ +-------------------+ / \ | | @@@ / /|,,,,,|\ \ | | @@@ /_// /^\ \\_\ @x@@x@ | | |/ WW( ( ) )WW \||||/ | | \| __\,,\ /,,/__ \||/ | | | jgs (______Y______) /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\//\/\\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ I seem to recall you expressing appreciation for this sentiment. ;-) Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Jerry >McAllister >Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 6:30 AM >To: 2albertfuller@gmail.com >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Bye-bye beastie ... > > >Hi All, > >This is really an interesting discussion. >I actually appreciate it. >But, it doesn't belong here. >Start a list or forum somewhere and let us all know about it >so those who would like to continue can without tieing up >the FreeBSD questions list. > >////jerry > >> >> > taking the risk of starting the >'ultimate-religion-flame-war' (please not!)... ;) religion (of any >> > kind!) limits the scope of people's thoughts and makes them >more easy to manipulate, >> >> what patch is this, please tell me it name and location in ports, >> because I want to make sure its removed from my system at immediately. >> >> As a Zen Buddhist, I will loosely quote a Chinese Ch'an (Zen) Master >> Rinzai who has said that religion is toilet paper, you use it to clean >> yourself up then you thow it away. >> >> ergo, the purpose is not to contend with others but to wipe your own >> ass ... so please get on with the task. If you have wiped then flush >> ... not talk. >> >> > not even mentioning what religion can do to the >'evolution' of mankind (yes, even in these >> > days (->the creationists in the usa for example)). >> >> they don't even come close to be representative of religion >in a global context. >> >> > the world would be a better place if we all would get rid >of this. adding all the (positive and >> > negative) ways in which religion has affected history, you >end up with more bad than good. >> >> Is this another master plan for everyone. >> >> > one of the main problems is, rules that may have been >necessary and good at some >> > times, aren't reflected and reconsidered because they are >now 'send by god' and therefore >> > untouchable. this creates some really weird (and sometimes >brutal) situations. >> >> are you trying to say that religious proclaimations utilize God as a >> self-referential way of imputing authority to the statement within the >> statement; if you are then that is an interesting comment on how >> authority and legitimation are used tactically to create consent or >> consensus ... but then again this is not only true of religion but is >> part of socio-cultural dynamics in terms of the use of authoritative >> declarations ... It would be useful to apply it to the windows/linux >> debate >> >> > but this is probably offtopic... >> >> no ... FreeBSD has an extensive array of functions and capabilities >> and so I am sure that this one is in there somewhere .... please check >> the code. >> >> >> albertfuller >> >> >---------------------------------------------------------------- >--------- >> email home 2albertfuller AT gmail DOT com >> >---------------------------------------------------------------- >--------- >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.6/111 - Release Date: >9/23/2005 >
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