Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 02:47:07 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chickenbean.com Message-ID: <19981027024707.15735@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810260718260.324-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>; from Jason C. Wells on Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 07:22:56AM -0800 References: <3.0.5.32.19981026160722.0097f170@mail.scancall.no> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810260718260.324-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 07:22:56AM -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Marius Bendiksen wrote:
>
> >>Sheesh! How many of you have never ever made a mistake when trying
> >>something for the first time?
>
> An admin at the UW who has been known to haunt the FreeBSD lists once told
> me this in regard to computing.
>
> Assume error and lack of skill until you can prove malice.
>
> This is a guy who has 50,000 users. Almost all of them are new to unix
> when they come to UW. I will run on his assumption.
>
> Beside, there are easier and more fruitful ways to glean email adresses.
I got a polite note from an ISP a few years ago, asking me if I needed
the root password for some good reason to let him know why, and I
didn't understand what he was on about or why he used so many smileys
(Huh? what's a root password? Why would I want to see the / directory?).
Apparently my many attempts to access my second account there without
providing its userID before hitting Enter had come to his attention :-)
And I still make that mistake occasionally.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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