Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 17:03:45 -0500 From: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> To: Adam Szilveszter <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> Cc: "G. Adam Stanislav" <zen@buddhist.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie tip Message-ID: <19990516170345.A220@whizkidtech.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990516214219.14347A-100000@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>; from Adam Szilveszter on Sun, May 16, 1999 at 10:01:21PM %2B0200 References: <3.0.6.32.19990516134529.0096a960@mail.bfm.org> <Pine.LNX.3.96.990516214219.14347A-100000@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu>
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On Sun, May 16, 1999 at 10:01:21PM +0200, Adam Szilveszter wrote: > > Ah! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Koszonom szepen!!! > > :-))))) It's so nice when it turns out that so many people speak some > Hungarian!!!! You're welcome! Hehe. I was born and raised in Bratislava, a city in which many people speak (or at least used to) three languages: Slovak, Hungarian, and German, but none of them properly. :-) You just can't live there without picking up a few phrases. Throughout the years (and I am 49), I have also made it a point to learn how to thank people in as many languages as I could. If someone helps me, the least I can do is show my appreciation and respect. On the other side of the coin, I have learned never to assume that people around me do not understand what I say, no matter how foreign a language I may use -- I have seen too many people being very embarassed when they made that mistake. :-) > Well, because each of these is installed under /usr/local and there are > high chances that these are not on the root filesystem. Therefore, if > something goes wrong and you have to boot single-user with only root > mounted (like me when I messed up my /etc/fstab) then you will not have > tcsh around. I see. That makes sense. Nevertheless, on my system /usr/local is on the root filesystem. So, I am going to take the chance. :-) > Another method to try and get you out of the habit of > logging in as root when it is not needed:-)))))) Hehe. I have found I need it all the time. Whenever I log on as a regular user, I feel like a prisoner. So, by now, the only time I do that is when I reply to email. Otherwise, everyone would think my name was Charlie! > After all, I'm also quite new to this ( have had FreeBSD for about 3 > months) and besides not even specializing in computers or informatics. So > I have to be quiet and believe what the pros say until I'm cute enough to > figure out on my own:-))))))))))) You seem to be doing well for someone who has been at it for only 3 months! As for being cute, I don't think your FreeBSD experience is going to change that. You may want to look up that word in the dictionary again. :-) Although, technically, it also means clever (which is what you probably meant), that is not its typical use. :-)))) But don't feel bad. You cannot imagine the things I said when I first came to America! What a language English is... Years ago, I was told I had the special ability to pick words with double meaning. By now I know my ability had nothing to do with it: In English every word has at least a double meaning. :-) Cheers, Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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