Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 06:13:05 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-chat@freeBSD.org Subject: Re: why is it called /boot/beastie.4th ? Message-ID: <20080203041304.GA5298@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <20080203010151.GA62332@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0802011055540.26188@libra.sfsu.edu> <200802012123.m11LNV3s061230@lurza.secnetix.de> <20080201225214.GA57322@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <863asaopbz.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20080203010151.GA62332@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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On 2008-02-03 01:01, Frank Shute <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> wrote: >On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 01:28:48AM +0100, Dag-Erling Smrgrav wrote: >>Frank Shute <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk> writes: >>> Should be done by default IMO. Used to be until the religious maniacs >>> started going on about devil worship and other such nonsense. >> >> No, it was removed because it was butt-ugly. ASCII art stopped being >> cool twenty years ago. > > And the ascii Freebsd that it was replaced with is beautiful?! And > cool?!! > > I like the ascii beastie and you've got no taste ;) > > If it were put to a vote, the beast would win by a country mile amongst > those users with taste! Taste... it's always 'taste' in a way or another. Since there *is* an option, which interested people can tweak to their heart's desire, and the source *IS* *OPEN* for anyone to modify on their own if the option is not enough, can we drop the ad hominem's and move on with actually *hacking* FreeBSD to make it better?
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