From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 3 11:18:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA8D616A4CE for ; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 11:18:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pr93.lublin.sdi.tpnet.pl (pr93.lublin.sdi.tpnet.pl [217.97.36.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 34E4543D31 for ; Sun, 3 Oct 2004 11:18:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from michal@pasternak.w.lub.pl) Received: (qmail 1296 invoked by uid 1000); 3 Oct 2004 11:19:40 -0000 Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 13:19:40 +0200 From: Michal Pasternak To: Ted Mittelstaedt Message-ID: <20041003111940.GA1204@pasternak.w.lub.pl> References: <20041002225028.05205e9a.metaridley@mchsi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: cc: FreeBSD Questions cc: Dave Vollenweider Subject: Re: When Unix Stops Being Fun X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Michal Pasternak List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 11:18:28 -0000 Ted Mittelstaedt [Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 10:46:05PM -0700]: > As an analogy - there's lots of people that know how to pull into > a service station and add air to their car tires. But out of all > those people that have learned how to do this only a tenth of them > know that tire pressure rises when the tire gets warmer, and of > those people, only another tenth WOULD ASSUME THAT THIS WOULD BE > THE CASE IF THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT because they actually understand > what gas pressure is. And if one of the people in that group had > never added air in his life to a tire, and you told him to go do it, > he would not only be able to go do it, he would be able to add > exactly the correct amount of air needed for the tire. I really liked that part about a sciencist! On the other hand, I think it is too enthusiastic, applying theory to practice needs a few things more... :) -- m