From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 28 19:15:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B30810656CB for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 19:15:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealhogan@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 291128FC08 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 19:15:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealhogan@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so3013574ywe.13 for ; Thu, 28 May 2009 12:15:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=/JLPXESMs+XfasXgNS4pJSSGctVPYnhD1DECbqltumY=; b=HvzTVKQEgSL8JvG02tTbhU/Nz+ORLZEcbUZPc34r5Bik/+Ksyqez9mfK4uSrIp7HUM DwxCQJkRCD57J37koGi/91Kzh8hEcDJY0BoGF/064TR5LcRIabtrMmZRysTFTJmp3bjl 0/z3W7yP+BVzT655Tcy7CoQz+2P14EmvCJUVM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=JCpASMRwarV1ULf2+UW0hQggUAkCFJO0UNHi35hzZ6eIlH8lCpxgU5p+9nOYvZawG1 +yYneD5ToDnFgVIUPUv9gXsQumS4ZzMLFfzPv42G7u7QsNxdgWQSpCQ5DLiXqe/IIjFY P5IU1aT1Hi6h2RUYTBeK2BiXk5aM/VXHwbaEw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.50.13 with SMTP id c13mr3384887ybk.47.1243538115988; Thu, 28 May 2009 12:15:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090528185617.GD40206@kokopelli.hydra> References: <744a9119476160472a319bbc9f4fd799.squirrel@relay.lc-words.com> <065001c9def1$54ae3f40$fe0abdc0$@za.org> <4A1D9B45.4050302@boosten.org> <20090528185617.GD40206@kokopelli.hydra> Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 14:15:15 -0500 Message-ID: From: Neal Hogan To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Sponsoring FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 19:15:18 -0000 On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 09:57:57PM +0200, Peter Boosten wrote: >> Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> >> >> > exactly does. i just don't catch why he - while stopping using it >> > because of forum - still read and posts here. >> >> None of your concern: this is just what everybody is writing about. >> Whether someone is using FreeBSD or not, and reading here or not, is >> irrelevant to most (and probably to all) discussions going on here, and >> it is my understanding (and my opinion, which is different than yours on >> this matter I suspect) that your commenting on this is mostly unapprecia= ted. > > Actually, that's technically your estimation -- not your opinion. =A0It m= ay > be correct or incorrect (and if it's incorrect, then I'm incorrect too, > because I have come to the same conclusion), but the fact it's not a > settled matter doesn't mean it's opinion. =A0The term opinion has a very > specific meaning, and this isn't it. > > Saying *you* don't appreciate it would be a matter of opinion. =A0Saying > you think most people don't appreciate it would be an estimation of the > popularity of a given opinion -- but not an opinion itself. Huh? > > I don't mean to "bust your balls" on this, so to speak. =A0I just want to > offer my thoughts on the matter of what does and does not constitute > opinion so that people who disdain what others observe but cannot > necessarily prove will not find it as easy to dismiss things as mere > "opinion". > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] > Quoth Anonymous: "Why do we never have time to do it right, but always > have time to do it over?" > --=20 www.nealhogan.net www.lambdaserver.com