From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 21 15:54:16 2003 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 5CD4637B401 for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:54:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 728FC43FBF for ; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:54:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18mMza-000DCl-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:54:10 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 40214C6C3 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 00:54:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id F023BE79 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 00:53:57 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id BC45C225C2; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 00:53:58 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 00:53:58 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cvsup Handbook Example Message-ID: <20030221235358.GD1564@raggedclown.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 09:11:22PM +0100, Henrik W Lund wrote: > >From: Justin Hopper > >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Re: Cvsup Handbook Example > >Date: 21 Feb 2003 11:42:05 -0800 > > > >Sorry, this of course should have read 'after 665 and before 667'. > > > >On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 11:13, Justin Hopper wrote: > >> Hello unamed person, > >> > >> For the rest of the world that doesn't follow Christian Mythology, 666 > >> is just the number after 667 and before 665. I've used 666 in several > >> coding examples, usually for client/server socket daemons, as most > >> people don't have anything using port 666. > >> > >> Would you rather that the good people of FreeBSD be barred from using > >> particular numbers? This could pose a problem. > >-- > >Justin Hopper > >jhopper@spry.com > >UNIX Systems Engineer > >http://www.spry.com > > > And let's remember that FreeBSD's mascot is a (if not THE) devil. ;) > This was all gone through a while back. A "daemon" was for the ancient Greeks something like a "guardian angel". It was corrupted into 'demon" with it's evil connotations by judaeo-christian ignorance. I believe that in Islam a demon is an ambivalent entity, capable of good and bad. I asked A Christian friend whether 666 mean't anything bad to him. He asked me if I had been drinking ;). -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message