From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 29 16:11:23 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 BF05D106564A for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 16:11:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE4A98FC19 for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 16:11:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4TGBCHt012464; Fri, 29 May 2009 18:11:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n4TGBCxM012461; Fri, 29 May 2009 18:11:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 18:11:12 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20090529161704.dfe4001e.freebsd@edvax.de> Message-ID: References: <23711563.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090527133706.1a6e4612@scorpio> <20090528083057.554dca76@scorpio> <20090528090941.1b39b676@scorpio> <20090528183141.107ff3e4.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090528170909.GA1841@phenom.cordula.ws> <20090528193719.97764c30.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090528220640.77ebc490.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090528222948.6d1649b0.freebsd@edvax.de> <4a1f9e34.DbcPFQYdcplLHIxv%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20090529152519.2f268de9.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090529154818.ef59e8c1.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090529161704.dfe4001e.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: perryh@pluto.rain.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Canon printer and TurboPrint 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: Fri, 29 May 2009 16:11:24 -0000 >> printer and then install, so user HAVE TO FOLLOW the steps. > > Allthough CUPS is for UNIX (the U in CUPS), I think it's a bit sad it runs on unix. But it was written by people that thinks windows-way. Like most of new soft for unix. "Well it's really bad printer support on unix, lets make it as good as in windows". And yes they did a lot of hard work, just sad they did it that way. Anyway - great work. > Translated from a PC commercial: "My computer knows who I am, and knows > what I want." There wasn't THAT BAD commercials in Poland already. But for sure will. > Another attitude at least famous among german "Windows" users: If the > PC says (!) something, it is alright. Asking for the bankomatcard PIN? > Well, enter it! An obscure web page wants your name and postal address so make use of it. Pecunia non olet :) > MICROS~1 initiated misbelief that "Windows" administers itself. No it doesn't administer itself. It does administer it's slave. > If you think that's stupid - well, at least it's the reality here. :-) While i was always laughing about "artifical inteligence" ideas, now i found it's possible to make computer as smart or smarter than people. You just need to make people mode dumb :)