Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 18:52:28 +0200 (MET DST) From: Marco Molteni <molter@logic.it> To: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu> Cc: fbsdlist@federation.addy.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Satanic logo Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970829183204.1006C-100000@dumbwinter.ecomotor.it> In-Reply-To: <199708291415.JAA15152@beowulf.utmb.edu>
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[moved to -chat. As often happens with FreeBSDers, discussion gets really interesting ;-)] On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, M. L. Dodson wrote: [..] > > I do love our daemon, Chuck. My ****big**** dream is that > > someone will draw a sexy "daemonette" too ;-) > > > > From chapter 31 of the "Unix System Administration Handbook" by > > Nemeth (a very good book) : > > > > The words "daemon" and "demon" both come from the same root, > > but "daemon" is an older form and its meaning is somewhat > > different. A daemon is an attendant spirit that influences > > one's character or personality. Daemons aren't minions of > > good or evil; they are creatures od independent thought and > > will. As a rule, UNIX systems seem to be infested with both > > daemons and demons. > > > > It is also likely to have some relationship to Maxwell's demon > (daemon?), methinks. Yea, surely! I forgot it! ;-) And, I'll bet on it, it's a daemon, not a demon ;-). We in Italy have the same distinction between daemon/demon, but the word is the same: "demone". The difference is in where you put the accent. > This is the guy who monitors the shuttered hole between two gas > vessels, opening it when a hot molecule approaches from the left > vessel and closing it when a hot molecule approaches from the > right (or vice versa). Net is a temperature difference which can > be used to run a heat engine => perpetual motion. (Don't worry; > Leo Szilard used information theory to prove that it takes more > energy to run the demon than you get out. Second law is safe.) I don't worry at all, since I do love daemons ;-) Also, it should be nice a party with daemons, daemonettes, witches and fairies ;-) As you surely know, whitches were *beautiful* women, it was the christian religion, to fight the pagan one, which said witches were horribles and evil creatures. (Please no flames about religions here. I don't want to offend anyone.) Marco
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