From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jun 26 23:34:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA22021 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 23:34:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA22016 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 23:34:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA27360; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 16:33:41 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980627163337.34092@welearn.com.au> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 16:33:38 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: fewtch@serv.net Cc: ML Duke , Rick Hamell , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, simon mendoza Subject: Re: How important is "the OS?" References: <35940285.4C7C@concentric.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Tim Gerchmez on Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 01:26:38PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jun 26, 1998 at 01:26:38PM -0700, Tim Gerchmez wrote: > > > On 26-Jun-98 ML Duke wrote: > >> > 1) have you all read Victor Orwell's "1994"? > > > > Its neccessary to interject on this one. From what I've seen, 90% of > > the people on this list know more BSD than I do, but awareness is sure > > lacking elsewhere which I guess is normal. > > > > It was "1984" and it was "George" Orwell, but those are unimportant > > errors. The serious error is to think our current society is not > > related to Orwell's "fictional" one. But Orwell's "double speak" has > > been renamed: Its called "political correctness." > > > > > This stuff is interesting and controversial, but completely off-topic in > freebsd-newbies. rofl -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message