Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 10:55:32 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: Phil Cook <phil-cook@usa.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The little Devil... Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980614105532.032cd2b0@mail.plstn1.sfba.home.com> In-Reply-To: <35839C8A.9EE2E83D@usa.net>
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At 09:48 PM 6/14/98 +1200, Phil Cook wrote: >product that I can see, but I LOVE the cartoon devil. Is he "yours"? Or >borrowed from elsewhere? Is there more of him? And - the biggie - can >you send him to me? I'd love to put him up on my page (it's got a whole >lot of Philosophy of Religion stuff, so he's most appropriate), I would http://www.freebsd.org/daemon.html and he's not exactly appropriate to religion, as you can read about on that page. The following is straight off that page. In the Unix System Administration Handbook, Evi Nemeth has this to say about daemons: "Many people equate the word ``daemon'' with the word ``demon,'' implying some kind of Satanic connection between UNIX and the underworld. This is an egregious misunderstanding. ``Daemon'' is actually a much older form of ``demon''; daemons have no particular bias towards good or evil, but rather serve to help define a person's character or personality. The ancient Greeks' concept of a ``personal daemon'' was similar to the modern concept of a ``guardian angel'' --- ``eudaemonia'' is the state of being helped or protected by a kindly spirit. As a rule, UNIX systems seem to be infested with both daemons and demons." (p403) --Ludwig Pummer ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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