From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Oct 26 07:47:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA22638 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 07:47:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@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 HAA22632 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 1998 07:47:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.0) id CAA02576; Tue, 27 Oct 1998 02:47:11 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19981027024707.15735@welearn.com.au> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 02:47:07 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: "Jason C. Wells" Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chickenbean.com References: <3.0.5.32.19981026160722.0097f170@mail.scancall.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Jason C. Wells on Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 07:22:56AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 07:22:56AM -0800, Jason C. Wells wrote: > On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Marius Bendiksen wrote: > > >>Sheesh! How many of you have never ever made a mistake when trying > >>something for the first time? > > An admin at the UW who has been known to haunt the FreeBSD lists once told > me this in regard to computing. > > Assume error and lack of skill until you can prove malice. > > This is a guy who has 50,000 users. Almost all of them are new to unix > when they come to UW. I will run on his assumption. > > Beside, there are easier and more fruitful ways to glean email adresses. I got a polite note from an ISP a few years ago, asking me if I needed the root password for some good reason to let him know why, and I didn't understand what he was on about or why he used so many smileys (Huh? what's a root password? Why would I want to see the / directory?). Apparently my many attempts to access my second account there without providing its userID before hitting Enter had come to his attention :-) And I still make that mistake occasionally. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message