Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 21:08:25 -0500 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Lyman Bradford" <lsbrad@mail.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Message-ID: <029201c00ca7$063ce620$3d440ace@mark8> References: <000801c00c62$100d2880$4cee1fd0@lsb4>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_028F_01C00C7D.1C95D280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Lyman Bradford=20 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 12:54 PM An anarchist website that I was reading over had a link to this = FreeBSD website (http://www.freebsd.org). I followed that link and here = I am. I am a Windows 98 user with no real understanding of how a = computer actually operates. I have owned my PC for a few years now and = am able to access the internet, make webpages, create images in = photoshop, among other things. But when I looked over the FreeBSD FAQ = 'everything' was greek to me. =20 What is FreeBSD and why is it valuable to anarchists?=20 FreeBSD is very valuable to anarchists in many ways. To be able to = use FreeBSD you must understand a little about how your computer works. = When the anarchists win and the government falls and society collapses = and all the people on the help desks nationwide are dead, knowing how = the computer works will be a great asset to any self-deserving = anarchist. Can an average PC user take advantage of such a resource? =20 No....FreeBSD requires an above-avarage user. Josh I thank you in advance for your time. =20 Sincerely, L.Bradford ------=_NextPart_000_028F_01C00C7D.1C95D280 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:lsbrad@mail.com" title=3Dlsbrad@mail.com>Lyman = Bradford</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG"=20 = title=3Dfreebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 22, 2000 = 12:54=20 PM</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2>An anarchist website that I = was reading=20 over had a link to this FreeBSD website (<A=20 href=3D"http://www.freebsd.org">http://www.freebsd.org</A></FONT><FONT = face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2>). I followed that link and here I am. I = am a=20 Windows 98 user with no real understanding of how a computer actually=20 operates. I have owned my PC for a few years now and am able to access = the=20 internet, make webpages, create images in photoshop, among other = things. But=20 when I looked over the FreeBSD FAQ 'everything' was greek to = me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2>What is FreeBSD and why is it = valuable to=20 anarchists? </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>FreeBSD is very valuable to = anarchists in many=20 ways. To be able to use FreeBSD you must understand a little = about how=20 your computer works. When the anarchists win and the government = falls=20 and society collapses and all the people on the help desks nationwide = are=20 dead, knowing how the computer works will be a great asset to any=20 self-deserving anarchist.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Can an average PC user take advantage = of such a=20 resource? <DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>No....FreeBSD requires an above-avarage user.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Josh</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2>I thank you in advance for = your=20 time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New" size=3D2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Courier New"=20 size=3D2>L.Bradford<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_028F_01C00C7D.1C95D280-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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