Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 23:15:25 -0700 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org> To: Salvo <bartequi@inwind.it> Cc: err@intergrafix.net, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com> Subject: Re: the word demon Message-ID: <20000625231525.F79299@azazel.zer0.org> In-Reply-To: <71377.961383726@localhost>; from jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com on Sun, Jun 18, 2000 at 08:02:06PM -0700 References: <20000619.120200@bartequi.ottodomain.org> <71377.961383726@localhost>
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On 2000-06-18 20:02 -0700, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com> wrote: > > What is the defference between the word demon and the word devil? > > There is only one devil whereas there can be many demons. > > Not that either is a relevant question to FreeBSD in any case since we > use a DAEMON. Notice the difference in spelling. It's a greek word > which means "helpful spirit or worker." I suppose the closest english(?) > word would be "genie." If you want to know about _BSD_ Daemons, I'd suggest reading http://www.daemonnews.org/199810/daemon.html for a summary. Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter "I think not," said Descartes... mailto:gsutter@zer0.org and promptly disappeared. http://www.zer0.org/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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