From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 5 15:46:18 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A0E2106570B for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 15:46:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aimass@yabarana.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E4ED8FC0A for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 15:46:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxh10 with SMTP id 10so2803470vxh.13 for ; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:46:17 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.179.136 with SMTP id bq8mr708801vcb.74.1312559177169; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:46:17 -0700 (PDT) Sender: aimass@yabarana.com Received: by 10.220.182.141 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 08:46:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110805150003.GA43820@guilt.hydra> References: <1312507087.17371.YahooMailNeo@web161605.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <20110805150003.GA43820@guilt.hydra> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 11:46:16 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: KXo_SXW1BfA12MM8YucK01RJfyo Message-ID: From: Alejandro Imass To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: more information X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:46:18 -0000 On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 10:47:54AM -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote: > > . . . a bunch of stuff. > > I had no interest in reading the attached PDF until I saw the message by > Alejandro Imass. =A0Now that I've read it, I can only think that if one > takes the tasks described in that PDF literally and seriously the project > must be the equivalent of a Master's thesis. =A0Holy crap. =A0That's a lo= t of > work, and if someone does a good job on that set of tasks for FreeBSD, > that person should end up knowing more than me about FreeBSD despite > having spent six years using it so far. > > I hope this isn't some two-week project. > Ja! Especially fun will be cutting and pasting sections II.a and b. Here you go, Zareena, all you need to do is divide this list about 30/70 into points IIa and IIb, I'm sure your teacher's won't know the difference which goes where: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/master-index.html What's sad IMHO is that IT Colleges world-wide, not in the OP's country, have gotten so pirate, that they don't really teach computing, but rather create "users".... maybe analogous to Agricultural schools which teach the techniques and legal aspects of cross-pollination for planting with Monsanto seeds. Anyway, the fact that the teacher assigned this student FreeBSD at least is a sign of hope ;-) but on the other hand it's no wonder why the largest IT companies in the world were formed by University drop-outs... The curriculum is probably OK, for example as you said, if this assignment would be taken seriously.... but you can clearly see the attitude of students which is probably an x-ray into his college. Then again, I think the FBSD Handbook is even more complete than this homework assignment. Cheers! -- Alejandro Imass > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] >