From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 19 06:28:16 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EA3816A4CE; Thu, 19 May 2005 06:28:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA8E943D78; Thu, 19 May 2005 06:28:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4J6TdaK072023; Wed, 18 May 2005 23:29:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j4J6TbNA072018; Wed, 18 May 2005 23:29:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 23:29:36 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" Message-ID: <20050519062936.GA71975@thought.org> References: <20050516203932.0A38316A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> <20050519001737.518e40c5@dolphin.local.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050519001737.518e40c5@dolphin.local.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 18++ years of service to the Unix community X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 19 May 2005 11:44:30 +0000 cc: Bill Paul cc: stable@freebsd.org cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alright you primitive screwheads, LISTEN UP!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 06:28:16 -0000 On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 12:17:37AM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > On Mon, 16 May 2005 20:39:32 +0000 (GMT), wpaul@freebsd.org (Bill Paul) > wrote: > > > > > Ok everyone, PAY ATTENTION! Drop whatevery your doing for the next > > five minutes and READ THIS!! > > [ ... ] > > Well, that's what you get for having a name that's made up of two first > names. :-) > > Seriously, where I work (the U.S. Postal Service), people with names > like yours cause no end of confusion and grief, particularly when it > comes to the forwarding of mail, as our oh-so-cleverly designed (read: > brain-damaged) Central Forwarding System (CFS) uses the first four > letters of the last name, along with the last three digits of the old > address (leading zero-padded, if need be), to distinguish one forwarding > order from another. And then you have magazine and newspaper > publishers, as well as other correspondents, who choose to invert the > order of names, for reasons known only to them and their Higher Power, > if they have one. You can just imagine the uproarious, madcap fun that > ensues. > > Sorry, but I've no sympathy at all. Bloody double first-namers. > You'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes. :-) > *Gawk*!!!! I knew the US Postal "Service" was screwed up, but not this __this__ degree. ...Well, (*sigh*). Seriously, I hereby propose that everyone, every human, and most mammals be designed by a string of DIGITS. Befor people laugh, just think about thr billions of advantages. gary (aka 45689334177027483315780) -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix