From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 2 04:37:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA01721 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 04:37:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp20.portal.net.au [202.12.71.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA01702 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 04:36:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost.smith.net.au [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA00240; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 21:01:32 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199709021131.VAA00240@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: hoek@hwcn.org cc: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: What's the daemon chasing? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 02 Sep 1997 06:46:31 -0400." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 21:01:29 +0930 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Mike Smith wrote: > > > book of the same name by Carl Sagan (I clapped at the "for Carl" credit, > > but nobody else got it. Morons.), and that based on a story by Sagan > > Hey, easy on them. I can think of at least 3 (of 6 possible) > people who saw the movie and "got it" but did not clap (me, mom, > and dad). But an entire cinema of 500+ people? Perhaps americans aren't so vocal at the movies, but around here it's not uncommon, hence my surprise. Then again, the collective gasp at the "explanations for idiots" moments should have been more of a clue. *sigh* > Of course, Carl Sagan wouldn't have gotten into that > science-is-our-religion-and-god stuff (well, not like that, > anyways). Indeed. mike