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Date:      Wed, 29 Aug 2001 14:22:57 -0700
From:      Jonathan Hilgeman <JHilgeman@ecx.com>
To:        "'freebsd@masspostroad.net'" <freebsd@masspostroad.net>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: 
Message-ID:  <5D90F61EB6FDD411836500508B137F1AA3EE6B@mailsvr.ecx.com>

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Theory #1139:
A demon is thought to be a supernatural being that has limited power, but
its power cannot be used unless it is invoked. Likewise, a daemon sits in
the background and HAS power, but it doesn't use it unless it is called or
invoked.

- Jonathan

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew P. Marino [mailto:freebsd@masspostroad.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:08 AM
To: Iridium Ronin
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: 


daemon/demon, it's a trivial word play. Now why they called them daemon is
another issue. I'm sure there's a very deep logical reason that any computer
scientist PHD would understand. 

Iridium Ronin wrote:
> 
> Hello
> I just wanted to ask a question about your site.
> Yestertday, I was watching the Screensavers on TechTV.
> And when one of the people there asked one of your
> representatives (the one he was talking with) what
> that little Devil on your logo meant, you told him
> that he couldn't tell him about that Devil and then
> suddenly said that the connection was getting bad,
> even though I could still clearly hear his voice.
> That's kind of weird / obvious... don't you think? So
> what IS up with that Devil?
> 
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