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? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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