From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 9 15:03:08 2008 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 55AB410656A6 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:03:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=pauls=161ca38b6@utdallas.edu) Received: from ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu (ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.111]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0969A8FC0A for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:03:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=pauls=161ca38b6@utdallas.edu) X-Group: RELAYLIST X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,383,1220245200"; d="scan'208";a="10551818" Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu ([129.110.20.110]) by ip-relay-001.utdallas.edu with ESMTP; 09 Oct 2008 10:03:07 -0500 Received: from utd65257.utdallas.edu (utd65257.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F3D298C20; Thu, 9 Oct 2008 10:03:06 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:03:06 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: Jerry McAllister , Chad Marshall Message-ID: <002001BC4062507DD46E5AD7@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <20081009143402.GB84420@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <20081008223925.GB97321@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <2F5A85A9-3C1C-4328-9D4C-8722B3FDB2A1@ahm-inc.com> <28283d910810081851h7ab99b5y94b68f04b2a956e7@mail.gmail.com> <74E268D6-92EB-415F-8A28-86909F2F8B56@ahm-inc.com> <20081009143402.GB84420@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========B8B1ED249443D57F3047==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: matt donovan , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Frank Shute Subject: Re: uptime 2 years! 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: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:03:08 -0000 --==========B8B1ED249443D57F3047========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On Thursday, October 09, 2008 09:34:02 -0500 Jerry McAllister=20 wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 07:07:31AM -0700, Chad Marshall wrote: > >> >> Sorry to bother you...You know, you could just leave well enough >> alone if you don't care. There goes any future donations from me and >> my organization as this is more than the first untactful email I >> recieved from this, I'll donate and use other platforms. Please don't >> send any other emails >> > > Kind of touchy, wouldn't you think? > People are giving you some perspective. > Well, anyway, you have the choice of using a superior system > or let scratchy responses lead you to something less suitable. > When I was a young boy, I went on vacation with my family to a lake in upper=20 Minnesota. (My mother's ancestral home.) The weather was beautiful, the water = was warm and inviting, the swimming was thoroughly enjoyable and the cabin we=20 stayed in was luxurious (by the standards of a little boy.) However, my mother said something to me that mad me angry. To "punish" her, I=20 stomped off in a huff and spent the remainder of the vacation scowling in the=20 cabin. I refused to swim until she corrected the perceived injustice.=20 Needless to say, my "punishment" caused me a great deal more consternation than = it did her, or my siblings who were all happily enjoying the water and the=20 boating and the entire lovely vacation while I fumed in the cabin. Self-inflicted wounds are often the most painful of all. --=20 Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========B8B1ED249443D57F3047==========--