From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 12 23:03:43 2010 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 970B51065673 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:03:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealhogan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 299388FC08 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:03:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb36 with SMTP id 36so486261wyb.13 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:03:41 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=lLKn+UboN0Ra4F+TSxeeCYGf8wQtcF9QHWzXHtb1+GE=; b=dOE+jxGknhqlWJRiirESwK0Slrcb68CB30LMtGoT5k0olee3zTc6qOpLOpYX941ZFS KyR+BioY7/ObQYP9XyzfhXHQFY+pvgFUJcVsKmYqZWrD8JNfXlEiftZG2jfME2JR+s7w dv138BNMgeky3EMiwNaB57WSPRJ+p+KGUhCw0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=nJ97i4MsJSc7kfRLTScmV9T/QAaMwUCsI+sNxXSLaWslt/DFgUDCsf5b+z4C4j8dT3 fHJ2KGCuagEzwirzSGrbItbLsVCp3L11juBwT/fT6MxATbxXrKbCKJg6h+i+edOetCIt BkWjQZ8AZhaE2f+UKBxACxnEI0Cc78EcAAJhk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.191.160 with SMTP id g32mr4423513wen.18.1289603020364; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:03:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.244.71 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:03:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20101112192954.GB18437@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:03:40 -0600 Message-ID: From: Neal Hogan To: Free BSD Questions list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Fwd: Why do you use a devil as a mascot? 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: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:03:43 -0000 On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Alejandro Imass wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Tom Worster wrote: >> On 11/12/10 2:29 PM, "Jerry McAllister" wrote: >> >>>Lots of people see FreeBSD and the web site and the mascott, etc for >>>the first time probably each day. =A0 =A0Some of them will have the same >>>mistaken idea since the misunderstanding of it is implanted in people's >>>heads from an early age. =A0 =A0Although you may get tired of hearing th= at >>>same old argument again and again, I do, it does not automatically make = a >>>person a troll if they ask the question. >> >> Hmm. >> >> It is inconsiderate and lazy to ask someone else to answer a question >> without making any effort to answer it yourself first. The misdeed is >> multiplied when the culprit asks hundreds of people in a discussion grou= p >> such as this. That's why it is often considered a violation of etiquette= . >> The fact that lmgtfy.com and 'RTFM' are both well know suggests that thi= s >> is not a fringe opinion. >> >> >>>The intelligent thing is to give a reasonable answer and point the perso= n >>>to some web pages where they can become informed and then ignore it. >> >> I would describe that as the indulgent thing, not the intelligent thing. >> >> > > Thanks Tom, I was beginning to think no one else cared about such > netiquette, and I just opted to let it go. Nevertheless, now that you > brought this up, I would like to point a couple of more things out to > Jerry: > > The _intelligent_ thing to do is to actually read before blabbering > here about some religious crap. > > When the OP signed up to this list he must have read this: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources.html= #ERESOURCES-MAIL > > Where things like the following are very clearly stated: > > When in doubt about what list to post a question to, see How to get > best results from the FreeBSD-questions mailing list. > Which points to this: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/ > > Before posting to any list, please learn about how to best use the > mailing lists, such as how to help avoid frequently-repeated > discussions, by reading the Mailing List Frequently Asked Questions > (FAQ) document. > Which points to this: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/mailing-list-faq/ > > And in almost all these places there are links to the netiquette, > recommendations on how to search before you post and tons of > information on how to correctly interact with these mailing lists. > > Ignorantia legis neminem excusat > Yes, yes, yes . . . but back to the issue at hand; cartoons with red faces and two horns, carrying sharp, pointy things indicate the evil that must be . . . . ummm . . . I don't know. I'm probably going to hell just for having thoughts about Satan (or whatever). Like I said, I don't know ;-) Ok . . . "now" I'm done.