Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:49:00 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Wes Baehr <wbaehr@mac.com> Cc: "freebsd questions FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The BSD daemon Message-ID: <20020104184900.A8035@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <B85B9C36.1E5E%wbaehr@mac.com>; from wbaehr@mac.com on Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 05:51:50PM -0500 References: <20020103181917.A99475@mooseriver.com> <B85B9C36.1E5E%wbaehr@mac.com>
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OK, I just added this to the FAQ, it should be up tomorrow. For official answers on the BSD daemon, check out the daemon's home page under www.mckusick.com. All your questions are answered there. On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 05:51:50PM -0500, Wes Baehr wrote: > I've always heard Chuck > Look at this: > www.ircXtreme.net/ChuckVsTux.jpg > > -iWes > > On 1/3/02 9:19 PM, "Josef Grosch" <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 06:05:14PM -0800, Thomas Cannon wrote: > >> > >> I've always known him as 'chucky' > >> > >> > >> On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Matthew Graybosch wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 02:56:12 +0100 > >>> "Per-A. Braa" <Seric@nervevrak.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi. > >>>> Does the BSD daemon have a short-name? Like the linux penguin Tux? :) It's > >>>> a bit long to write to my linux hyped friends that the BSD daemon looks > >>>> cooler that Tux. Don't you think? > >>> > >>> "Beastie" > > > > > > I think this is covered in the FreeBSD FAQ somewhere and if it is not it > > should be. In the distant past the BSD daemon was know as "Chuck" or > > "Chucky". Kirk McKusick, who owns the copyright, has let it be know that he > > is not a fan of the name and prefers "Beastie". Out of respect for Kirk we > > refer to the BSD Daemon as "Beastie". > > > > > > Josef > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org my FreeBSD column: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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