From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 13 13:03:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29FED16A4CE for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:03:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [206.71.64.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4882E43F85 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:03:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.247.57] (helo=[192.168.99.66]) by hobbiton.shire.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.10) id 1AKOcY-000M8B-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:03:18 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) In-Reply-To: <20031113065505.Q3617@d66-183-123-52.bchsia.telus.net> References: <20031112190135.GA89662@lewiz.org> <20031113065505.Q3617@d66-183-123-52.bchsia.telus.net> Message-Id: From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:03:16 -0700 To: FreeBSD-questions X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.4 tests=BAYES_30,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_APPLEMAIL version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) Subject: Re: FreeBSD Essay. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:03:20 -0000 On Nov 13, 2003, at 8:07 AM, Viktor Lazlo wrote: > > > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Lewis Thompson wrote: > >> Hey guys, >> >> I'm a first year CS student at Manchester and I've been given the task >> of writing a 1,000 word essay on something computer-related. It can >> be >> > 1000 words is awfully short to cover such a general topic in any > detail--a > few sentences on each would use up that much space easily. I can second that. You cannot say anything detailed or interesting in 1000 words. I'd compare either to Linux or Windows or just do the history of BSD or something. best Chad