Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 18:26:47 -0500 (EST) From: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>, Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1008658698.82b0d6@mired.org>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, Kelly Hendrix <kelly@slackwit.com> Subject: Re: EzBSD aint for me! Was: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <20011213180248.W61384-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.011213145120.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, John Baldwin wrote: [How did this message end up with two Cc headers?] >> It's rather like people who buy sports cars: They may not be expert >> mechanics, but overall, they tend to know significantly more about cars than >> the average person. Actually it's rather like most people who buy sporty cars[0]. They go to the Ford dealership (CompUSA) thinking they need to get a car (Computer), and the salesman talks up the status and performance they'll get with a Mustang (latest 9Ghz P4) and they buy it. Then they realize they can't drive so they put an automatic transmission (Windows) on it and ruin any chance in hell it had of performing decently. >So every little Johnny that had a Nintendo as a kid is now qualfied IT >professional? Wow. Then again, that might explain some of the IT people I've >met. :-P This seems to explain the MCSE acronym expanding to Must Call Someone Else/Experienced. [0] Sporty Cars meaning things like the Ford Mustang, Chevy Camaro, and similar ilk which are little more than overgrown family sedans which exhibit little if any of the efficiency, balance, agility, cornering, acceleration or beauty of a well engineered sports car.[1] [1] Since now I'll probably get some off-the-cuff response from a Mustang owner asking what the hell is it I drive I'll tell you that no, it's not a sports car. It's a classic 1974 Volkswagen Type I Sedan and daily it leaves American Steel in its dust. Brandon D. Valentine -- "Iam mens praetrepidans avet vagari." - G. Valerius Catullus, Carmina, XLVI To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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