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From: Dale Scott In-Reply-To: <86zikv5mqu.fsf@WorkBox.homestead.org> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 12:40:44 -0700 (MST) Cc: Ralf Mardorf , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: References: <20161118113224.20964d7d.freebsd@edvax.de> <747a871c-4d34-7c06-0c04-4650f31bb6ce@FreeBSD.org> <14047.128.135.52.6.1479482907.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <20161118165549.408e9a9f@archlinux.localdomain> <86zikv5mqu.fsf@WorkBox.homestead.org> To: "Brandon J. Wandersee" X-Mailer: Zimbra 7.2.7_GA_2942 (MobileSync - Apple-iPad4C4/1402.100) X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfCK+sJ/9bFxgxTEFI/9huqrQTPH+ZF584He0nmimQINEJOSJ32AaGHJUDuOps7O4OIepe2RjiP/2K5S7t3MSJD683seQZrAMT+dL430RLvXXl7Ag99dB gT0YLN1kjkaqyaXMYdr4Jvw8qCmryN7eWga+WcgU150JiyRg6Luc3oB+XTewqNPmkqUeCrHikvU5UKyXAvCe1vJGaW6IK/S3ti1WmWdpK4uoa5tpLMUEX2wR W0pFLMyN29gnkSCore/9aDOiSGEr7WtytoqWgjo4KfBkf3cx0KPjaOlulzsDvFpl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 19:40:53 -0000 > On Nov 19, 2016, at 11:16 AM, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote: >=20 > Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions writes: >=20 >> Conspiracy theories are stupid. > fritter away weeks of precious mental effort trying > to figure out how it all fit into the grand Microsoft World Domination > Plot. I think many people have trouble accepting that coincidence, happenstance, m= omentum and happy accidents determine the course of history at least as much= as secret behind the scenes planning. --- Dale R. Scott, P.Eng. Transparency with Trust Blog: http://www.dalescott.net LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/dalescott GitHub: https://github.com/dalers > On Nov 19, 2016, at 11:16 AM, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote: >=20 >=20 > Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions writes: >=20 >> Conspiracy theories are stupid. >=20 > Indeed. But this thread is just another example of how these things > always go. Satya Nadella could burn every inch of Redmond to ashes, > bequeath his personal fortune to HIV research and then hang himself, and > people would still fritter away weeks of precious mental effort trying > to figure out how it all fit into the grand Microsoft World Domination > Plot. Eventually they'd just conclude that Nadella actually didn't > really do any of it, but was in reality set up by the NSA in conjunction > with Google. >=20 > The Internet is one big bullshit farm. That's about the only substantive > thing anyone can say in discussions like this. >=20 > --=20 > :: Brandon J. Wandersee > :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com > :: -------------------------------------------------- > :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' > :: --- Dieter Rams ---------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"