From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 7 22: 9:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-31-203-60.mmcable.com [65.31.203.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 56B6A37B405 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 22:09:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 21363 invoked by uid 100); 8 Dec 2001 06:08:32 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15377.44640.194488.100103@guru.mired.org> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 00:08:32 -0600 To: "Anthony Atkielski" Cc: Subject: Re: A breath of fresh air.. In-Reply-To: <013201c17fab$fc6e3260$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <15377.37214.213789.306335@guru.mired.org> <00c901c17f9f$e80a95e0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011208043931.GA27716@hades.hell.gr> <00fd01c17fa9$ccf20c20$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011208053552.GC28300@hades.hell.gr> <013201c17fab$fc6e3260$0a00000a@atkielski.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA v0.42/Python 2.1.1 (freebsd4) From: "Mike Meyer" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Anthony Atkielski types: > Giorgos writes: > > I'm quoting your own words. Perhaps you could > > explain to us? > A desktop is the personal computing environment used by a non-IT-specialist > in a home or office. So what do you call the personal computing environment used by an IT specialist in her home or office? > If, for example, you are moving down the freeway and you are approaching an > off-ramp, you must decide whether to take the ramp or continue on the > freeway. "Deciding not to decide" is not an option. You obviously give people more credit than they deserve. I've seen a number of people "decide not to decide" in that situation. They do it by stopping. If they're bright, they stop off the roadway between the two, but not all drivers are that bright. http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message