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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!news.corp.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!csulb.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!news.oru.edu!news.iac.net!het.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!news.elm.net!xs4all!grobbebol.xs4all.nl!grobbebol.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail From: Roeland Th. Jansen <bengel@grobbebol.xs4all.nl> Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: 14 Apr 1997 15:03:20 -0000 Organization: Grobbebol's Home Lines: 11 Message-ID: <5itgvo$dbd@grobbebol.xs4all.nl> References: <slrn5kaf5t.11r.c_chaos@chaosnet.wahnapitae.on.ca> <01bc4136$20f68ec0$78c5a9c6@win95> <3345FD90.4A3@kashmir.net> <5ipv9f$itd$1@halcyon.com> Reply-To: bengel@xs4all.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: grobbebol.xs4all.nl X-XS4ALL-Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 17:13:08 CEST X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA 970406; i586 Linux 2.0.30] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:20167 comp.os.linux.misc:169699 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39063 In alt.os.linux Tim Smith <tzs@halcyon.com> wrote: > Do you apply this same standard to all tools? For instance, should people > need to understand something about how petroleum is refined before they > put gas in their cars? Should one need to know thermodynamics in order > to make one's refrigerator get colder? Should one be conversant in rim > flushes and siphon jets before one flushes one's toilet? no bt a few basic skills do come in handy sometimes... -- Grobbebol's Home (Linux 2.0.xx i586)