, Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net>
From: Ask Dr. Stupid <greywolf@starwolf.starwolf.com>
List: current-users
Date: 11/03/1997 21:48:47
Jukka Marin sez:
/*
* On Mon, Nov 03, 1997 at 08:09:46AM -0800, Dustin Sallings wrote:
* > > Err, in this part of the world, a daemon (demon) is always bad, trying
* > > to harm people. The opposite is (I guess) an angel who protects people,
* > > understands them etc.
Bah. That's the puk^Hritans for you, but I suppose that's neither here
nor there (actually, the problem is that they are here AND there!)...
* >
* And who's the master of the demons? ;-) I don't want my computers being
* possessed by the devil..
Too late, even more so if you have pored over the oddly disturbing
ichor known as Windows.
*
* Sure, the BSD daemon looks innocent, but still..
*
* Have we all got this much spare time? :-)
*
``Yes.'' Well, except for the release engineering team, that is...
* -jm
*/
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