Clifton! I've never read a better e-mail.
Thank you for your words, wise man. I've been inspired now. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clifton Royston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Fafa Hafiz Krantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: A beautiful dmesg! Maybe one day? Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 09:23:52 -1000 > > On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 01:18:36PM -0500, Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote: > ... > > Real memory = 100663296 (96 MB) > > Available memory = 93036544 (88 MB) > > > > Doesn't. > > > > > As you suggested, I compared these with diff, ignoring the gratuitous > > > spacing modification using "diff -b". > > > > In the end, I don't think I can consider even one of your changes to > > > be an improvement. The closest you came to a useful change was the > > > capitalisation of "Real memory", but that's hardly necessary, and > > > the accompanying change to the next line upsets the formatting. > > > > Ofcourse it doesn't improve the functionality. > > And I get the feeling that's what you're all about. > > Indeed, you understand correctly. Functionality is exactly what the > BSD family of OSs is all about. > > Most kernel developers are busy with activities like improving system > performance on multi-CPU systems, increasing OS reliability with SATA > drives, and other activities of a deep and essential nature. I don't > generally tell the kernel developers what to do, because I know that > they know their own knowledge domain far better than I do. > > [...] > > > In short, I think you should find some other way to pretty up your FreeBSD > > > boot. As suggested earlier, try "man splash". > > > > Again, I want it to look correct. > > The appearance is a matter of personal taste, and "de gustibus non > disputandum." Your claim that your personal preference is "correct" > does not cause other people to prefer it. > > It should be clear by now that you are getting nowhere trying to > persuade others to implement this for you, so your only course is to > implement it yourself. If these changes matter a great deal to you, I > suggest you invest the sweat to change it on your own system. You have > all the sources, you have the power. If you don't know how yet, you > have the opportunity to learn. If you succeed and post public patches > to do it, then others can share the changes if they wish, and you will > get some smidgen of positive recognition and credibility. > > If this matters so much to you, it should be worth your effort. > > If you are incapable of making these changes, then your preferences > will get some smidgin less weight, as there will be that much less > evidence that your opinions should be valued. The open source world is > largely a meritocracy and technocracy; this is not to say that > "politics" and opinions play no part, but generally speaking "working > code wins." > > Mostly people in the OSS world take it for granted that others > understand this, which may be why nobody has told you this in so many > words before now. > > -- Clifton > > -- > Clifton Royston -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tiki Technologies Lead Programmer/Software Architect > "I'm gonna tell my son to grow up pretty as the grass is green > And whip-smart as the English Channel's wide..." > -- 'Whip-Smart', Liz Phair -- Fafa Hafiz Krantz Research Designer @ http://www.home.no/barbershop Enlightened @ http://www.home.no/barbershop/smart/sharon.pdf -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
