freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 192, Issue 16

[Ian Smith]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:55:49 -0500 Reid Linnemann <lreid at cs.okstate.edu> wrote:
 > Written by Nélio Mesquita on 08/31/07 06:44>>
 > > On 8/30/07, Bill Moran <wmoran at potentialtech.com> wrote:
 > >> "Nélio Mesquita" <technelio at gmail.com> wrote:
 > >>> Hello to all!
 > >>> Just for curiosity, why the FreeBSD logo is a little devil? Is there a
 > >>> history around it?
 > >> It's not a devil, it's a daemon, and there is plenty of history:
 > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_%28computer_software%29
 > >>
 > >> --
 > >> Bill Moran
 > >> http://www.potentialtech.com
 > >>
 > > 
 > > Omg! I forgot the Wikipedia! How an idiot am I!
 > > Oh guys! My apologies for my lazy! I don't do it again!
 > > Really thanks for the help!
 > 
 > If by chance you feel that the daemon is contrary to your moral or 
 > religious beliefs, you could always take a look at "Jesux" ( 
 > http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/4081/ )  =)

Thanks Reid, I appreciated a good chuckle for breakfast. Fortunately for
my keyboard I didn't have a mouth full of weet-bix esp. when coming to: 
"chmod(1) accepts hexadecimal modes, such as 0x01B6" 

Cheers, Ian