[PLUG] Good linux book

CurtisE CurtisE at CurtisE.net
Tue Jul 23 09:22:53 UTC 2002


Russ,

"Why" do you want to know how to tell when you're out of invisible ink?
For that matter, "why" would you buy invisible ink in the first place.
Seems like a waste of money to me.  I could possibly justify disappearing
ink, but not invisible ink.

BTW, this message was written in disappearing electrons and will vanish in
27 seconds.  ;)

CurtisE


-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org]On Behalf Of Russ Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 12:00 AM
To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Good linux book


At 10:05 PM 7/22/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>The
>question usually is "I want to do this, HOW to I do
>it?" not "I can do this, WHY would I want to do so?".

Not necessarily. "Why?" is a very good question, and an important one.

 From the original query, I take it to mean that the subject in question
wishes to understand why they are doing the configuring they're doing. They
aren't content with simply following someones' instructions because they're
told to.

Why do we use a firewall?

Why do we configure postfix the way we do?

Why do we... etc.

If we stop asking why, then we're just repeating what others before us have
done, and we'll all be in trouble when a flaw is found. One of the reasons
we have freedom of the press in this country is so that someone will
continue to ask, "Why?"

In my mind, the why question is every bit as important as the how question.
In fact, the why question should be answered satisfactorily, prior to one
asking the how question.

Why should I ask how to do something, if doing so, makes no sense?

Just because one can do a thing, does not mean that one *should* do that
thing. If there is a compelling reason to do it, then that may be the
answer to the question of, "why?"

I, and I assume the person in question here too, want to know why I must do
these things, not simply that I must do them. Then let me decide for myself
if I really *must* do them.


Russ Johnson
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How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?



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