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Subject: Re: satan, 666, goat's blood
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Date: Thu, 5-Feb-87 08:55:44 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb  5 08:55:44 1987
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Webster's definition of a demon is:

    demon or daemon (dee-mon)
	1. a.  an evil spirit
	   b.  an evil or undesirable emotion
        2. usually daemon: an attentive spirit
	3. usually daemon: a supernatural being of greek mythology 
	      intermediate between gods and men
	4. one that has unusual drive <a ~ for work>

I imagine the computerese use of the word daemon refers 
to the second definition.

John C. Lusth
Becton-Dickinson Research Center
RTP, NC