From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 31 21:18:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB0FB16A4CE for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:18:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ack.Berkeley.EDU (ack.berkeley.edu [128.32.206.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94CE643D39 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:18:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mhunter@ack.Berkeley.EDU) Received: (from mhunter@localhost) by ack.Berkeley.EDU (8.11.3/8.11.3) id i7VLIYm17076; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:18:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:18:34 -0700 From: Mike Hunter To: "Matthew D. Fuller" Message-ID: <20040831211834.GA16465@ack.Berkeley.EDU> References: <20040829213449.GA33843@hub.freebsd.org> <20040830135311.11040.qmail@web50603.mail.yahoo.com> <20040830163106.GA19044@dragon.nuxi.com> <20040830210817.GB749@galgenberg.net> <20040831195329.GB21995@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <2F14AAB9-FB8B-11D8-B6F3-003065A20588@mac.com> <20040831203131.GA25134@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <20040831205243.GJ53236@over-yonder.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040831205243.GJ53236@over-yonder.net> X-Troll-Content: High User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav cc: Charles Swiger cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestion for /usr/src/UPDATING X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:18:56 -0000 On Aug 31, "Matthew D. Fuller" wrote: > On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 01:31:31PM -0700 I heard the voice of > Brooks Davis, and lo! it spake thus: > > > > I agree the current default is confusing and counterintuitive, at > > least at first. > > I don't! > > It's been a whole lotta years since I ever put any conscious thought > into which hand I'm using to type a letter. I just decide to type > that letter. 'l' for the left side, and 'r' for the right side make > perfect sense; it would never even occur to me to think about which > hand is being used. I also think it's very important to consider neurology here. Quoting a medical text: * Nerves from the brain cross over at neck-level to the opposite side of the * body, and nerves from the other side of the brain reciprocate. The end * result is that the opposite sides of the body are supplied by the opposite * sides of the brain. So it's deceptive to think that using the left hand would correspond to the *idea* of something on the left. You see linux people making these kind of arguments all the time, and I'd really hate to see FreeBSD run with this idea just to "keep up with the Torvaldses." Mike