From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 27 12:58:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDB5B106566B; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:58:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79B168FC13; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:58:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m7RCwku9093090; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:58:46 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daleco.biz Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id wE5KhB-+6BZi; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:58:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (dsl.daleco.biz [209.125.108.70]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m7RCwXNe093084; Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:58:34 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <48B54F6E.10900@daleco.biz> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:58:22 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080719 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= References: <87abf487wg.fsf@kobe.laptop> <87abezx5yr.fsf@kobe.laptop> <48B4A959.7050700@daleco.biz> <86vdxm7qsy.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <86vdxm7qsy.fsf@ds4.des.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Redd Vinylene , Giorgos Keramidas , FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: I can't make world without the "games" group? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:58:50 -0000 Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Kevin Kinsey writes: >> But FreeBSD might not be a car[1]. Maybe it's a piano. And a piano >> that can play just as beautifully, in tune, and even loudly (and yes, >> that was the pianoforte's strong point in 1709) as any modern piano, > > Quite the opposite, the pianoforte's forte was its ability to play > piano. > > DES Well, I suppose that it could play any dynamics at all. Clavs and harpsichords weren't so good at it, but, also, if you banged them as hard as some of the Romantics did, you'd have knocked them to bits. So, you're correct, in 1709, it was probably "piano" that was noticeable, but by 1860, maybe the other way'round? At any rate, thanks for an excellent contribution to the thread, and a wonderful example of the complexities of the English language (gotta love reading that one out "forte" seven times quickly) :-) Kevin Kinsey -- ... A booming voice says, Wrong, cretin!, and you notice that you have turned into a pile of dust.