Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 07:00:32 -0400 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tridents (was Re: FreeBSD Version Release numbers) Message-ID: <3EE97690.19879.5468C4@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200306131054.h5DAsaHh008904@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: Your message of "Fri, 13 Jun 2003 00:15:41 PDT." <3EE97A1D.62E0D6DE@mindspring.com>
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On 13 Jun 2003 at 11:54, Mark Murray wrote: > Terry Lambert writes: > > (a "thumbs up" meant "death" and a "thumbs down" meant "mercy"; This is the original meaning. > Other way round. This is what it has come to mean lately. A google: thumbs up death roman gladiator http://slate.msn.com/id/2080812/ Actually it appears historians are divided on which signal meant what. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
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