From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 4 14: 1: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B06537B401 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 14:01:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from angelfish.lewiz.org (dialup.212-50-180-115.karoo.KCOM.COM [212.50.180.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5DD8A43E6E for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 14:00:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lewiz@turtle.lewiz.org) Received: (qmail 36092 invoked by uid 85); 4 Nov 2002 22:00:29 -0000 Received: from lewiz@turtle.lewiz.org by angelfish by uid 0 with qmail-scanner-1.14 (sophie: 2.10/3.62. spamassassin: 2.43. Clear:SA:0(-1.9/5.0):. Processed in 2.355739 secs); 04 Nov 2002 22:00:29 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 Received: from turtle.lewiz.org (192.168.0.9) by angelfish.lewiz.org with SMTP; 4 Nov 2002 22:00:23 -0000 Received: (from lewiz@localhost) by turtle.lewiz.org (8.12.6/8.12.5) id gA4M0bUO001126 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 22:00:37 GMT (envelope-from lewiz) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 22:00:37 +0000 From: lewiz To: FreeBSD-questions Subject: ``root''? Message-ID: <20021104220037.GA1110@lewiz.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7" Content-Disposition: inline X-GPG-Fingerprint: 90A4 939E 3847 A3E4 8103 2A48 22DA B428 542F ED3F X-GPG-Info: http://www.westwood.karoo.net/pgpkey / horowitz.surfnet.nl User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I've been wondering - what does ``root'' stand for? I've just been doing some calculus as part of my math. homework and I've just written down ``there are no ``real'' roots'' - is this possibly something to do with the meaning of ``root'' - i.e. root =3D answer? I'm probably way off but any ideas? -lewiz. --=20 Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there. -- Sydney J. Harris ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is intended only for the use of the person(s) (``the intended recipient(s)'') to whom it is addressed. It may contain information which is privileged and confidential within the meaning of applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender as soon as possible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --|| url: http://lewiz.info/ | http://www.westwood.karoo.net/pgpkey ||-- --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9xu4FItq0KFQv7T8RAtM0AJ44T7g3jksemRvK4LLt+6S/7DpIxACg6Tno D4CRG6iU1BdekZfiID7XxLc= =k7H4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fdj2RfSjLxBAspz7-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message