From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 18 06:36:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 221EF16A4E6 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 06:36:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail6.speakeasy.net (mail6.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F104243D39 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 06:36:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 4135 invoked from network); 18 Feb 2004 14:36:37 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 18 Feb 2004 14:36:37 -0000 Received: from slimer.baldwin.cx (slimer.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.16]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i1IEaU2M096129; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:36:35 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: "M. Warner Losh" Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:18:17 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <20040215.152553.55627525.imp@bsdimp.com> <200402171605.22554.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20040217.214954.70221117.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20040217.214954.70221117.imp@bsdimp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200402180918.17580.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx cc: wes@softweyr.com cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org cc: ceri@submonkey.net cc: wilko@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en index.xsl X-BeenThere: cvs-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the doc and www trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:36:39 -0000 On Tuesday 17 February 2004 11:49 pm, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <200402171605.22554.jhb@FreeBSD.org> > > John Baldwin writes: > : > Funny, I've lived just about everywhere in the US (except Texas) and "a > : > couple" has always meant two. "A few" would be 2 to 5, several would > : > be 4 or 5 to maybe a dozen, etc., all the way up to "buttload" which is > : > rougly "more than a man can carry." > : > > : > 2 or more seems to be what we really want here. A parenthetical "X > : > floppies for i386 as of this writing" will help the reader to grasp the > : > scale at some ill-specified point in time. > : > : Actually, 3 floppies are used for i386 and 4 for pc98 right now. If > : bsdlabel(8) on Alpha is ever fixed so that it makes bootable images > : again, then Alpha will use 3 floppies. > > A handful of floppies then. Or a Fistful Of Floppies. Nice ring to > it... A "passle" of floppies. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org