From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jun 12 04:58:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA22813 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 04:58:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tyree.iii.co.uk (tyree.iii.co.uk [195.89.149.230]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA22800 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 04:58:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nik@iii.co.uk) From: nik@iii.co.uk Received: from carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (carrig.strand.iii.co.uk [192.168.7.25]) by tyree.iii.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA17431; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:58:05 +0100 (BST) Received: (from nik@localhost) by carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.7) id MAA09954; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:56:45 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <19980612125645.26761@iii.co.uk> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:56:45 +0100 To: Terry Lambert Cc: Jun-ichiro itojun Itoh , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: internationalization References: <646.897615430@coconut.itojun.org> <199806120309.UAA11238@usr09.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: <199806120309.UAA11238@usr09.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 03:09:02AM +0000 Organization: interactive investor Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 03:09:02AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > The origins of Kanji as an ideogrammatic writing system owe more to > the need for Imperial China to control the availability of persistent > information available to Chinese Serfs in support of a feudal society > than they do to their information density compared to alphabetic > writing systems. I have absolutely nothing to add to the discussion, I just want to hold up the above paragraph as a shining example of why I like these mailing lists so much :-) N -- Work: nik@iii.co.uk | FreeBSD + Perl + Apache Rest: nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk | Remind me again why we need Play: nik@freebsd.org | Microsoft? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message