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Date:      Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:46:56 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        "Alexey V. Neyman" <avn@any.ru>
Cc:        Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@technokratis.com>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_mbuf.c
Message-ID:  <20010622104656.B10233@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <20010622205309.N6009-100000@srv2.any>; from avn@any.ru on Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:55:37PM %2B0400
References:  <20010622121418.B557@technokratis.com> <20010622205309.N6009-100000@srv2.any>

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On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:55:37PM +0400, Alexey V. Neyman wrote:
> Sorry for an OT question, but I'm curious for long: What are the roots of
> such an expression "pointy hat". I'm sure, some tradition is standing
> behind these words... :)

It's a dunce cap which is a tall pointy hat that was placed on students
who did poorly or misbehaved.  I found the link below on the origin of
dunce caps below complete with pictures:

http://www.sparknotes.com/content/dunce/

-- Brooks

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