From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 12 20:43:42 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A285010656A4 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:43:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56E4F8FC14 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:43:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-101-204.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.101.204] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PH0Jq-0001nJ-0a for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:33:59 -0800 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:43:36 -0800 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:43:36 -0800 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101112204336.GA6482@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <201011100009.oAA09mfG024502@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20101112011934.GC35128@guilt.hydra> <20101112200653.9929e115.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101112195603.GA40603@guilt.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/04w6evG8XlLl3ft" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101112195603.GA40603@guilt.hydra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:43:42 -0000 --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chad Perrin on Friday, 12 November 2010: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:33:38AM -0800, Rob Farmer wrote: > >=20 > > To use a US example, you see the same thing with the SI/metric system. > > Scientists and other technical people use it almost universally > > without issue (except for some oddities, PSI is somewhat popular) - it > > is better for real/serious work, but the general public doesn't see it > > as new or valuable - its just a stupid change in the way everything > > has always been done. >=20 > The military uses metric measures as well. Ranges are measured in > meters, not feet or yards, for instance. Distances for travel are > typically measured in kilometers (aka "klicks"). >=20 > The fact that the general public in the US has thus far largely resisted > the use of metric measures is in no way evidence that their use should > not be encouraged, however. >=20 > --=20 > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] I'm sure plenty of people resisted giving up measurements using the cubit a= nd parasang. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJM3ab4AAoJEIpckszW26+R3vIIAJwdUE169w7LqT9jfs0+HrSl fOsVgPbt9iDuvxC8e7PO9DiWLIEG08RJWWST5m/8yiswI+snA7iV1DRD20xDualx XA6tlm1dG9CDiRjBoUHxewTDwVbw7QWT37CdpXUBEPQXl9gdlonFNycOgNqTOpU4 CqZMGJ0OFiBQUlv7BUbCyCGWAfp36N0wsGYC4Jc2kaDX/nyMJjjM6zhL0NV8ZtDH BUOTevE6MpWSuwzHKAjtF9bGK7UIcXFSmhcAqnRG77MbArOs2InY/LtPV37w/jUc rbBUdo3IpEBVNCYjnA3ZB4j0M0mL9gcbRj2+FoKQL9Fwb7jmoz/97gcOGmeUM5A= =QuNy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/04w6evG8XlLl3ft--