Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:26:04 +0100 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> To: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tridents (was Re: FreeBSD Version Release numbers) Message-ID: <200306131226.h5DCQ4Hh009716@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:02:59 BST." <20030613110259.GY20204@iconoplex.co.uk>
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Paul Robinson writes: > Hate to get into a bitch-slapping fight here, but Terry is right. The modern > thing with thumbs-up meaning "good" doesn't translate directly to the Roman > era. It's well established in historian circles, pretty much every Roman > historian who is considered credible etc., all agree - thumbs up meant > death, and thumbs down meant mercy. I guess my Latin teacher was wrong, then :-) M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH
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