Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:10:26 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Easiest desktop BSD distro Message-ID: <20110330151026.GB75845@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20110330020917.ba2af8eb.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20318_1301430722_4D9241C2_20318_86_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BD354C76@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <20110329204501.GH2281@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <0148AA41-E800-477F-94BF-2D27E864053F@adelaide.edu.au> <20110329212348.GI2281@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20110329213936.GA84631@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20110330000007.99a555cf.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110329192319.319dc40f@scorpio> <20110330014820.84d5cf27.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110329235614.GJ2281@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20110330020917.ba2af8eb.freebsd@edvax.de>
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--ftEhullJWpWg/VHq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 02:09:17AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:56:14 -0700, Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.= com> wrote: > > Quoth Polytropon on Wednesday, 30 March 2011: > > >=20 > > > T: (a deep sigh while rolling his eyes) No, that's not the fuel, > > > that's the tachometer. It is supposed to point at zero if the > > > car is not started. The fuel indicator is usually to the left > > > and smaller that the tachometer, and it should have E written > > > upon it, then a semicircle, then F. > > >=20 > >=20 > > And on a VW, it doesn't say "E" and "F" -- it says "0/1" and "1/1". >=20 > That's okay - as long as it doesn't say "1/0" which would > cause the operating system of the car to crash, and you have > to send the onboard computer unit to VW Germany in order to > get it replaced. :-) We were speaking in analogies here, where the car *is* the operating system -- so I think if it said "1/0" it would be more accurate to say the "car" would crash. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk2TR+IACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVmtACg9mMRlIfjb/7dSIGTNO1YEYUt cykAoOiXHmeLam9RV14twyYyRs46XMbo =Q21k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq--
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