Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:45:23 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Easiest desktop BSD distro Message-ID: <20110330154523.GA33883@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20110330151026.GB75845@guilt.hydra> References: <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> <20110330151026.GB75845@guilt.hydra>
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--SUOF0GtieIMvvwua Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chad Perrin on Wednesday, 30 March 2011: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 02:09:17AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:56:14 -0700, Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftwar= e.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. :-) >=20 > 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 > --=20 > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] It's uncertain whether the car would crash, or run infinitely. --=20 =2Eo. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com =2E.o | sterling@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com ooo | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNk1ATAAoJEIpckszW26+RgsYIAKYNlbf5KolBdQTLMaXouIRG sPnq+mMZj3aIC6diS9OZQ4Pe9L+Wc04qOl8E0SRI8NEriYDN5+AAZd9u5WR2yJf4 8WDwusJVdeSV19fb7qB3ZJWNenbf6gc7ywzqGNTBVzhdCL/a+CXsJyI+XTxgJ+03 Vby5C8/I6Fm/7z4Y6EftFaIQVyavmtkrOyhI4im+SOuLbmDFY6WaVO0yCgjIjgm9 LfqkNIVLTabJjfvJLxFnBT6j6Kukhr8QFrBb4B5hri8xoCG+NtiuHLRNe1ydu/vp tLFosyzZUoD9F1fDFpV0jd0Rub5WcoiC/XRerBLWvI6FDZLK2d3hjghD2H7iZMs= =sAxd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua--
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