Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:23:56 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com>, Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca>, "Vasadi I. Claudiu Florin" <claudiu.vasadi@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kernel #4 Message-ID: <49AA704C.8060309@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20090228215859.6e728cab.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <op.up2fhi1nflcvyi@da1-desktop-x64> <49A95459.7090708@ibctech.ca> <ade45ae90902281143u474179b9l9868840d35133c1f@mail.gmail.com> <49A994CF.90201@ibctech.ca> <20090228215859.6e728cab.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:47:27 -0500, Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> wrote:
>> Tim Judd wrote:
>>> Actually this is the 5th time --- computers start counting at zero.
>> Wow, what a nice technicality you have found!
>>
>> If "computers start counting at zero", and if the system-installed
>> kernel starts at zero, how many times has the user taken the bus?
>
> And how does the computer count more than 1 (which is 2) when
> he does only understand 0 and 1? :-)
>
Same way people from <intolerable ethnic slur redacted> count to
20 -- it takes its shoes off.
Matthew
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