From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 12 20:02:16 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 26E58106564A for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:02:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com [67.222.39.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DFC1A8FC12 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:02:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 18291 invoked by uid 0); 12 Nov 2010 20:02:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 12 Nov 2010 20:02:15 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=DKRZr2VcQ3UlSRmGdLZ//D7aU1t+ieC2VfwHA7A0xn7WI8RgOVsWdK/ltgM3TnV+/abScZx2Q9pFrUZ2s3/yiojsLnflE0gQh5cX10ikgeIXfTaAgYkQQXgnFKQQxooq; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PGzp8-0000nN-1j for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:02:15 -0700 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:56:03 -0700 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:56:03 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101112195603.GA40603@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <201011100009.oAA09mfG024502@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20101112011934.GC35128@guilt.hydra> <20101112200653.9929e115.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} 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 20:02:16 -0000 --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. 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"). 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 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkzdm9MACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXebQCfWKcR1jyqSfVyRFpGMlN6GNdh wj0AoJQpQz4n7GkSYz0gbjtxHbCaOKtX =HNpz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q--