From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 17 14:38:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5D1016A4D0 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 14:38:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail5.speakeasy.net (mail5.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3A0D43D39 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 14:38:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 32530 invoked from network); 17 Feb 2004 22:38:19 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 17 Feb 2004 22:38:19 -0000 Received: from 10.50.40.205 (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i1HMcF2J091347; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 17:38:15 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: Wes Peters Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:05:22 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <200402151842.i1FIgmcp044836@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040215.152553.55627525.imp@bsdimp.com> <200402160338.10575.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <200402160338.10575.wes@softweyr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200402171605.22554.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org cc: "M. Warner Losh" cc: ceri@submonkey.net cc: wilko@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en index.xsl X-BeenThere: cvs-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the doc and www trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 22:38:20 -0000 On Monday 16 February 2004 06:38 am, Wes Peters wrote: > On Sunday 15 February 2004 14:25, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > In message: <20040215190329.GQ8821@submonkey.net> > > > > Ceri Davies writes: > > : On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 10:42:48AM -0800, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > : > wilko 2004/02/15 10:42:48 PST > > : > > > : > FreeBSD doc repository > > : > > > : > Modified files: > > : > en index.xsl > > : > Log: > > : > A pair of floppies -> a couple of floppies. > > : > > > : > A pair equals 2 and 2 floppies are not sufficient anymore. > > : > > : "A couple" is numerically equivalent to "a pair". > > > > A couple isn't quite the same as a pair. A secondary meaning for a > > couple is the same as a few. "Give me a couple of those biscuits" is > > likely to get you 3 biscuits as 2 in many parts of the US. > > Funny, I've lived just about everywhere in the US (except Texas) and "a > couple" has always meant two. "A few" would be 2 to 5, several would be 4 > or 5 to maybe a dozen, etc., all the way up to "buttload" which is rougly > "more than a man can carry." > > 2 or more seems to be what we really want here. A parenthetical "X > floppies for i386 as of this writing" will help the reader to grasp the > scale at some ill-specified point in time. Actually, 3 floppies are used for i386 and 4 for pc98 right now. If bsdlabel(8) on Alpha is ever fixed so that it makes bootable images again, then Alpha will use 3 floppies. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org