Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 21:49:54 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: jhb@FreeBSD.org Cc: wilko@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en index.xsl Message-ID: <20040217.214954.70221117.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <200402171605.22554.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <20040215.152553.55627525.imp@bsdimp.com> <200402160338.10575.wes@softweyr.com> <200402171605.22554.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: > 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.
A handful of floppies then. Or a Fistful Of Floppies. Nice ring to
it...
Warner
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