From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Apr 27 21:43:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FFDB37B41C for ; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 21:43:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA23599; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:43:06 -0600 (MDT) X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook may make your system susceptible to Internet worms. Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20020427222157.00e69ca0@nospam.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@nospam.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:38:42 -0600 To: Brooks Davis From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Turned off by FreeBSD daemons Cc: Kris Kirby , Terry Lambert , Jonathan Chen , David Kelly , chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20020427154402.A31071@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020426233641.03395b80@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020423134357.02259dc0@nospam.lariat.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20020426233641.03395b80@nospam.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 04:44 PM 4/27/2002, Brooks Davis wrote: >It was also 100% accurate for some cars sold under that name. Our company >moterpool had a number of '89 Nova's and even jamming the accelerator >to the floor had virtualy no effect. In the mid-70's, Chevy retired the "Nova" brand name for a few years and then began applying it to "econo-boxes." The cars you had were a completely different breed from the '74 "muscle car" I owned. The Nova Super Sport -- the car I bought -- had close to the greatest horsepower-to-mass ratio of any mass-produced car Chevy ever made. It was frequently used in stock car races. The interesting thing was that when I bought the car I did not know this. I was not a racer, a hotrodder, or a muscle car fan. I was a somewhat naive and nerdy engineering student. I bought the car -- my first -- while in college so that I could drive to California to take a summer job and have an easier time living off campus (I'd just left the dorms). I wanted a practical car, but with enough power to pull a trailer if need be. So, I opted for the version of the Nova -- a mid-sized family sedan -- with a large engine. That was the Super Sport. Only after I'd had it for awhile did I realize what I'd bought. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message