From owner-cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 18 11:50:21 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 D8C4016A4CE; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 11:50:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp-out2.xs4all.nl (smtp-out2.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62BF743D1D; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 11:50:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-out2.xs4all.nl (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i1IJoFNV088397; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:50:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1IJoFvE082580; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:50:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i1IJoErQ082579; Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:50:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 20:50:14 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20040218195014.GA82542@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20040215.152553.55627525.imp@bsdimp.com> <200402171605.22554.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20040217.214954.70221117.imp@bsdimp.com> <200402180918.17580.jhb@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200402180918.17580.jhb@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org cc: wes@softweyr.com cc: ceri@submonkey.net cc: cvs-doc@FreeBSD.ORG cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG cc: "M. Warner Losh" cc: doc-committers@FreeBSD.ORG 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: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:50:22 -0000 On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 09:18:17AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > On Tuesday 17 February 2004 11:49 pm, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > In message: <200402171605.22554.jhb@FreeBSD.org> > > > > John Baldwin 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... > > A "passle" of floppies. How many floppies can one store in a bikeshed? -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org