From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Dec 4 12: 1:33 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 12:01:30 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3108337B400 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 12:01:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 1431nk-0002ZO-00; Mon, 04 Dec 2000 20:01:28 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.0) id eB4K0vq01959; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 21:00:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 21:00:57 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Sassinak Cc: Stephen Montgomery-Smith , David Malone , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (OT) Re: NSFBUFS in kernel config Message-ID: <20001204210057.B1897@freebie.demon.nl> Reply-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd-org.FreeBSD.ORG References: <5.0.1.4.1.20001204135928.009f44a0@204.211.2.201> <20001204190650.A27319@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <3A2BEE31.F2338829@math.missouri.edu> <5.0.1.4.1.20001204145421.009ea170@204.211.2.201> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <5.0.1.4.1.20001204145421.009ea170@204.211.2.201>; from sassinak@jfkadatc.net on Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 02:59:51PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 02:59:51PM -0500, Sassinak wrote: > At 01:19 PM 12/4/00 -0600, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > >David Malone wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 02:00:15PM -0500, Sassinak wrote: > > > > At 11:23 PM 12/3/00 +0100, O. Hartmann wrote: > > > > >Dear Sirs. > > > > > > *I* am NOT a Sir. > > > > I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one. > > > > > I'm sure it's just someone, who's first language isn't English, > > > trying to be polite. Politeness is valuable in this world. > > > >Yes, in certain parts of America people often address other people > >(especially strangers) at Sir or Ma'am. As an Englishman living > >in Missouri, I have even adopted it myself. [...] > Back to work > Sassinak > aka Angela :) The best solution I've yet seen is the Belgian one: they write (translated) Dear, ..... Makes sense, compresses well and fits all :-) Followups to -chat -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message