Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 15:42:46 -0700 From: Paul Beard <paulbeard@mac.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What is OUT OF THE BOX Message-ID: <7421756.1059777766573.JavaMail.paulbeard@mac.com>
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On Friday, August 01, 2003, at 08:03AM, Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net> wrote: >On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 03:24, W. D. wrote: >> You will then >> have had an "out of the box" experience, or "OBE". > >Why must we insist on confusing non-English patrons? > >OBE means 'out of body experience', and is completely different from the >current topic. No, it means Order of the British Empire, as English-speaking patrons are doubtless aware. -- Paul Beard / 8040 27th Ave NE / Seattle WA 98115 / paulbeard [at] mac [ dot] com / 206 529 8400 weblog @ <http://paulbeard.no-ip.org/movabletype/>;
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