From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 15:42:47 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A884437B401 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 15:42:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-85.apple.com [17.250.248.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E55243FAF for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 15:42:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paulbeard@mac.com) Received: from webmail07.mac.com (webmail07-en1 [10.13.11.149]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id h71MgkYG018545 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 15:42:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webmail07 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by webmail07.mac.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h71MgkIo012900 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 15:42:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <7421756.1059777766573.JavaMail.paulbeard@mac.com> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 15:42:46 -0700 From: Paul Beard To: FreeBSD Questions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: What is OUT OF THE BOX X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 22:42:47 -0000 On Friday, August 01, 2003, at 08:03AM, Adam 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 @