Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:48:50 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: wilko@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en index.xsl Message-ID: <20040219204850.GB7113@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200402181640.04468.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <20040215.152553.55627525.imp@bsdimp.com> <200402180918.17580.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20040218195014.GA82542@freebie.xs4all.nl> <200402181640.04468.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 04:40:04PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > On Wednesday 18 February 2004 02:50 pm, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > 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 <jhb@FreeBSD.org> 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? > > A bikeshed full? > > *duck* #define ETOOMANYNESTEDBIKESHEDS ? -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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