From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 16 15:11:01 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15F851065672 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:11:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C830A8FC12 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:11:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c-24-22-230-24.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([24.22.230.24] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PzsNF-0002Hd-U1 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:10:59 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:10:55 -0700 Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:10:55 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110316151055.GA88946@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4D7FE8E1.90600@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20110315203753.55f1ec3b@scorpio> <201103160925.59230.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> <19840.16752.255942.50511@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <19840.16752.255942.50511@jerusalem.litteratus.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: HAL must die! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:11:01 -0000 --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Robert Huff on Wednesday, 16 March 2011: > Erich Dollansky writes: >=20 > > > The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to > > > choose from. > > =20 > > when it comes to screwing, we use - at least outside the USA - > > metric screws. M3, M4 ... M10 ...=20 > > =20 > > We do not care much who manufactured them. > > =20 > > The software industry is still far away from this. >=20 > ... in part, because the definition of a "screw" is not yet > fixed. >=20 Microsoft seems to understand the definition of "screw" well enough for its own purposes. The rest of us just don't like being on the receiving end of it. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://chipsquips.com | http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNgNL/AAoJEIpckszW26+R7AcIAMqJZvZsNEWfT2iDa0b1sepZ W4MddiIqFrH1kfRHESKjqmv7TpdQpiIIGTKUBGOoeyWlByt48BTYed2ZG08rc+ab InrEbzaVxz6DWjJKTLYYYN1PnjnPb4PLLpQO0pezA/4R52eYyfJfOR3jcqKmh5ob kVSvlYu2nqjNpReL9/ivUvIoRQwu0avFyTKFOjiBV9fbP8SyMaa6R6zD+F01MnYw mMp/UeAqWa1LKg/0JR7vDmIFfWnVulpDdOSppqwSuACXL0J8RufYhGpIHCOHIvch k1+RJBF9djwugIMIIV7Z0f2SQv5PLtyc4UXYXnFfC4wPSmd3cY6yHh6U1GPtoCo= =Y9j9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY--