Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 21:02:35 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: marko@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, galt@inconnu.isu.edu Subject: Re: Intalling WindowsNT,FreeBsd 3.4,FreeBsd 4.1 Message-ID: <20000907.21023500@bartequi.ottodomain.org>
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On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 07:55:15PM +0000, Salvo Bartolotta wrote:> [ Redirected to -chat ] >> > stuff like swap, var, usr, _ad nauseum_in the >1024 cyl area. Even >> though >> ^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> <snip> >> >> >> Dear John Galt, >> >> I am afraid your Latin is not correct; your quotation should read "ad >> nauseam". >> >> On a related note, this specific mistake is rather frequent. >> >> More significantly, it seems that, whenever you are quoting from Latin >> in a [more or less] serious or even emphatic context, the probability >> of making such a mistake/typo/error increases :-)) >> > subscribe freebsd-latin@freebsd.org :) > Vini, Vidi, Vinum - I came, I saw, I RAIDed ^^^^ Q.E.D. :-) That should read "Veni" (AFAIR, with long quantity on the "e"), but I suspect you made this mistake on purpose; anyway, speaking about "vinum", I will just recall the truism (probably well-known to Greg): In vino veritas ... Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the messagehelp
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