From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 04:02:58 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5E0537B401 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 04:02:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hannibal.servitor.co.uk (hannibal.servitor.co.uk [195.188.15.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52AE443FAF for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 04:02:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paul@hannibal.servitor.co.uk) Received: from paul by hannibal.servitor.co.uk with local (Exim 4.14) id 19QmKi-000Hym-09; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:03:00 +0100 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:02:59 +0100 From: Paul Robinson To: Mark Murray Message-ID: <20030613110259.GY20204@iconoplex.co.uk> References: <3EE97A1D.62E0D6DE@mindspring.com> <200306131054.h5DAsaHh008904@grimreaper.grondar.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200306131054.h5DAsaHh008904@grimreaper.grondar.org> Sender: Paul Robinson cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tridents (was Re: FreeBSD Version Release numbers) X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:02:59 -0000 On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 11:54:36AM +0100, Mark Murray wrote: > Terry Lambert writes: > > (a "thumbs up" meant "death" and a "thumbs down" meant "mercy"; > > Other way round. Hate to get into a bitch-slapping fight here, but Terry is right. The modern thing with thumbs-up meaning "good" doesn't translate directly to the Roman era. It's well established in historian circles, pretty much every Roman historian who is considered credible etc., all agree - thumbs up meant death, and thumbs down meant mercy. I can find references if you really want, but I'm sure you know how to use a library. :-) -- Paul Robinson