Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 17:28:06 -0500 (CDT) From: "Valeri Galtsev" <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: "Bret Busby" <bret.busby@gmail.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Well and truly off-topic - was Re: 64-bit linux emulation Message-ID: <53344.128.135.70.2.1437085686.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <CACX6j8PNdpLTGzKwRAK1a8wo2txP-bnDj_ZsfyJz100McfS56Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACX6j8PNdpLTGzKwRAK1a8wo2txP-bnDj_ZsfyJz100McfS56Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, July 16, 2015 4:36 pm, Bret Busby wrote: > On 16/07/2015, William A. Mahaffey III <wam@hiwaay.net> wrote: > > <snip> > >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war >> ever devised by man." >> -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > I realise that this is well and truly off-topic, but, the above quote > appears to be consistently in the signature of the poster (rather than > something that happened to slide in due to a rotating set of > quotations), so, I am curious; without knowing when the quotation was > made (when he supposedly said it), has a comparison ever been made and > documented, between the M1 Garand, the L1A1, and the M14, and the > SVT40? I realise that the first three are of the same ammunition and > rimless, and the fourth involves rims, but, I am curious, as they > appear fairly similar in functionality. > > Any responses are probably best sent to me, off-list, due to the > off-topic nature of the question. > > And, to the List Administrator(s); please excuse this so completely > off-topic posting, but, with the assertion above, having been posted, > my curiosity is piqued. > And if whoever responds includes me in responses too, or, Bret, if you kindly forward them to me, that would be great: I'm curious as well. Thanks! Valeri > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .............. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > .................................................... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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