From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jul 16 22:28:07 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC7009A44A6 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2015 22:28:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from cosmo.uchicago.edu (cosmo.uchicago.edu [128.135.70.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9904C18F7 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 2015 22:28:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: by cosmo.uchicago.edu (Postfix, from userid 48) id 82C36CB8CA3; Thu, 16 Jul 2015 17:28:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 128.135.70.2 (SquirrelMail authenticated user valeri) by cosmo.uchicago.edu with HTTP; Thu, 16 Jul 2015 17:28:06 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <53344.128.135.70.2.1437085686.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 17:28:06 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: Well and truly off-topic - was Re: 64-bit linux emulation From: "Valeri Galtsev" To: "Bret Busby" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" Reply-To: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-5.el5.centos.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 22:28:07 -0000 On Thu, July 16, 2015 4:36 pm, Bret Busby wrote: > On 16/07/2015, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > > > >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> "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 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++