Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 21:06:50 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: "Joe Shevland" <joe.shevland@horizonti.com> Cc: "Greg Lehey" <grog@lemis.com>, "Adrian Filipi-Martin" <adrian@virginia.edu>, "Julian Elischer" <julian@whistle.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, c@lemis.com Subject: Re: Fairings Message-ID: <199801280506.VAA06145@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Jan 1998 15:50:19 %2B1100." <199801280451.PAA22146@oznet11.ozemail.com.au>
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>> Weather may turn cold, and long distance winter motorcycle commutes
>> may continue unabated, but of those of us who take sound advice of
>> Jesus to heart, many are cold but few are frozen.
>>
>> Jordan
>
>Excuse my towering ignorance, but what is a 'fairing'?
"fairing n. An auxiliary structure or the external surface of a vehicle,
such as an aircraft, that serves to reduce drag."
The most common type is a [usually plexiglass] windshield on a motorcycle.
-DG
David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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