From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 15:28:42 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 04A7E37B401 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:28:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7FBA43F75 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:28:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) Received: by flood.ping.uio.no (Postfix, from userid 2602) id 67069530E; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 00:28:38 +0200 (CEST) X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: "Dan Langille" References: <3EE97A1D.62E0D6DE@mindspring.com> <3EE97690.19879.5468C4@localhost> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 00:28:38 +0200 In-Reply-To: <3EE97690.19879.5468C4@localhost> (Dan Langille's message of "Fri, 13 Jun 2003 07:00:32 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1001 (Gnus v5.10.1) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org cc: Mark Murray Subject: Re: Tridents 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 22:28:42 -0000 "Dan Langille" writes: > A google: thumbs up death roman gladiator > http://slate.msn.com/id/2080812/ > > Actually it appears historians are divided on which signal meant > what. Actually, historians know better than to argue about which way the thumb should point. The whole thing is a Hollywood fabrication. There are references to "turning the thumb" in ancient litterature, but noone knows which way it was turned or what it meant. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org