From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 30 15:45:34 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F52B1065670 for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:45:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh3.interactivevillages.com (ca.2e.7bae.static.theplanet.com [174.123.46.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F27898FC0A for ; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:45:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c-24-22-230-24.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([24.22.230.24] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh3.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Q4xaH-0002eg-2R for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:45:26 -0400 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:45:23 -0700 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:45:23 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110330154523.GA33883@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD References: <20110329204501.GH2281@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <0148AA41-E800-477F-94BF-2D27E864053F@adelaide.edu.au> <20110329212348.GI2281@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20110329213936.GA84631@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20110330000007.99a555cf.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110329192319.319dc40f@scorpio> <20110330014820.84d5cf27.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110329235614.GJ2281@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20110330020917.ba2af8eb.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110330151026.GB75845@guilt.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SUOF0GtieIMvvwua" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110330151026.GB75845@guilt.hydra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh3.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: Easiest desktop BSD distro X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:45:34 -0000 --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chad Perrin on Wednesday, 30 March 2011: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 02:09:17AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:56:14 -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > > > Quoth Polytropon on Wednesday, 30 March 2011: > > > >=20 > > > > T: (a deep sigh while rolling his eyes) No, that's not the fuel, > > > > that's the tachometer. It is supposed to point at zero if the > > > > car is not started. The fuel indicator is usually to the left > > > > and smaller that the tachometer, and it should have E written > > > > upon it, then a semicircle, then F. > > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > And on a VW, it doesn't say "E" and "F" -- it says "0/1" and "1/1". > >=20 > > That's okay - as long as it doesn't say "1/0" which would > > cause the operating system of the car to crash, and you have > > to send the onboard computer unit to VW Germany in order to > > get it replaced. :-) >=20 > We were speaking in analogies here, where the car *is* the operating > system -- so I think if it said "1/0" it would be more accurate to say > the "car" would crash. >=20 > --=20 > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] It's uncertain whether the car would crash, or run infinitely. --=20 =2Eo. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com =2E.o | sterling@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com ooo | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNk1ATAAoJEIpckszW26+RgsYIAKYNlbf5KolBdQTLMaXouIRG sPnq+mMZj3aIC6diS9OZQ4Pe9L+Wc04qOl8E0SRI8NEriYDN5+AAZd9u5WR2yJf4 8WDwusJVdeSV19fb7qB3ZJWNenbf6gc7ywzqGNTBVzhdCL/a+CXsJyI+XTxgJ+03 Vby5C8/I6Fm/7z4Y6EftFaIQVyavmtkrOyhI4im+SOuLbmDFY6WaVO0yCgjIjgm9 LfqkNIVLTabJjfvJLxFnBT6j6Kukhr8QFrBb4B5hri8xoCG+NtiuHLRNe1ydu/vp tLFosyzZUoD9F1fDFpV0jd0Rub5WcoiC/XRerBLWvI6FDZLK2d3hjghD2H7iZMs= =sAxd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SUOF0GtieIMvvwua--