From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Apr 1 21:38:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA07335 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 21:38:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from obie.softweyr.ml.org ([199.104.124.49]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA07320 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 21:38:04 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.ml.org (8.7.5/8.6.12) id WAA00257; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:39:01 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:39:01 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199704020539.WAA00257@obie.softweyr.ml.org> From: Wes Peters To: Nate Williams CC: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Internal clock In-Reply-To: <199704012229.PAA09779@rocky.mt.sri.com> References: <199704012051.NAA05487@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199704012206.PAA12178@phaeton.artisoft.com> <199704012229.PAA09779@rocky.mt.sri.com> Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Nate Williams writes: > And, if we design the space-ship correctly, it'll solve all of our > transportation problems since a space-ship is just a special purpose > 'transportation' device. So, if we break the problem up into cleanly > divisable component areas, it'll affect *all* vehicles we design from > that point on, then all of our transportation problems will go away. Exactly. Kind of like SDI rail gun experimentation leading to light rail systems powered by continuous linear magentic motors. ;^) I seem to have this inability to *not* jump into these wild discussions between Nate and Terry. It's like picking a scab -- it's gross, but you just can't *not* do it. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com