From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 24 16:11:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B80C116A400 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:11:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zombyfork@gmail.com) Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.187]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB1D543D67 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:11:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from zombyfork@gmail.com) Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id m18so802229nfc for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:11:50 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=ThWo7gNNF0B6XI8heBflMaGXYVBhon/weoArqUM0HN8E7pW2yDUKgx40H1K85CeUdUyc5+xs+PFamUo1CRURwRHv3n81UfLAtKOSHFeFOr3gDIc96I76UQT5qg4RkKoPQtkT4tSNEsqoYqpjjzAMSyushMWHxVXPAL4VILFrlJ8= Received: by 10.49.2.16 with SMTP id e16mr1870441nfi; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:11:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.217.6 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:11:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <346a80220604240911r6f09070bo4ad0a16c0b51ac76@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:11:50 -0400 From: "Coleman Kane" To: "Wilko Bulte" In-Reply-To: <20060422085249.GA56357@freebie.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200604171214.k3HCEmhi046619@repoman.freebsd.org> <868xq4yxme.fsf@xps.des.no> <44447DAE.6070009@root.org> <20060418065031.GB9933@soaustin.net> <444569E1.90609@root.org> <20060419193714.GA39763@freebie.xs4all.nl> <346a80220604201837u264e0f4el30ffb8b97b640ed7@mail.gmail.com> <20060422085249.GA56357@freebie.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= , Nate Lawson , cvs-all@freebsd.org, Jens Schweikhardt , Mark Linimon Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: cokane@cokane.org List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:12:00 -0000 On 4/22/06, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:37:39PM -0400, Coleman Kane wrote.. > > On 4/19/06, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 03:36:17PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote.. > > > > Mark Linimon wrote: > > > > >On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 10:48:30PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote: > > > > >>>Are you absolutely sure that the corruption isn't > intentional? Note > > > > >>>that the only non-printable characters are \a; it seems to me > that > > > the > > > > >>>point of this truncated entry is precisely to leave the reader > > > > >>>wondering what the punchline is and cursing the "line noise". > > > > >>I think the line noise should be replaced with something about > Hitler. > > > > > > > > > >Godwin's Law invoked. Film at 11. > > > > > > > > Can I claim to have invented a law also? > > > > > > Sure you can. And maybe you should commit it to the fortune/datfiles > to > > > preserve it for historical purposes? :-P > > > > > > > Nate's law: > > > > 1. Each commit to fortune/datfiles generates at least 20 comments > > > > 2. People only commit to fortune/datfiles to keep their commit bit > from > > > > expiring > > > > Conclusion: expiring commit bits cause the most discussion > > Hmmm... infinite recursion in the fortune file... 8-) > > -- > Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org I don't think that I could necessarily agree with that assessment. Each commit simply generates comments. So we've postulated that each commit generates at least 20 comments (as per rule #1 above). This means that activity on fortune/datfiles causes a directly proportional amount of activity on cvs-src@freebsd.org, albeit magnified by at least a factor of twenty. Now if we go further to hypothesize that the 20-fold increase in activity spurs further commits to fortune/datfiles (of which there has been one commit since the time T=3D0 commit event, but which cannot necessarily be attributed to resultant activity/discussion) then we can conclude that thes= e resulting actions will also result in further commits (and thus, the infinite recursion you speak of) in our universe. -- coleman