Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 21:01:10 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Wouter Van Hemel <wouter@pair.com> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: inconsistent use of data units Message-ID: <20020221210110.A31216@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <1014342876.177.305.camel@cocaine>; from wouter@pair.com on Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:54:36AM %2B0100 References: <20020221003116.GA11893@hades.hell.gr> <20020221034421.AE58A3E35@bazooka.trit.org> <20020221201254.A30956@blackhelicopters.org> <1014342876.177.305.camel@cocaine>
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:54:36AM +0100, Wouter Van Hemel wrote: > On Fri, 2002-02-22 at 02:12, Michael Lucas wrote: > Everybody agrees with that, I guess. The question is: which? Maybe we > should send this bomb to -hackers too... NO! IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT'S DECENT AND GOOD -- <ahem> I suspect that would not be productive. They're using base 2 in the code. We know that. > > We need standard symbols for this, preferably entities. > > > > Uhm... Do we plan on changing our _units_ weekly or so... No, but using an entity helps enforce the standard. Basically, it says, "This bikeshed is now painted. Now shut up." > > Blue. With green poka-dots. Or I torch the whole shed to the ground > > and salt the earth it stood upon. > > But where will I live then... Then you better do what I say, or I shall throw my almighty committer weight around! Whuaaa ha ha ha ha! -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org my FreeBSD column: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the messagehelp
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