Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:41:54 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Easiest desktop BSD distro Message-ID: <20110330194154.GA76616@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20110330154523.GA33883@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <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> <20110330154523.GA33883@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
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--dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 08:45:23AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Chad Perrin on Wednesday, 30 March 2011: > >=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 > It's uncertain whether the car would crash, or run infinitely. Mathematically, that seems to be the case, but implementations tend to result in crashy behavior -- or, quite often, raise exceptions. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk2Th4IACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKV3AQCcDlnvXQgKFV4NVysyFiMO71wQ HmwAoLW0TzShnpFRcCMgB4wYGnVk2V1q =qJIG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx--
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