From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 7 23:41:16 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CBDB7D69; Sat, 7 Feb 2015 23:41:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-x235.google.com (mail-we0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 598CF873; Sat, 7 Feb 2015 23:41:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f181.google.com with SMTP id w62so2766296wes.12; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 15:41:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=4yWmyD0lNqrPkPRUiHfZskzaCcCzqusOlzihqIshP1M=; b=gNEFh9xnYHlh7cwfhc/th+VJMR3Y9Wdw9KdjxRJ4UophjhfNEHft5UNbsy2hh63AhR L5nT5kwzoSmwJw460GtxVN3OLcGPApTHpxn+BniNwDtifexrzQULzlY9YOQf82qWp/rf DPFZ6NrVEUtdb2OTM1/LDtZXddGWYWewM1g0tClHuCTJcN2Lx3uZobAspE5QD5dcuZx+ hy7fBB0qXHaIFPqcRKOq68rniRxfkpx8khGor92kRFhYTxRYQBKsNvT18vhhdJ6lf/Lx xiyN0fhV68slaHpwZxI1YVvIgeU8O0kDRykPE8VQBrPjlPeNEPhde8Bjw/sPTq88zeod ovKw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.103.102 with SMTP id fv6mr18857503wib.80.1423352474012; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 15:41:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.217.150.72 with HTTP; Sat, 7 Feb 2015 15:41:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20150205130234.3fcbabfb@efreet.mimar.rs> <54D37932.7010808@madpilot.net> <20150205154743.GO88387@mail0.byshenk.net> <3552828A-536D-41AB-B56D-F47AA4164A79@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <6CC9FCD8-EB12-4DD1-A76E-8F43C044340F@ultra-secure.de> <20150206223141.GA1637@holstein.holy.cow> <0B3C5275-47A3-400F-945D-E25EDB46A6C5@bway.net> Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 18:41:13 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: push a few config files to dozen or so servers From: Brandon Allbery To: Alfred Perlstein Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: Charles Sprickman , Greg Byshenk , freebsd-stable , Rainer Duffner , parv X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 23:41:17 -0000 On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > One could say the same about any specialized vernacular used. Why say > "float bowl" or "pilot jet" when talking about carbeurtors as opposed to a > more descriptive term such as "the area in the carb where fuel accumulates > to supply the jets with fuel which is metered by a float device". Well > obviously because it's part of the lexicon of carburetor work. The difference is that BMW and Ford don't usually use completely different "cutesy" terms for the same thing (and when they do, auto mechanics often produce their own common jargon instead of using either). -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allbery.b@gmail.com ballbery@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net