From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 14 16:32:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FC9016A41F for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:32:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCA8443D67 for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:32:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id jBEGVuG1036785; Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:32:00 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <43A048FC.1000400@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:31:56 -0600 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Kinsey References: <439F3E96.5090101@ntlworld.com> <20051213215647.GA27582@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20051213233143.GB27219@holestein.holy.cow> <43A0305C.9050405@scls.lib.wi.us> <43A0449E.4050405@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <43A0449E.4050405@daleco.biz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Off-Topic X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:32:46 -0000 Kevin Kinsey wrote: > > [moving to chat@, as it really *is* getting pretty OT] > > > Greg Barniskis wrote: > >> Pietro Cerutti wrote: >> >>> I'm for this one: >>> >>> The best way to accellerate a computer running Windows is at 9.81 m/s^2 >>> >>> by Roland >>> >>> It's wonderful! >> >> >> >> I concur. Physics is fun (I know, I'm sick), so I'd add to that: >> >> For best results, continue until the PC's speed exceeds 11.2 km/s. >> >> 8D > > > > I'm not a physicist, but shouldn't we also specify a vector/direction > in this case? Granted, something more than half of all possible > vectors should work, apart from tall buildings, trees, etc., .... Well, for reasons of personal safety and to actually reach the desired effect of escape velocity, you're possibly right. However, it strikes me as more UNIXy to leave it as is. That is to say, if you point the shotgun at your foot and pull the trigger, your foot will ideally be blown clean off on the first try, no questions asked. Also, there's nothing inherently wrong with just planting the PC in a huge crater, either. ;) -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348