Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:31:36 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.org>, skb@crl.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/systat vmstat.c Message-ID: <19990920123136.M55065@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199909200233.TAA57089@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>; from Rodney W. Grimes on Sun, Sep 19, 1999 at 07:33:33PM -0700 References: <19990920100725.T55065@freebie.lemis.com> <199909200233.TAA57089@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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[moved to -chat] On Sunday, 19 September 1999 at 19:33:33 -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: >> On Sunday, 19 September 1999 at 11:30:51 -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: >>>> On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Brian Feldman wrote: >>>> >>>>> green 1999/09/19 11:04:55 PDT >>>>> >>>>> Modified files: >>>>> usr.bin/systat vmstat.c >>>>> Log: >>>>> "Disks" is more correct than "Disks" could be. >>>> >>>> That seconds "Disks" should be "Discs" ;) >>> >>> In an international world ``Discs'' is the more correct form. >> >> Where do you get that from? > > I can't seem to find the article, but I believe it was a ``Devil's Advocate'' > column. Stan went on ad infitium about disc vs disk and even noted that > ``computer disk'' was really a sick usage. Interesting. Stan should know better. Of course, 'computer disk' sounds like 'software program'. That hurts. From the SOED: Disc, var. sp of DISK. Disk, disc (disk). 1664 [ad L. discus, a. Gr. diskos quoit, dish, disk. [...] Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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