Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:46:56 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: "Alexey V. Neyman" <avn@any.ru> Cc: Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@technokratis.com>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_mbuf.c Message-ID: <20010622104656.B10233@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20010622205309.N6009-100000@srv2.any>; from avn@any.ru on Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:55:37PM %2B0400 References: <20010622121418.B557@technokratis.com> <20010622205309.N6009-100000@srv2.any>
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--1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:55:37PM +0400, Alexey V. Neyman wrote: > Sorry for an OT question, but I'm curious for long: What are the roots of > such an expression "pointy hat". I'm sure, some tradition is standing > behind these words... :) It's a dunce cap which is a tall pointy hat that was placed on students who did poorly or misbehaved. I found the link below on the origin of dunce caps below complete with pictures: http://www.sparknotes.com/content/dunce/ -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7M4SQXY6L6fI4GtQRAj6VAKCn64wjHeUuvg5lV1mQW8Jt00U5EgCbB12b sAD/LKXqOFqiJjGuZcB68rM= =dFBk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1LKvkjL3sHcu1TtY-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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