Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:49:52 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> Subject: Re: HAL must die! Message-ID: <19840.16752.255942.50511@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <201103160925.59230.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1103061251530.95312@abbf.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <4D7FE8E1.90600@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20110315203753.55f1ec3b@scorpio> <201103160925.59230.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>
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Erich Dollansky writes: > > The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to > > choose from. > > when it comes to screwing, we use - at least outside the USA - > metric screws. M3, M4 ... M10 ... > > We do not care much who manufactured them. > > The software industry is still far away from this. ... in part, because the definition of a "screw" is not yet fixed. Robert Huff
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