Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 11:55:59 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vinum Message-ID: <20000716115559.G57098@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10007140654420.26349-100000@moo.sysabend.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10007140654420.26349-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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On Friday, 14 July 2000 at 6:58:03 -0700, Jamie Bowden wrote:
>
> Hey Grog,
>
> Is this intentional on your part? I suspect it is, but I thought I would
> ask.
>
> <Bishop^> hahaha
> <Bishop^> I get it... :)
> <tober> bishop, get what?
> <Bishop^> the joke in the name "vinum."
> <Bishop^> I'd never heard of it before...
> <tober> Oh. There's a joke in it? Care to clue me in?
> * Ragnar_ wonders if Grog knows this.
> <Bishop^> vinum is latin for "wine."
> <Bishop^> veritas is latin for "truth."
> <Bishop^> "in wine there is truth."
> <tober> Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.
> <Bishop^> Takes a classics afficionado to figure it out, I guess. :D
>
> I congratulate you on your wordplay sir, if that were intentional.
Thanks. As Ollivier remarks, this statement ("in vino veritas") is
the origin of the name. If you're interested, check out the meaning
of these magic numbers (in /usr/src/sys/dev/vinum/vinumvar.h):
#define VINUM_MAGIC 22322600044678729LL /* should be this */
#define VINUM_NOMAGIC 22322600044678990LL /* becomes this after obliteration */
Greg
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