Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 22:08:31 +0000 From: lewiz <purple@lewiz.info> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ``root''? Message-ID: <20021104220831.GA1142@lewiz.org> In-Reply-To: <1036447407.804.36.camel@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> References: <20021104220037.GA1110@lewiz.org> <1036447407.804.36.camel@lerlaptop.iadfw.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 04:03:26PM -0600, Larry Rosenman wrote: > On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 16:00, lewiz wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've been wondering - what does ``root'' stand for? I've just been > > doing some calculus as part of my math. homework and I've just written > > down ``there are no ``real'' roots'' - is this possibly something to do > > with the meaning of ``root'' - i.e. root = answer? > Root of the user tree. Root of all users. Root of the machine. > > Tradition. Maybe I was reading into it just a bit too deep then... ;) > > -- > Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org > US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -lewiz. -- Patageometry, n.: The study of those mathematical properties that are invariant under brain transplants. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --|| url: http://lewiz.info/ | http://www.westwood.karoo.net/pgpkey ||-- [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9xu/fItq0KFQv7T8RAkwRAJwI7EoX6tG0cPqmQzPRpkHE++cldgCbBqxw DqwuJ8oqg6wryegfjV15TqE= =o1ZB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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