From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <775b8d190601180625g5369a06dp328f7c7c16c21ba@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:25:36 +1100 From: Bruce Ellis To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Brdline In-Reply-To: <775b8d190601172211v2c1d7198pbe9037bcfbbc649@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060117014256.9D9991140EA@dexter-peak.quanstro.net> <1bd979c8293b4bbbeae8a22108c1a590@terzarima.net> <775b8d190601170845u477ecaebj413ad9b379dad329@mail.gmail.com> <1aba9f7b0601172138v738e6810r8a0a672e35569381@mail.gmail.com> <5E58BDCB-0337-4EFE-8F88-9DAD558ADCFA@telus.net> <775b8d190601172211v2c1d7198pbe9037bcfbbc649@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: de025924-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ahhh - just woken so here is a mildly related rant while the coffee revs up. standards? when i was staying with skip at Club Vashon we had a power outage (some bloody tree falling) and when the candles and flashlights started to fail i trundled upstairs and grabbed by video camera which has night vision, spotlight and a 5 hour battery (footage of target - the wonder dog - catching frisbees in the dark will appear). so the next day i go to costco with pat ('cause my luggage was lost and then busted) and the first thing in the door was a huge flashlight. brucee thinks 10 million candle-power. 10 million of anything must be good and indeed it has been used more than recreationally, to help stranded souls on the sound. so i grabbed it as a present (of course she had cooked me a good breakfast). but back to the point. i was at "bunnings" the other day (well actually most days because i'm in renovation hell) and the same flashlight was there - but repackaged (because candlepower is not SI and not legal in australia) - bloody lumens. then i bought a water blaster (good toy) and it's clearly marked in PSI (pounds per square inch) - not very SI. so there are rules and standards but they just get broken. stay safe, throw the frisbee. brucee On 1/18/06, Bruce Ellis wrote: > standards are weird. i wish someone would standardize standards. > oh no that would involve a committee of uninformed experts. > > i have never had a problem with kenc, both for user and kernel stuff. > but i don't use putchar() or some other recalcitrant macro. > > the proof is in the pudding. > > brucee > > On 1/18/06, Paul Lalonde wrote: > > > > On 17-Jan-06, at 9:38 PM, Simon Williams wrote: > > > > > The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose > > > from > > > Cheers > > > Simon ( who cant remember who said this first ) > > > > Andy Tannenbaum, wasn't it? > > > > Paul > > > > >