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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
> >
> >
>
