Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Hibou Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:54:50 +0100 Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <10pe83m$3rg2l$1@dont-email.me> <10phnao$113u1$6@dont-email.me> <1rsaf5i.1nrmqo3vtna18N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsaj4d.rtb8ajbdoy69N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <10pkqka$22prd$1@dont-email.me> <10ppr5m$3m2br$1@dont-email.me> <10pr6gg$2t5v$1@dont-email.me> <10pv2af$1eb4h$2@dont-email.me> <87zf3wx1jt.fsf@parhasard.net> <10pvhqb$1j2vg$1@dont-email.me> <1rsjtwr.9h8wo7a6jjujN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10q2o7j$nr7l$1@news1.tnib.de> <1rsostx.1fumdje1pdrftiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10qat4h$1fq2k$1@dont-email.me> <1bin9mx3hc.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net d4PJz+Sa7xPj/78dXcs4iQ08vfTaoQDzLGo0BnCz+hfaT9N7IC Cancel-Lock: sha1:Bq40K26TUI2cZN5RMl2DW+PVVNA= sha256:E3FRfoEofs1IO+b+LWdk9n9iWPZjenHUofWiLN7vO9o= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB, fr In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84583 alt.usage.english:1141541 Le 30/03/2026 à 06:48, Hibou a écrit : > > As to my comments about swimming pools, the Isle of Wight, Wales, cups > of flour, and so on, the point there (perhaps with a dash of owlish > humour and tongue-in-cheekiness, which colm won't be used to) wasn't > that these are precise units; it was that they are an attempt to improve > understanding. [...] Correction: cups of flour don't fit there. They're for when one has no scales, is too lazy to use them, or they're broken.