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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 ||--
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