On Fri, 2018-06-08 at 10:51 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 06/07/2018 05:44 PM, home user via users wrote: > > Even before the "F28 - Today's updates messed up writing to USB" thread, I > > always rebooted after any update that involved anything "kernel". I > > appreciate the re-assurance. > > > > Only one last concern: > > > Millihelen (n): The amount of beauty required to launch one ship. > > > > I know that "milli" is a thousandth, but I don't get this joke. > > Read up on Helen of Troy. She had "the beauty that launched 1,000 > ships", thus: > > 1) If 1 "helen" can launch 1,000 ships, then > 2) 1 "millihelen" can launch 1 ship > > Ok, obscure history (or myth) lesson coupled with math. Weird combo.
It's a line from Christopher Marlowe's play "Doctor Faustus" (c. 1590): Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium-- Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.-- poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IMJUXJWP7FCVWK3P2C2K4LTI6Z5ESOIP/
