Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964944AbXABTa3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 14:30:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964939AbXABTa3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 14:30:29 -0500 Received: from vervifontaine.sonytel.be ([80.88.33.193]:34182 "EHLO vervifontaine.sonycom.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964931AbXABTaY (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Jan 2007 14:30:24 -0500 Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 20:30:17 +0100 (CET) From: Geert Uytterhoeven To: David Weinehall cc: Linux Kernel Development Subject: Re: Open letter to Linux kernel developers (was Re: Binary Drivers) In-Reply-To: <20070102151503.GA28150@vasa.acc.umu.se> Message-ID: References: <200612211816.kBLIGFdf024664@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20061222115921.GT3073@harddisk-recovery.com> <1167568899.3318.39.camel@gimli.at.home> <3d57814d0612310503r282404afgd9b06ca57f44ab3c@mail.gmail.com> <200701020404.l0244n3b024582@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <3d57814d0701012230v2e8b31eeqef7e542d73fc08d9@mail.gmail.com> <1167730833.12526.35.camel@tara.firmix.at> <3d57814d0701020326o2b3b5636mcf31147ad00e82c6@mail.gmail.com> <20070102125026.GA4608@thunk.org> <20070102151503.GA28150@vasa.acc.umu.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-584337861-1368007157-1167766217=:17589" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1661 Lines: 41 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---584337861-1368007157-1167766217=:17589 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, David Weinehall wrote: > On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 08:22:21AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > 1) mcdonald's was not merely serving their coffee "hot," but > > *scalding* hot (180 to 190 degrees Fahrenheit), a temperature that > > will produce third-degree burns almost immediately, and > > That's less than 90?C. Water boils at 100?C. How the hell do > people expect coffee to be made without boiling water? Magic? Ah, many thanks for converting from Fahrenheit to Celsius! > > 2) there had, for a decade prior, been some *700* cases where people > > had burned themselves with mcdonald's coffee, so it's not as if > > mcdonald's was unaware of the danger, yet continued to ignore it. Given the population size of Fahrenheit-country, 700 burns must be an understatement... Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds ---584337861-1368007157-1167766217=:17589-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/