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Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 20:53:41 -0200 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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Subject: Re: Configure.help editorial policy
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On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, Cameron Simpson wrote:

> Using KB in places where precision matters puts us all into case #4
> below, because people think they know what KB means, but it means
> different things to different people, and so people don't realise they

I take it this is your way of volunteering to always
keep all kernel documentation accurate as well as
answer questions from newbies who've never seen
'KiB' before ? ;)

Rik
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