Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 05:51:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 05:51:36 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-5-cust12.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.121.12]:28154 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 05:51:36 -0400 Subject: Re: Alright, I give up. What does the "i" in "inode" stand for? From: Alan Cox Reply-To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk To: clavoie@bmed.mcgill.ca Cc: jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200207242318.49536.clavoie@bmed.mcgill.ca> References: <200207190432.g6J4WD2366706@pimout5-int.prodigy.net> <20020725022454.A8711@unicyclist.com> <20020725024327.GF26787@pegasys.ws> <200207242318.49536.clavoie@bmed.mcgill.ca> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-6) Date: 25 Jul 2002 12:08:34 +0100 Message-Id: <1027595314.9488.42.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 879 Lines: 21 On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 04:18, Christian Lavoie wrote: > On July 24, 2002 10:43 pm, jw schultz wrote: > > I think it was Aristotle who theorized the existance of the > > atom. He described it by discussing an apple. You can cut > > an apple in half. each piece you can cut in half again. > > Eventually you would get to a piece, invisibly small, that > > could not be cut in half. That was his atom. > > I think you're referring to Democritus, but I can't find the reference in my > books... Leucippus of Miletus, about 440BC. Democritus was his pupil who refined and extended it along with him. Can we go back to the topic now - 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/