From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RC52w-0006sn-9j for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:40:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5986C21C1DB; Fri, 7 Oct 2011 07:40:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f181.google.com (mail-ey0-f181.google.com [209.85.215.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9F7F21C130 for ; Fri, 7 Oct 2011 07:38:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eye3 with SMTP id 3so1147487eye.40 for ; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:38:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=EuTk7imCCzdrCCVB3KZW+afZNnjfP5bKgVat2PpwCoI=; b=jta2H3BC9gogfJklmiA+785+txwwg2otQ0Xei1rNy5r5KE61O0hkohUP5FONRSq0GY Nfkwq6unUPOa4Q9P4PIuYVqG0lYLIqLe+QnYGV/9y9VC3lmj/GI551aHFNe5qWcmhY3O J2HWsq1o3jB4d1gmKA8CUqsNTexVglZ/ebzZw= Received: by 10.14.35.85 with SMTP id t61mr157931eea.132.1317973120979; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:38:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rohan.example.com ([196.215.144.38]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u11sm12895725eeb.2.2011.10.07.00.38.37 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:38:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:38:33 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is grub2 stable and who uses it? Message-ID: <20111007093833.5e814d8d@rohan.example.com> In-Reply-To: <201110070108.24517.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> References: <4E8AD6C4.7070901@gmail.com> <4E8DDA01.6040001@darkmetatron.de> <201110070108.24517.peter@humphrey.ukfsn.org> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.24.4; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: f1cce145f53a7e0bac29b650da490f14 On Fri, 7 Oct 2011 01:08:24 +0100 Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Thursday 06 October 2011 17:40:33 Sebastian Be=C3=9Fler wrote: > > Am 06.10.2011 17:25, schrieb Michael Mol: > > >> Let's hold a poll. How many list readers get it? > > >=20 > > > It's not c which is in doubt, but its function as an upper > > > limit. ;) > >=20 > > And even if the results a true and not an error then there is a > > list of possible explanations. Most of them leave c as upper limit > > in place. Quantum Mechanics has many aces in his sleeve like micro > > wormholes or traveling through higher dimensions. All these > > dimensions from string theorie must be good for something ;-) >=20 > Just think of the consequences if c is not the ultimate speed limit. > I am, and they're so numerous that I can't even contemplate them all. Permit me to direct you to the pearl of wisdom about that in the movie K-Pax --=20 Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com