linux-kernel - Re: Open letter to Linux kernel developers (was Re: Binary Drivers)

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Date:	Tue, 2 Jan 2007 20:30:17 +0100 (CET)
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	David Weinehall <tao@....umu.se>
cc:	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Open letter to Linux kernel developers (was Re: Binary Drivers)

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

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Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

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