On 27Mar2014 18:48, Max <maximilianobianco33@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/26/2014 04:39 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: > >On 26Mar2014 20:16, Beartooth <beartooth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Can you define the new Fedora-related sense in terms > >>comprehensible to old mossbacks? How about partially or "fully-atomic"?? > >"atomic" is a very old term, even in computing. > > > >It mean indivisible, and is why atoms are called atoms. > > > I thought "scientists" had figured out that atoms were divisible. 1: Please reply to the list, not me. I have fixed this in my response. 2: I nearly put "before the work of Ernest Rutherford" in my original post, but didn't. I settled for the sig quote. Prior to that, atoms were viewed as indivisible, yea, even in the times of ancient Greece. Regardless of the fact that atoms have substructure, their supposed indivibility _is_ the reason they were given the name "atom". -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
