Tridents (was Re: FreeBSD Version Release numbers)

[Dan Langille]

On 13 Jun 2003 at 11:54, Mark Murray wrote:

> Terry Lambert writes:
> > (a "thumbs up" meant "death" and a "thumbs down" meant "mercy";

This is the original meaning.

> Other way round.

This is what it has come to mean lately.

A google: thumbs up death roman gladiator
http://slate.msn.com/id/2080812/

Actually it appears historians are divided on which signal meant 
what.
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