Well and truly off-topic - was Re: 64-bit linux emulation

[Bret Busby]

On 16/07/2015, William A. Mahaffey III <wam at hiwaay.net> wrote:

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> 	"The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war
> 	 ever devised by man."
>                             -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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I realise that this is well and truly off-topic, but, the above quote
appears to be consistently in the signature of the poster (rather than
something that happened to slide in due to a rotating set of
quotations), so, I am curious; without knowing when the quotation was
made (when he supposedly said it), has a comparison ever been made and
documented, between the M1 Garand, the L1A1, and the M14, and the
SVT40? I realise that the first three are of the same ammunition and
rimless, and the fourth involves rims, but, I am curious, as they
appear fairly similar in functionality.

Any responses are probably best sent to me, off-list, due to the
off-topic nature of the question.

And, to the List Administrator(s); please excuse this so completely
off-topic posting, but, with the assertion above, having been posted,
my curiosity is piqued.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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"So once you do know what the question actually is,
 you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
 Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
 "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
 A Trilogy In Four Parts",
 written by Douglas Adams,
 published by Pan Books, 1992

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