Re: "write him" was Re: More questions

Mark J. Reed scripsit:

> What the heck is a camber?
On investigation, it turns out to be the curvature of the road surface
(high in the center, low on the sides on a straightaway, higher on
the outside of a curve).  It also refers to the inclination of a car's
wheels: closer together at the top than at the bottom.  Both of these
improve a car's roadability.

> And since when do
> toilets have "cisterns"?  You mean the "tank"? :)
Fair enough to call it a "cistern", that being a name for any small
reservoir for water or (in anatomy) for other fluids.  "Tank" is more
usual in these parts, however.  ("Tank" in the sense "armored combat vehicle"
seemingly arose from the code word used for them in World War I.)

--
John Cowan <jcowan@...> www.ccil.org/~cowan  www.reutershealth.com
Micropayment advocates mistakenly believe that efficient allocation of
resources is the purpose of markets.  Efficiency is a byproduct of market
systems, not their goal.  The reasons markets work are not because users
have embraced efficiency but because markets are the best place to allow
users to maximize their preferences, and very often their preferences are
not for conservation of cheap resources.  --Clay Shirkey

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