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Exceptions and rules (digression)Exceptions and rules (digression)Posted Oct 29, 2012 15:55 UTC (Mon) by Richard_J_Neill (subscriber, #23093)In reply to: Exceptions and rules by tialaramex Parent article: Thoughts on the ext4 panic
The modern use of this is confusing. After all, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" means "The right way to test a pudding is by eating it".
Also, "80% proof whisky" means "tested, contains 40% ethanol".
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Exceptions and rules (digression) Posted Oct 29, 2012 19:54 UTC (Mon) by davidstrauss (subscriber, #85867) [Link]
It's "80 proof," not "80% proof." "Proof" is like "percent," except with a denominator of 200 -- and only really used for liquor.
Exceptions and rules (digression) Posted Oct 29, 2012 23:10 UTC (Mon) by barryascott (subscriber, #80640) [Link]
I like the historic origin of testing alcohol content by seeing if gunpower will ignite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_proof
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