Xah Lee's Unixism

[Brian {Hamilton Kelly}]

On Wednesday, in article
     <10jc7cu7e57koaa at corp.supernews.com>
     wyrmwif at tango-sierra-oscar-foxtrot-tango.fake.org "SM Ryan"
     wrote:

> There's a story about why railroad tracks are spaced the way they are.

Is this the one about two Roman horses' arses?  If so, it also accounts
for the physical dimensions of the Space Shuttle's boosters.

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                     bhk at dsl.co.uk
   "I don't use Linux. I prefer to use an OS supported by a large multi-
   national vendor, with a good office suite, excellent network/internet
   software and decent hardware support."