Re: etymology of tl;dr (was ... Re: How recover from aborted dist-upgrade ... (due to apt-listbug bug 585448))

2012-12-20 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:17:42 -0700 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: ... Language continuously evolves. The spoken language of Shakespeare is almost impossible for me to understand when listened to with my ears. And I am sure the reverse would be too. Cool never goes out of style. Nice is

Re: etymology of tl;dr (was ... Re: How recover from aborted dist-upgrade ... (due to apt-listbug bug 585448))

2012-12-17 Thread nv
tl;dr version: Linguistics and etymologies are fascinating to me. :) If you have no interest in a more-than-passing manner, you are better served just ignoring this e-mail. :) full version: I was going to reply to Chris off the user list, because the topic has changed from Debian, but others

etymology of tl;dr (was ... Re: How recover from aborted dist-upgrade ... (due to apt-listbug bug 585448))

2012-12-16 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 09:49:13PM -0600, nv wrote: On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:31:52 +1300 Chris Bannister cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: tl;dr: Is it recommended that I use apt-pinning to upgrade some packages to Weird, considering yours was the long post and not Andrei's Eek! I

Re: etymology of tl;dr (was ... Re: How recover from aborted dist-upgrade ... (due to apt-listbug bug 585448))

2012-12-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Bannister wrote: nv wrote: Chris Bannister wrote: tl;dr: Is it recommended that I use apt-pinning to upgrade some packages to Weird, considering yours was the long post and not Andrei's Eek! I meant no disrespect! :) I ALWAYS read the whole reply. I think your faux

Re: etymology of tl;dr (was ... Re: How recover from aborted dist-upgrade ... (due to apt-listbug bug 585448))

2012-12-16 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 16 December 2012 21:17:42 Bob Proulx wrote: Cool never goes out of style. Nice is pretty stable. Now, when did cool _come_ into style? I certainly think of it as ephemeral and colloquial in the meaning in which I _think_ you mean it. Perhaps I am showing my age and/or you your