On 20/09/2015 14:45, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Sunday 20 September 2015 10:19:14 Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:34:57 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: >>>>> Strictly speaking, you don't have to do that with UUIDs as you can >>>>> change it to match the old one. That big advantage of labels is that >>>>> they are human-readable. >>>> >>>> Well I can read UUIDs, they are hex gibberish but still readable. >>>> >>>> Labels are human *understandable* >>> >>> Well, it isn't often I can call someone else a pedant, but now's my big >>> chance so I'm taking it - pedant! >> >> One of the OED definitions of readable is "interesting or pleasant to >> read". I stand by my original statement, argumentative pedants >> notwithstanding. :P > > I agree with you. It's Alan I called a pedant for trying to split hairs.
I guess that's what I get for trying to be excessively clever! > > I had a trial version of OED* on my mobile, but it was not good so I've > reverted to Chambers, which includes "legible" as its first definition of > Readable, and "clear enough to be deciphered" as its first definition of > Legible. > > * Actually I think it was the ODE (the Oxford Dictionary of English), which > has been criticised widely and is not their best dictionary. > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
