On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 07:54:06PM +0100, Stas Bekman wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Tom Brown wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Stas Bekman wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Tim Bunce wrote:
> > >
> > > > > On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Stas Bekman wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > and the script was dying on that error. The infamous C<ping()> method
> > > >
> > > > Why is/was ping() infamous?
> > >
> > > Something becomes infamous when it solves a big problem :)
> >
> > no, that would be famous ... infamous is bad in a big way... e.g. well
> > known pirates are infamous ...
>
> Apologies Tim, somehow I always thought that 'infamous' is better than
> just 'famous'...
See http://www.thesaurus.com/cgi-bin/search?config=roget&words=infamous
Vice
Excerpt: "..., shameful, scandalous, infamous, villanous, of a deep dye, heinous..."
Improbity
Excerpt: "..., treacherous, perjured. infamous, arrant, foul, base, vile,..."
Disrepute
Excerpt: "..., dedecorous; scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable; ribald..."
:-)
> I meant the 'famous'... sorry about that. I've corrected
> it in the guide.
Thanks Stas.
Tim.
