So to ask a question: Is there a hyphen in "anal-retentive" Ric
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 11:54:17AM -0700, Bill Anderson wrote: > On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 11:15, Jack Byers wrote: > > Jack Byers [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Hal Burgiss responded to another thread: > > > > >Mutt + procmail is light years ahead of this stuff. Especially, when > > >you consider vim can be used as the editor. > > > > > > I am reasonably sure most members of this list, > > and almost surely Hal himself, > > really know that "light year" is a technical term: > > > > specifically it is a measure of _distance_ ; > > and said another way, it most certainly is not a measure of _time_ > > which is the sense it was used in the above quote. > > > > Sadly, this kind of thing seems to have entered the popular jargon of the > > day. > > I even ran across some technical type article in the NYtimes a year or so > > ago > > that misused the term in just the same way. > > > > It's no worse than saying "miles ahead of" but that is badjunk use too. > > > > call me an old f**t if you must, but I couldn't help responding to this > > > > > I feel for you. I'm the same way with "new and improved". Sorry if it is > improved, it can not be new. If it is new, there was nothing to improve. > It is either now OR improved, not both. > > Ok, I'll go back to topical-ness now. ;) > > -- > Bill Anderson > RHCE #807302597505773 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Ric Tibbetts Linux registration number: 55684 If you want to help advertise Linux - point your friends to http://counter.li.org/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
