yep, cute that's you ;-)
On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Felmon Davis <dav...@union.edu> wrote: On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, anne-ology wrote: > > cute, cuter, cutest ... >> you're surely t' best. >> >> [further comments below] >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Felmon Davis <dav...@union.edu> wrote: >> >> On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, anne-ology wrote: >> >>> >>> you took all my puns away ... >>> >>>> >>>> >>> just doing humanity a service. >>> >> >> >> [http://www.thepunalsorises.**com/<http://www.thepunalsorises.com/> >> ] >> >> I haven't any more; but ne'er fear, >>> >>>> the punster will re-appear ;-) >>>> >>>> >>> we are armed. >>> >> >> >> Tom Jefferson complained in 1787 about all the punning going on at the > Consitutional convention in Philadelphia; I think he struck the right note > when he wrote to Abigail Adams: > > "The people at large view every object only as it may furnish puns and bon > mots; and I pronounce that a good punster would disarm the whole nation > were they ever so seriously disposed to revolt.” > > ["... to take Arms against a Sea of troubles, And by opposing end >> them" yet I've punned with the best of 'em, ne'er taken yet ;-) ] >> > > watch out lest you be outpunned. > > (btw I don't buy Pollack's theory. quote from Jefferson from < > http://www.washingtonmonthly.**com/ten-miles-square/2011/05/** > bonfire_of_the_**hannities029811.php<http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2011/05/bonfire_of_the_hannities029811.php> > >) > > [...] >> >>> I think the 'r' stands for 'remote' but I don't know; the source doesn't >>> need to be 'remote' though. I just backed up one older external drive I >>> have (was making funny noises) to another newer one. >>> >>> >> [funny noises, eh ... maybe it was speaking to you in its own >> language ;-) ] >> > > yeah, only I was the one making the noises. > > F. > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Felmon Davis <dav...@union.edu> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, anne-ology wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> rsync ??? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I think i are sinking fast ... >>>>>> >>>>>> sink vb sinks, sinking, sank ; sunk, sunken >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> you are probably just joshing around but 'sync' has nothing to do >>>>> with >>>>> 'sink'; one is germanic, the other is greek. >>>>> >>>>> 'syn'+'chronos' as in 'synchronize'. >>>>> >>>>> sometimes the spelling of words, like the syntax of directory paths, >>>>> matters. >>>>> >>>>> (and 'syntax' has nothing to do with 'sin' or 'taxes'!) >>>>> >>>>> 'rsync' is a great utility; I assume it's available for Windows but I >>>>> don't know but there's certainly equivalent stuff. >>>>> >>>>> Felmon Davis >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> > -- > Felmon Davis > > It's better that we disagree than be in agreement and all be wrong. -- > Kahn > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@global.libreoffice.** > org <users%2bh...@global.libreoffice.org> > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** > unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: > http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/users/<http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
