Bug in mailing lists; unfriendly to non-subscribers
Bill Davidsen
davidsen at tmr.com
Tue Jul 6 15:21:09 UTC 2010
Tim wrote:
> By the way. Loose - the opposite of tight. Lose - the opposite of win.
> I'm so sick of people getting that wrong. That's a third year primary
> school language mistake.
>
And a fact which doesn't impact the final outcome of something is moot, not
mute. Everyone has their favorite misuse to annoy them.
> This is a community not a helpline, we're not all here just to solve the
> problems of hit-and-run question askers. We expect participation.
> That's the price that you pay for asking for help.
>
Or giving help, but your point is well taken.
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Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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