And we wonder why the country is in the shape it is....where the inmates run the asylum...... At 10:15 PM 11/10/2009, you wrote: >I don't pay no never mind to those things. :-) > > >-----Original Message----- >From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Ryan Rix >Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:20 PM >To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >Subject: Re: OT: nano nitpick (triple negative) (was: Re: OT, ACTA,Secrecy >and free software) > >Vim > Nano > >Mike Schwartz wrote: > > > OK, > > [0] hard time, > > times > > [1] "not reading" > > is -- "so far" -- a double negative. > > > > I have no problem (ain't got no un-problem) with lots of negatives, > > but I just think you meant the meaning, that goes with an EVEN number > > of them here. > > > > So, I think it should be > >> with a grain of salt. > > instead of > > [2] without a grain of salt. > > because IMHO, [2] makes it a triple negative which -- has the meaning > > 180 degrees from what it should be. > > > > Don't get me wrong -- a quadruple negative would be fine here. > > Just not an "ODD" number of negatives, since that has the meaning off > > by a "power of minus one" > > from what it should be. > > Just my 0.02 (or, micro 2.0E+4), > >-- >Ryan Rix >Fedora KDE SIG Member, Phoenix AZ Ambassador, News KDE Beat Writer > >Please refrain from mailing me directly in replies, I am subsribing via >GMane NNTP. Thank you. > >http://hackersramblings.wordpress.com | http://identi.ca/phrkonaleash >XMPP: phrkonaleash@gmail.com | MSN: phrkonaleash@yahoo.com >AIM: phrkonaleash | Yahoo: phrkonaleash >IRC: PhrkOnLsh@irc.freenode.net/#srcedit,#plugaz,#fedora-kde and > countless other FOSS channels. > > >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss