Re: interfaces lo:1 lo:2 lo:3? (for remote ssh tunnels)

[richard lyons <richard@the-place.net>]

On Wednesday 30 June 2004 14:49, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 08:05:05AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
> > Will Trillich wrote:
> > >On Sat, Jun 26 at 08:33PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
> > >>>>I don't understand why the server would be making the
> > >>>>connexion request.  By definition, the client does that.
>
>            ^
> It's fun seeing this spelling.  The Oxford English Dictionary
> actually considers this the correct version, and, IIRC, make a point
> of saying so.  I've never seen this spelling anywhere else up to
> now, nor havi I seen any other dictionaries that accept it.

Yes, I like that spelling too.  American standard orthography has 
semi-rationalized spelling, so that the small differences resulting 
from differing etymologies are eliminated.  But nobody would not write 
netcus in place of nexus would they?

-- 
richard