Re: [OT] Server for Debian + MySQL

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 12/14/08 05:32, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:02:14AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disconnect
> >
> > I don't know how long the noun usage has been around, but I remember hearing 
> > it as a child (20 years ago), so I'd say you just need to update your 
> > dictionary.  (1913 Websters, really?)
>
> I've never heard of "a disconnect". It is the opposite of connect.

Here's an example of how it's used:

    There's a disconnect between reality and political theory.

> (Yep, some people still say incorrectly - "unmount" when it should be
> "dismount")

Then shame on those who wrote Unix, then, for the umount command. 
(The same command for OpenVMS is DISMOUNT.)

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

How does being physically handicapped make me Differently-Abled?
What different abilities do I have?