Re: OT: sudo questions
On Friday 23 August 2013 22:56:22 Doug wrote:
> On 08/23/2013 04:24 PM, Luther Blissett wrote:
> /snip/
>
> > So I did a long search around, since I had absolutely no idea where I
> > was getting into. Back then I used to think that what was getting in the
> > way of free software were usability and shinny.
>
> /snip/
>
> > Funny I never *really* tried other distros, debian became addiction.
> > Something I can never get the time because I'm also felling shorthanded
> > before my debian peers and willing to give something back from all the
> > help I found in this community. Oh, and the shell... what a shinny
> > little thing, full of secrets.
>
> I'm confused. I only know "shinny" as a verb: to shinny up a pole, or a
> tree, etc. To climb, as a kid would. Here he uses it as a noun and an
> adjective, and I have no idea what he meant.
Ever heard of spelling mistakes? Ever thought of using a dictionary?
Assume "shiny". That still made no sense to me, so I looked in Wiktionary.
It gives a colloquial meaning for shiny of <quote> excellent, remarkable
</quote>. Bingo. Now that wasn't difficult was it. _And_ I learnt
something.
You may be superhuman and never, ever make mistakes. Most of us are human and
do make mistakes.
Sorry everyone, I am feeding the troll. But many varieties of English and
spelling are used on this list. Luther's was fine.
Lisi
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