Re: firefox-37, where to put
On Saturday 04 April 2015 11:55:18 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 04 April 2015 04:40:02 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Saturday 04 April 2015 00:34:53 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > On Friday 03 April 2015 18:09:38 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > > On Friday 03 April 2015 22:39:32 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > > Sorry Brian, that is ***generally*** shorthand for "equivalent"
> > > > > (my stars)
> > > >
> > > > No - it is another Gene special.
> > > >
> > > > Lisi
> > >
> > > Two great countries, Lisi, separated by a common language.
> > >
> > > The abbreviation 'equ' has been in common use on this side of the
> > > pond in ******technical literature***** such as service manuals for
> > > at least 65
> >
> > years that
> >
> > > I personally know of.
> >
> > That is NOT common language. That is specialist language!
>
> Oh oh, did I miss the memo that revoked the specialist status of all
> linux users?
>
> Not a windoze sheeple, never have been (except after I bought an HP
> laptop with xp on it which 2 days later had the windows partition shrunk
> and ManDrake installed, so I'd have something I could take on the road
> when I was "consulting") and never will be a winderz slave. I could
> sworn that makes everybody on these lists a specialist. So I must have
> missed the memo. Can someone please send me a copy of it?
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/
Support for Debian users who ****speak English****.
You are meant to speak English, not specialist jargon. The idea, for most
people anyway, is to be understood. You seem to take delight in being as
incomprehensible as possible.
No-one is requiring you to be a Windows slave. But you cannot call very
specialist languge "common". At least, since you clearly can and do, you
cannot do so rationally.
If you want to speak in technical jargon, then do so on the cnc list. At
least most of them might understand it. Or the electrical technicians list
or something.
I would remind you of the Wiktionary definition of jargon:
jargon
A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
Language characteristic of a particular group.
Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jargon
Talking gibberish is annoying and unhelpful.
Lisi
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