* Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070920 22:21]: > Russell L. Harris wrote: >> * Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070920 21:10]: >>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 04:28:09PM -0400, Gregory O'Neal wrote: >>> >>>> I am new to linux. I have been running Etch for a month or so now on >>>> my Gateway Desktop. I am considering moving up to testing. This brings >>>> up the question of what is the proper way to accomplish the upgrade? >>> >>> May I humbly suggest that you may not have had time to learn >>> enough about linux or Debian to run testing? It is, after all, >>> _testing_.
>> Humbug! Your comment may be applicable to "unstable", but not to >> "testing". I ran "unstable" for about two years, and I experienced >> very few difficulties. > > "Humbug" is a very strong word. It indicates intentional fraudulent > claims. Perhaps you'd like to moderate your statement? > > Mike Lighten up, Mike! You are reading into my reply a connotation which I did not intend and which is not supported by the context. The meaning of a word is determined by the context in which the word is used. The lexicon or dictionary is merely a compilation of meanings which commonly are given to various words. The business of the lexicographer is to search out and catalogue the meanings which a word has been given in various contexts. To be precise, the meaning of my expression "Humbug!" in the context in question is "Your advice is overly cautious." I could have expressed the same meaning with the term "Nonsense!" -- a term which, in this context, likewise should not be taken literally. RLH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
