On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:16:05 -0500 "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * 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. Ah, the Humpty Dumpty lexicographical stance! >From 'Through the Looking Glass', Chapter VI: `And only one for birthday presents, you know. There's glory for you!' `I don't know what you mean by "glory",' Alice said. Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. `Of course you don't -- till I tell you. I meant "there's a nice knock-down argument for you!"' `But "glory" doesn't mean "a nice knock-down argument",' Alice objected. `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.' `The question is,' said Alice, `whether you can make words mean so many different things.' `The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, `which is to be master -- that's all.' :) > RLH Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
