At 3:33 PM -0400 5/6/02, Mike Burger wrote:
>On Mon, 6 May 2002, Patrick Beart wrote:
>
> > I recommend the appliance variety, rather than using firewall
> > software(*).
>
> > Patrick Beart
>>
>> (*) Mensa members and other hair-splitters: "appliance" = firewall
>> software installed in separate computer/device box. "Software" =
>> firewall software installed in the same box as other services.
>
>Perhaps "dedicated firewall" could be interchanged with "appliance", and
>instead of the ambiguous use of "software firewall", we could use what you
>used for the definition, instead.
>
>And instead of saying "rather than using..." you should say "in addition
>to using..."
>
>Eh?
>
>I mean, if you're really concerned about the hair splitters, you might
>want to try using terms that won't end up having their hairs split. <G>
I'm completely confident that intelligent people with too
much time on their hands could continue to semantically split hairs
until the remains reach sub-atomic levels. Often it's best to do this
work with a flacon of Absinthe or other spirits, after removing any
sharp or lethal objects from the periphery. <grin>
Patrick Beart
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