Re: The Modernization of Emacs: terminology buffer and keybinding

2007-10-07 Thread bbound
On Oct 7, 9:07 pm, Damien Kick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perhaps our word "man" (manas) still expresses something of precisely
> this feeling of self-satisfaction: man designated himself as the
> creature that measures values, evaluates and measures, as the "valuating
> animal as such".[1]

Don't both "man" and those words for measurement come ultimately from
words for "hand" (similarly to words like "manual", as in labor)? Our
clever hands with their opposable thumbs being considered a defining
characteristic. And our tool use thus derived. Handspans also having
been a common (if imprecise) early unit of measurement (along with
forearm-spans, as in cubits, strides, and foot-length, from which the
measurement in feet still derives its name).

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Re: The Modernization of Emacs: terminology buffer and keybinding

2007-10-12 Thread bbound
On Oct 11, 5:40 pm, "John W. Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Do not bluntly contradict me in public.
>
> [insult deleted]
>
> [death threat deleted]

Insults and other such falsehoods will be deleted rather than repeated
and death threats will be reported to your internet service provider;
this is a public service provided by me for free.

Have a nice day. :)

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Re: Cantankerous trolliness ad infinitum, was: Re: The Modernization of Emacs: terminology buffer and keybinding

2007-10-12 Thread bbound
On Oct 10, 4:11 am, Matthias Buelow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Is this some sport of yours to constantly create new gmail accounts and
> spam Usenet?

I am not a spammer. You, however, *are* a liar.

[snip remaining insults]
[correct newsgroups: header after attempted hijacking to make my
response disappear]

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