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On 3/25/2013 6:15 PM, Robert Klemme wrote:
>[...]
> That can also be viewed as a downside: you loose control over when the
> process may be interrupted.[...]

Elsethread I wrote

 > Coming attractions: "loose" and "lose"  ;-)

... and on the principle of "Never threaten what you're not
prepared to do," I guess my hand is forced.

 From http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loose

	Definition of LOOSE
	transitive verb
	1a: to let loose (see 1 loose): release
	b: to free from restraint
	2: to make loose : untie <loose a knot>
	3: to cast loose : detach
	4: to let fly : discharge
	5: to make less rigid, tight, or strict : relax
	intransitive verb
	: to let fly a missile (as an arrow) : fire

See also http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose

Coming attractions: "then" and "than" :-(

(Aside: Of the few languages I know, English is by far the
most idiosyncratic, anti-systemic, and downright perverse.
Toddlers' brains are said to be "wired" for learning language;
an adult whose wiring has fallen away and who yet manages to
learn English, even imperfectly, has my admiration and no
little of my awe.)

-- 
Eric Sosman
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid