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Re: media reliability

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: media reliability
Date 2015-02-20 13:10 +1300
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <200220151310069849%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink)
References (2 earlier) <180220150924012263%star@sky.net> <54e4d3ed$0$39495$c3e8da3$f017e9df@news.astraweb.com> <slrnmeaa4h.2n49.g.kreme@kreme.eternal-september.org> <ckmjr8FbthpU2@mid.individual.net> <mc5eb2$584$1@dont-email.me>

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In article <mc5eb2$584$1@dont-email.me>, Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>
wrote:
> In article <ckmjr8FbthpU2@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> > On 2015-02-19, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> > > Okay, so one time? In band camp? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com>
> > > was 
> > > all, like:
> > >> In article <180220150924012263%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
> > >> wrote:
> > >>> Warren Oates:
> > >>> > I'd keep your unformatted discs around, though, especially the CD-Rs. 
> > >>> > You never know when the wife will ask "can you make a copy of this
> > >>> > for my sister?"
> > >>> 
> > >>> My answer to that would be "Sure. Here's the Dropbox URL for her."
> > >
> > >> Heh. My SIL thinks a dropbox is outside the post office, and that URL 
> > >> rhymes with earl. Actually, I was thinking about music cds.
> > >
> > > Many people, including computer professionals, engineers, and
> > > programmers say "earl" for URL. Not a majority, I don't think, but it is
> > > not all that unusual.
> > 
> > I've rarely heard anyone pronounce it that way in my line of work.
> 
> In my entire life, I've only ever heard one person pronounce "URL" to 
> rhyme with "girl" or "earl". That person was my paternal grandmother, 
> who had about as much clue about computers and the internet as I have 
> about the finer points of contract law in Pakistan. Everybody else I've 
> ever heard say it has pronounced it "you are ell".

And if you're using Microsoft Explorer, then "you are *in* 'ell".  ;-)

Most normal people simply call it a "web[site] address".

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media reliability Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-02-18 04:00 -0800
  Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 08:15 -0500
    Re: media reliability Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-18 09:24 -0500
      Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-18 13:03 -0500
        Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-19 00:03 +0000
          Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-19 04:59 +0000
            Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-19 12:53 +0000
              Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 02:51 +0000
            Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 08:44 -0500
              Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:23 +0000
                Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:42 -0500
                Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-21 06:05 +0000
              Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-20 04:51 +0000
            Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-19 08:49 -0500
          Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 08:38 -0500
          Re: media reliability Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-19 17:12 +0000
            Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-19 11:45 -0800
              Re: media reliability Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-02-19 22:24 +0000
              Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 13:10 +1300
                Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-19 17:14 -0800
                Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 20:41 -0500
                Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-19 18:11 -0800
                Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 18:15 +1300
                Re: media reliability David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-02-19 20:32 -0600
                Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:36 -0500
                Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:51 -0500
                Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:33 +0000
                Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-19 19:57 -0800
                Re: media reliability Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-02-20 09:44 +0000
                Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-21 06:10 +0000
                Re: media reliability Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-02-21 10:23 +0000
                Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-21 10:33 -0500
                Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-22 15:33 +0000
                Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-22 09:51 +1300
                Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-21 13:09 -0800
                Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-22 03:30 +0000
    Re: media reliability isw <isw@witzend.com> - 2015-02-18 09:40 -0800
      Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-19 05:06 +0000
    Re: media reliability Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2015-02-18 19:31 -0500
      Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-18 19:38 -0500
      Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-19 13:55 +1300
        Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-19 05:17 +0000
          Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-19 19:02 +1300
            Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 09:09 -0500
              Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 09:12 +1300
      Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 08:57 -0500
  Re: media reliability Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-18 09:24 -0500
  Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-18 19:20 -0500
    Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-19 05:33 +0000
      Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-19 19:15 +1300
        Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-18 23:22 -0800
        Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-19 08:39 -0500
          Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:21 +0000
            Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 18:46 +1300
              Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-21 06:04 +0000
                Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-21 10:36 -0500
                Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-22 15:32 +0000
                Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-22 09:48 +1300
                Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-21 13:08 -0800
                Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-22 03:40 +0000
                Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-22 17:42 +1300
      Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-19 08:36 -0500
        Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:10 +0000
          Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-20 08:19 -0500
      Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 09:15 -0500
        Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 09:19 +1300
          Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 03:28 +0000
          Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-21 11:01 -0500
            Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-21 15:03 -0500
              Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-22 09:57 +1300
                Re: media reliability Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-21 19:33 -0500
    Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-19 13:02 +0000
      Re: media reliability John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-20 02:56 +0000
        Re: media reliability Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-20 04:43 +0000
  Re: media reliability Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-02-22 03:24 -0800
    Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-23 09:36 +1300
      Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-22 18:36 -0500
        Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-23 13:24 +1300
        Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-22 17:23 -0800
          Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-22 21:24 -0500
            Re: media reliability Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-22 19:13 -0800
              Re: media reliability Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-22 23:13 -0500
            Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-23 18:03 +1300
  Re: media reliability Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-02-23 02:59 -0800
    Re: media reliability John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-23 07:00 -0800
      Re: media reliability Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-24 09:13 +1300

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