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| From | Curt <curty@free.fr> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) |
| Date | 2018-01-13 18:10 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <v7xtE-dp-11@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <v782d-td-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <v78lA-Px-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <v7eKl-4Yc-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <v7lLP-Ud-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <v7x0D-8dj-43@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | Unorganized |
On 2018-01-13, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > On Sat 13 Jan 2018 at 05:14:37 (+0100), Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă wrote: >> On 12-01-2018, at 15h 03'25", David Wright wrote about "Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports)" >> > [...] People use names, computers like numbers. >> > >> >> I do not take sides here, but I can't accept this statement. Numbers >> are universal, Debian release names are English. I do not use any of >> then (numbers or names). I simply have a look in /etc/apt/sources when >> I need to know what version of Debian I use at the moment, and I am >> using Debian before potato... (yes, I look into my /etc/apt/sources >> file to pull that name). >> >> Did any of Debian release names were translated? I am bad with names. >> Specially English ones. I find all of Debian release names stupid till >> now. Culminating with perpetual Sid (no, I did not consulted >> /etc/apt/sources file now). >> >> I am extremely good with numbers. You could say that I can speak >> math. Although I studied chemistry. So, coming back to the statement, >> I find it extremely stupid. You could have getting away saying >> "People use WORDS, computers USE numbers." Numbers are words so nobody >> is offended. >> >> Take care what you write. > > I'm not sure what's going on here. Am I meant to apologise for the > fact that the Debian project was developed in an English-speaking > environment? Perhaps he has meant to say you have confused names with words; the former being specific to a language and culture, and the latter being universal. For instance, here a "vieux con" denotes something quite telling, whereas elsewhere, when dealing with doddering idiots who remain consistently in a state of unselfconscious befuddlement, you would surely seek some other term. > Cheers, > David. > > -- "Ruling a large nation is like cooking a small fish" - Lao Tzu
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Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-12 14:50 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2018-01-12 15:00 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-12 15:20 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) Ian Campbell <ijc@debian.org> - 2018-01-12 15:50 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2018-01-12 16:10 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-12 22:10 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-13 04:20 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2018-01-13 04:40 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-13 18:10 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-01-13 05:00 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-13 17:40 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@upcmail.nl> - 2018-01-13 05:40 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-13 12:00 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-01-13 15:10 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-01-13 16:10 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-01-13 16:30 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2018-01-14 01:00 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@upcmail.nl> - 2018-01-13 16:10 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-13 17:40 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-01-13 18:10 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-13 20:20 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-01-13 16:20 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2018-01-13 16:40 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2018-01-13 18:00 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming (was: Re: Meltdown fix for wheezy-backports) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-01-13 18:10 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePollard-newsgroups@NTLWorld.COM> - 2018-02-05 23:50 +0100
Re: Frustration over Debian naming Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2018-02-06 07:30 +0100
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