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Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed

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On 17/01/18 11:38 AM, Darac Marjal wrote:

> On 17/01/18 02:17, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
 >
>> On 16/01/18 12:15 PM, davidson@freevolt.org wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a natural law or something, that every email message sent
>>> must contain at least one distracting error that is totally beside the
>>> point?
>>>
>>> Anyways, over and out.
>>
>> "Over" means "My transmission is finished; I expect a reply."
>> "Out" means "My transmission is finished; I do not expect a reply."
>>
>> One more distracting error... :-)
>
> Surely it depends on your context. If you're communicating over a radio,
> then sure, they mean what you mean. But perhaps it's a quotation
> (wiktionary states that "over and out" is mostly used in TV and films).

The reason it's mostly used in TV and films is that the writers don't 
know any better.  Or they're pandering to viewers don't know any better. 
  But it is not, and has never been, proper procedure for anyone who 
uses a radio in real life.

And don't call me Shirley.

> Perhaps it's a reference to cricket (as in "The over is complete, AND
> the batsman is out").

An interesting back-formation...

What a delightfully distracting error this is turning into!

-- 
cgibbs@surfnaked.ca (Charlie Gibbs)

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scriptable way to list packages that are not installed Vasyl Vavrychuk <vvavrychuk@gmail.com> - 2018-01-14 05:00 +0100
  Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-01-14 07:40 +0100
    Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-01-14 07:50 +0100
      Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed Vasyl Vavrychuk <vvavrychuk@gmail.com> - 2018-01-14 21:20 +0100
        Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2018-01-14 23:10 +0100
        Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2018-01-16 20:40 +0100
          Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed davidson@freevolt.org - 2018-01-16 21:00 +0100
            Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2018-01-17 03:20 +0100
              Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-01-17 05:20 +0100
                Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2018-01-17 05:50 +0100
              Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2018-01-17 20:40 +0100
                Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2018-01-17 21:10 +0100
                Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2018-01-18 07:20 +0100
          Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2018-01-16 22:40 +0100
  Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2018-01-14 11:40 +0100
  Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-01-14 14:00 +0100
  Re: scriptable way to list packages that are not installed Bernd Gruber <begruber@mnet-online.de> - 2018-01-14 16:00 +0100

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