Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 08:37:33 -0700 (PDT) From: simon mendoza <simon_v_mendoza@yahoo.com> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pine and Pico Message-ID: <19980618153734.4840.rocketmail@send1c.yahoomail.com>
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> Just imagine how wrong someone could get these words if they > were interpreted according to everyday experience: > > ARGUMENTS INVOCATION > reasons for or against magic spell > > DEFINITIONS RESERVED WORDS > explain words simply naughty words, e.g. for body functions > > SHELL GRAMMAR COMMENTS > asking nicely for petrol opinions (see also reserved words) > > QUOTING PARAMETERS > including original mail range to keep within to meet budget > > EXPANSION REDIRECTION > effect of too much pizza go ask in -questions > > ALIASES FUNCTIONS > email/IRC names see reserved words > > These words gradually become associated with their new meanings by > repeated proper use in the new context. While reading this part of your message I remembered a very funny situation I encountered while doing some technical support at the company I work for: one user just gave me a call because his computer had gone completlely mad and "it didn't know what its own resources were for". Puzzled by the odd comentary I had to go in and check out what the user was stating. Once I got there I find that the users machine (in win95) had the control panel view and the system administrator opened. The user tried to explain that he was just looking for some files and ended up there, and when he was trying to reach for information, he pressed de rightest side button and the computer answered back with a question: "What is this?" (This is a feature of win 95 that gives you a small explanation of the device you ar pointing at) and since he didn't go on pressing the button, he panicked since he thought his own computer didn't have a clue about what its own components were. I just stepped out of the room (on the excuse of going to the toillete) and laughed my lungs out. After some thougths about it I concluded that not all things can be interpreted the way they look, because if you get to feel them the interpretation may be the opposite. Greetings Simon. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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