Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 09:40:49 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/30203: description of security profiles in FAQ is just plain wrong Message-ID: <20010903094049.A713@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <20010902205050.A21613@blackhelicopters.org>; from mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org on Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 08:50:50PM -0400 References: <999306309.3b903445f411a@webmail.neomedia.it> <20010901095417.A618@lpt.ens.fr> <999474828.3b92c68c38136@webmail.neomedia.it> <20010902205050.A21613@blackhelicopters.org>
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Michael Lucas said on Sep 2, 2001 at 20:50:50: > > Oh, dear... > > You know, all I wanted to accomplish was something better than what > was there. Yes, I was technically correct, but it's not worth the > electrons to argue over, especially when it sounds OK as is. > > I have yet to see a human brain coredump over a mismatched verb. No, but arguing about grammar is *fun* :-) Also, computational linguists (eg, people who write natural language parsers, etc) have to worry about just such petty details: it often makes the difference to what the sentence really means. Maybe some day it will be relevant to FreeBSD too... R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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