Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:47:02 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: freebsd@edvax.de, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, rob1940@gmail.com Subject: Re: WD External Disc Drive Message-ID: <20091027134702.GC80680@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4ae6a787.X5Dum/wMdLBm8KZM%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <aab0909a0910251718q4dc26baeu7c0a452add98d783@mail.gmail.com> <20091026110905.f802174a.freebsd@edvax.de> <200910271527.23227.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <200910271621.37761.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> <4ae6a787.X5Dum/wMdLBm8KZM%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 12:55:51AM -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > > > ... If you are refering to a kind of > > > > hard disk, use "disk" with k. Think like "diskette". If you > > > > are refering to optical media, use "disc" with c. Think like > > > > "CD = compact disc". > > > > > > An arbitrary convention adopted by you and a few other people > > > does not invalidate the dictionary spellings and usage. > > Am I the only one who is finding the longevity of this bikeshed a > bit disk-gusting? Ah, in the throes of a bad economy, so we can't afford an over-priced movie or exhorbitant concert tickets, we need some sort of entertainment. Bikesheds are cheap. ////jerry > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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