An oxymoron is an element in classical rhetoric in which opposites are combined to sharpen a point, not to contradiuct it. An example would be *His empassioned plea was met by thunderous silence*. Giant shrimp probably exist as does the oft quoted non-oxymoron military intelligence. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Teague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 2:33 PM Subject: Re: Hardware Modems
> > > On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [about hardware modems that don't work under linux and why.] > > Romeu: > > Well /explitive censored/ That is just awful. My 33.6 Modem says I > get 66K throughput when compression is ineffect too. > > You ask "what is an oxymoron" .... a self contradiction. > > Oxy means sharp, in german, oxygen is 'sour stuff" (approximately) > or sharp stuff. And moron means dull or blunt. so an oxymoron is > 'sharp-dull' or a self contradiction. > > Giant Shrimp for example. > > --David > David Teague, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely, > useful, technically accurate, and friendly. > (I hope this is all of the above.) > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
