On 12/12/2014, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Thursday 11 December 2014 14:48:41 Richard Owlett wrote: >>> The OP correctly phrased the question as "How is typical home >>> computer used today?" >>> As I'm the OP, I should know. <GRIN> >> >> If we had trouble understanding it, then you did *NOT* correctly phrase >> the >> question. >> >> And you have *STILL* not said what you mean by typical, which is >> meaningless. >> >> Nor have you said what you mean by a home computer. >> > > typical - definition of typical by The Free Dictionary > typ·i·cal (t p-k l) adj. 1. Exhibiting the qualities, traits, or > characteristics that identify a kind, class, group, or category: > a typical suburban community. > thefreedictionary.com/typical > > Home dictionary definition | home defined > The definition of home is something that relates to or happens > inside the place where a person or family resides. > yourdictionary.com/home >
Right. And I had seen at a person's residence, the PDP-11 computer that he had obtained, and, kept there, and used for for playing with octal programming. By your definition, a "home computer". He lived in a block of flats; "a typical suburban community", as you have cited. ... Why do you object so strongly, to simply asking the appropriate question? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8Oz-;x1kvy5axe4sgh5meev6c2rt-r+rhcnfxirq...@mail.gmail.com
