On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 03:31:37PM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: > Legitimate authorities categorized Pluto a planet, even though many in the > scientific community would argue otherwise. Of course, "legitimate > authorities" are never wrong, are they?
That is exactly my point, thanks for making it. Or perhaps your own authority on this topic is somehow irrefutable and inscrutable? Oh, right, you have wikipedia on your side, which everyone knows is, in fact, irrefutable and inscrutable. I forgot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux "Linux is a computer operating system which is based on free and open source software." "Linux is a leading server operating system, and runs the 10 fastest supercomputers in the world." What you are arguing is semantics, and that's never terribly a productive use of your time. Calling someone out for using a word in a way that you personally don't agree with even though you understood perfectly well what was meant is equally unproductive and pointless, except perhaps to massage your own ego. Doing so when the that usage of the term clearly has copious extant examples demonstrating accepted usage, as in this case (googling the *exact phrase* "Linux operating system" yeilds 4.7 MILLION results), is just trolling. And that, IMO, does deserve to be called out. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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