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From: Tony Winston on 25 Oct 2006 13:14 Tony Winston wrote: > > Steve Hix wrote: > > > > In article <453CDE6F.10F8C7B2(a)address.com>, > > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > > > Steve Hix wrote: > > > > > > > > In article <453BFD13.61526E97(a)address.com>, > > > > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Kurt Ullman wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > In article <michelle-1C9233.08123522102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, > > > > > > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > In article <1hnlubd.wxh0ygmxoathN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > > > > > > > mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > > Except that what was correct then is no longer correct. Deal with it. As I pointed out what must have been a dozen times, being old-fashioned here is okay because this in an informal discussion unregulated by style guides. Deal with it. Who's to say what is 'correct'? In my opinion it IS correct, whether or not it's fashionable. Deal with it and get on with your life. > > (Do I go with "Rhus diversiloba" or "Toxicodendron diversilobum". One is > > the old name, one is more recent. Also more correct.) > > As I pointed out a dozen times, no one reported being confused between > "O.S. X." and OSX because the meaning is clear. Deal with it. > > > > Things, and the names of things, change over time. > > > > Sorry if it makes it hard for you to sleep at night, but that's the way > > things go. Sorry if it makes it hard for YOU to sleep at night, but as I pointed out what must have been a dozen times, being old-fashioned here is okay because this in an informal discussion unregulated by style guides. And it's you guys that seem to have trouble sleeping at night, because you are the ones who keep picking fights with me over these issues. I was just minding my own business, as usual, and people started picking nits again. Your nauseatingly repetitive and simplistic arguments are so facile that even many children could easily quash them. And please see my quote below, because another dozen silly snipes will probably ensue, requring yet another repitition of what should be obvious to all those who are not brain-dead: > Poppycock. It IS a style issue and nothing more. > > As I pointed out repeatedly, your argument is irrelevant here because > I'm not trying to sell, advertise or distributes wares or services > associated with the trademark here. (Those are the activities that > trademarks regulate under the trademark laws.) I'm merely exchanging > ideas here. Two totally different things. "Apples" and oranges. > > Tony Tony
From: Tony Winston on 25 Oct 2006 13:31 Tony Winston wrote: > > Tony Winston wrote: > > > > Steve Hix wrote: > > > > > > In article <453CDE6F.10F8C7B2(a)address.com>, > > > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Steve Hix wrote: > > > > > > > > > > In article <453BFD13.61526E97(a)address.com>, > > > > > Tony Winston <unreal(a)address.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Kurt Ullman wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In article <michelle-1C9233.08123522102006(a)news.west.cox.net>, > > > > > > > Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In article <1hnlubd.wxh0ygmxoathN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > > > > > > > > mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > > > > Except that what was correct then is no longer correct. Deal with it. > > As I pointed out what must have been a dozen times, being old-fashioned > here is okay because this in an informal discussion unregulated by style > guides. Deal with it. Who's to say what is 'correct'? In my opinion it > IS correct, whether or not it's fashionable. Deal with it and get on > with your life. > > > > (Do I go with "Rhus diversiloba" or "Toxicodendron diversilobum". One is > > > the old name, one is more recent. Also more correct.) > > > > As I pointed out a dozen times, no one reported being confused between > > "O.S. X." and OSX because the meaning is clear. Deal with it. > > > > > > Things, and the names of things, change over time. > > > > > > Sorry if it makes it hard for you to sleep at night, but that's the way > > > things go. > > Sorry if it makes it hard for YOU to sleep at night, but as I pointed > out what must have been a dozen times, being old-fashioned here is okay > because this in an informal discussion unregulated by style guides. > > And it's you guys that seem to have trouble sleeping at night, because > you are the ones who keep picking fights with me over these issues. I > was just minding my own business, as usual, and people started picking > nits again. > > Your nauseatingly repetitive and simplistic arguments are so facile that > even many children could easily quash them. And while you're at it, you might want to seek counselling, because you're as controlling as fascists -- obsessed with minute, inconsequential details and conformity. You insist that other people must conform to your standards, and if they don't you try to browbeat them and ridicule them into submission. Tony
From: John McWilliams on 25 Oct 2006 13:34 Tony Winston wrote: > Tony Winston wrote: >> Tony Winston wrote: << Snipped bits out >> > And while you're at it, you might want to seek counselling, because > you're as controlling as fascists -- obsessed with minute, > inconsequential details and conformity. Mirror, mirror...... -- lsmft
From: Mike Rosenberg on 25 Oct 2006 16:16
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