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From: FromTheRafters on 4 Aug 2010 20:09 "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:i3cqva02q3j(a)news6.newsguy.com... > From: "FromTheRafters" <erratic(a)nomail.afraid.org> > > | "John Slade" <hhitman86(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message > | news:NXi6o.35931$F%7.12219(a)newsfe10.iad... >>> On 8/3/2010 2:47 PM, Buffalo wrote: >>>> Dustin wrote: >>>>> That's like some electricians I know that call all 9" linemans >>>>> pliers >>>>> klein, even tho they aren't. As klein is actually a company name. > >>>> Hey, how did you know I am a licensed electrician? >>>> And yes, it is common in the trade to call them 'kleins', like in, >>>> 'can I >>>> borrow your kleins?' >>>> Buffalo :) > > > >>> It's like people calling powdered drink mix from Flavor Aid, >>> "Kool-Aid". I'm sure we've all heard the expression, "Drinking the >>> Kool-Aid" when talking about someone who follows something or >>> someone >>> blindly. Well it came from the Jim Jones tragedy in Jonestown, >>> Guyana. >>> They drank poisonded Flavor Aid but most people still call it >>> Kool-Aid. > > | Same sort of thing applies to crescent wrench (Crescent is a brand > name > | of a very popular open end adjustaqble wrench). Crowbar is another, > | where a wrecking bar is almost always incorrectly called a crowbar. > | Dykes are a misnomer for the shortening of the tool known as a > "diagonal > | cutter". > > | Most people don't care about using correct terminology, and so there > is > | often confusion and shouts of *mere semantics* when someone tries to > | inform them. > > > Mom always told me not to be anti semantic :-) :oD
From: David H. Lipman on 4 Aug 2010 20:51 From: "FromTheRafters" <erratic(a)nomail.afraid.org> >> Mom always told me not to be anti semantic :-) ::oD But then again... Maybe Mom meant not to be anti Symantec ;-) -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
From: FromTheRafters on 4 Aug 2010 22:45 "ASCII" <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:4c5a117e.472578(a)EDCBIC... > I would tend to refer to worms as 'self propagators' > which might or might not carry a viral payload. Viral payload? You can have a virus with no *payload* at all (although that would be pretty rare). Viruses, worms, and rabbits are all self-propagating (I use the term self-distributing - it illustrates the difference between them and malware that "gets distributed" by a website for instance) and self-replicating. Rabbits fail to leave the parent viable, worms fail to infect programs with a possibly evolved copy of themselves - both of these items are requirements for a modern virus. > But generally anything that has to use such techniques to spread > is probably malware, [...] Another way to look at this is that viral activity is a self-distribution enhancement to something that is already otherwise malware. If it self-distributed something desireable, it would probably not be considered malware. [...]
From: FromTheRafters on 4 Aug 2010 22:52 "ASCII" <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:4c5c130c.869812(a)EDCBIC... > FromTheRafters wrote: >>"John Slade" <hhitman86(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message >>news:NXi6o.35931$F%7.12219(a)newsfe10.iad... >>> On 8/3/2010 2:47 PM, Buffalo wrote: >>>> Dustin wrote: >>>>> That's like some electricians I know that call all 9" linemans >>>>> pliers >>>>> klein, even tho they aren't. As klein is actually a company name. >>>> >>>> Hey, how did you know I am a licensed electrician? >>>> And yes, it is common in the trade to call them 'kleins', like in, >>>> 'can I >>>> borrow your kleins?' >>>> Buffalo :) >>>> >>>> >>> >>> It's like people calling powdered drink mix from Flavor Aid, >>> "Kool-Aid". I'm sure we've all heard the expression, "Drinking the >>> Kool-Aid" when talking about someone who follows something or >>> someone >>> blindly. Well it came from the Jim Jones tragedy in Jonestown, >>> Guyana. >>> They drank poisonded Flavor Aid but most people still call it >>> Kool-Aid. >> >>Same sort of thing applies to crescent wrench (Crescent is a brand >>name >>of a very popular open end adjustaqble wrench). Crowbar is another, >>where a wrecking bar is almost always incorrectly called a crowbar. >>Dykes are a misnomer for the shortening of the tool known as a >>"diagonal >>cutter". >> >>Most people don't care about using correct terminology, and so there >>is >>often confusion and shouts of *mere semantics* when someone tries to >>inform them. >> > > I'd bet Dustin wouldn't think it unusual if someone actually requested > a Pepsi > when someone offered to buy them a "Coke". Yep, that's another one. > ...and for the benefit of non Americans; > Coke - The shortened name for a product of the Coca Cola company that > has > become colloquial slang for any carbonated soft drink. If I send someone out for coke, I sure don't want them coming back with a pepsi. :oD Band-Aid is another brand name embedded in the popular US lexicon. Kleenex another.
From: David H. Lipman on 4 Aug 2010 23:12
From: "FromTheRafters" <erratic(a)nomail.afraid.org> | "ASCII" <me2(a)privacy.net> wrote in message | news:4c5c130c.869812(a)EDCBIC... >> FromTheRafters wrote: >>>"John Slade" <hhitman86(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message >>>news:NXi6o.35931$F%7.12219(a)newsfe10.iad... >>>> On 8/3/2010 2:47 PM, Buffalo wrote: >>>>> Dustin wrote: >>>>>> That's like some electricians I know that call all 9" linemans >>>>>> pliers >>>>>> klein, even tho they aren't. As klein is actually a company name. >>>>> Hey, how did you know I am a licensed electrician? >>>>> And yes, it is common in the trade to call them 'kleins', like in, >>>>> 'can I >>>>> borrow your kleins?' >>>>> Buffalo :) >>>> It's like people calling powdered drink mix from Flavor Aid, >>>> "Kool-Aid". I'm sure we've all heard the expression, "Drinking the >>>> Kool-Aid" when talking about someone who follows something or >>>> someone >>>> blindly. Well it came from the Jim Jones tragedy in Jonestown, >>>> Guyana. >>>> They drank poisonded Flavor Aid but most people still call it >>>> Kool-Aid. >>>Same sort of thing applies to crescent wrench (Crescent is a brand >>>name >>>of a very popular open end adjustaqble wrench). Crowbar is another, >>>where a wrecking bar is almost always incorrectly called a crowbar. >>>Dykes are a misnomer for the shortening of the tool known as a >>>"diagonal >>>cutter". >>>Most people don't care about using correct terminology, and so there >>>is >>>often confusion and shouts of *mere semantics* when someone tries to >>>inform them. >> I'd bet Dustin wouldn't think it unusual if someone actually requested >> a Pepsi >> when someone offered to buy them a "Coke". | Yep, that's another one. >> ...and for the benefit of non Americans; >> Coke - The shortened name for a product of the Coca Cola company that >> has >> become colloquial slang for any carbonated soft drink. | If I send someone out for coke, I sure don't want them coming back with | a pepsi. :oD | Band-Aid is another brand name embedded in the popular US lexicon. | Kleenex another. Xerox You can go to a Kyocera and Xerox a copy. -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |