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From: Coos Haak on 9 Mar 2010 18:20 Op Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:12:49 -0500 schreef Mel: > D Yuniskis wrote: > >> Though I am still puzzled by "Aluminium" (I originally thought >> this to be a friend's mispronunciation of "Aluminum" -- but it is >> apparently how the Brits say and spell it!) > > Lithum? Beryllum? Sodum? Potassum? > Lithium, beryllium, natrium, kalium, aluminium, platina. > Mel. -- Coos
From: JosephKK on 9 Mar 2010 23:48 On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:21:37 -0800, Fred Abse <excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:37:06 -0800, JosephKK wrote: > >> On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:44:32 -0800, Fred Abse >> <excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >> >>>On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:14:05 -0800, JosephKK wrote: >>> >>>> hat Distro/edition do you use? >>>> I am transitioning from opensuse 10.3 to opensuse 11.1. There is a lot >>>> of X changes under the hood. >> >> The Suse 11.1 kernel is 2.6.27.45... > > >2.6 kernels are a much different animal to 2.4 Not that practical to >"upgrade" from the one to the other. > I will not argue with you here. I have found that it is a case of build a new system, tweak it to suit (get all my apps running right), then migrate the data. My previous production system running suse 10.3 still runs on the same box. Scant opportunity for significant data loss, as there is another copy (full partition). > >>> >>>It isn't really a distro. it started out as bits of RedHat 6, with >>>additions, back in 2000. Since then it's had many changes of libraries, >>>and about 12 kernel changes and rebuilds total. >>> >>>Started with a 2.2 kernel, now 2.4.19, which supports everything I need. >>> >>>Unrecognizable as a distro. There's bits of Debian and Slackware in >>>there,too. >>> >>>Most of it was compiled from source on the target machine. >> >> So it is the Fred Abse version (not distributed). > > >If you like. >The whole beauty of Linux for me is that you can get it to do things the >way you want, rather than the way someone else thinks you should. > >One reason I did it this way was to get some deeper insight into how >things actually work > > >>>Now on its third set of hardware, and maybe fifth HDD. Aren't dd and GNU >>>parted wonderful? Originally it was spread across two smallish HDDs. I use parted as needed. Not so skillful with dd yet. "cp -R *" and the like serve me pretty well. >>> >>>Once I get something working the way I want it, I see no reason to >>>change. No major changes for a couple of years. >>> >>>Only reason I'd ever change X version would be if I wanted support for >>>dual head, which for me means never. >> >> Oh. Which X are you running? > >X11R6 from about 1999 > >> >> I tried dual head for a while but quit when widescreens started getting >> reasonable in price. Currently using a 24" 1920x1200(a)60Hz. > >Just 19" CRT here. I don't like LCD much. Want a spare? Viewsonic V95. Also an A75f 17". Both do 1280x1024(a)60Hz beautifully.
From: Boudewijn Dijkstra on 10 Mar 2010 04:21 Op Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:32:01 +0100 schreef D Yuniskis <not.going.to.be(a)seen.com>: > Fred Abse wrote: >> On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:12:49 -0500, Mel wrote: >>> D Yuniskis wrote: >>> >>>> Though I am still puzzled by "Aluminium" (I originally thought this to >>>> be a friend's mispronunciation of "Aluminum" -- but it is apparently >>>> how the Brits say and spell it!) >>> Lithum? Beryllum? Sodum? Potassum? >>> >> Lanthanium? tantalium? molybdenium? > > Exactly! The difference seems to be whether or not the syllable > before the "-ium" is stressed, or not. Or, perhaps, the "-ium" > forces the preceding syllable to be stressed?? > > Regardless, I've yet to see an explanation of why the differences > exist (though I think tanTAlium would be much cooler than TANtalum!) > :> Ironically, aluminum [sic] was discovered and named as such by a Brit. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aluminum In most European languages, lanthanum, tantalum, molybdenum and such are written as lanthan, tantal, molibden or similar. With the exception of aluminium, which the Germans seem to have influenced upon the British. -- Gemaakt met Opera's revolutionaire e-mailprogramma: http://www.opera.com/mail/ (remove the obvious prefix to reply by mail)
From: Tim Williams on 10 Mar 2010 08:31 "Mel" <mwilson(a)the-wire.com> wrote in message news:hn633f$6sd$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >> Though I am still puzzled by "Aluminium" (I originally thought >> this to be a friend's mispronunciation of "Aluminum" -- but it is >> apparently how the Brits say and spell it!) > > Lithum? Beryllum? Sodum? Potassum? Platinium? Lanthanium? Molybdenium? Tantalium? Tim -- Deep Friar: a very philosophical monk. Website: http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/tmoranwms
From: Michael A. Terrell on 10 Mar 2010 21:51
Mel wrote: > > D Yuniskis wrote: > > > Though I am still puzzled by "Aluminium" (I originally thought > > this to be a friend's mispronunciation of "Aluminum" -- but it is > > apparently how the Brits say and spell it!) > > Lithum? Beryllum? Sodum? Potassum? > > Mel. Aluminium was the third spelling, while the second was Aluminum. -- Greed is the root of all eBay. |