From owner-freebsd-security Tue Mar 5 3:46:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94A9237B400 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 03:46:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #2) id 16iDOo-000DMT-00 for freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 05 Mar 2002 11:46:30 +0000 Received: from angel.raggedclown.net (angel.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.7]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [buffy]) with ESMTP id 26AA313040 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 12:46:29 +0100 (CET) Received: by angel.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [angel], from userid 1005) id 4ADDB22593; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 12:46:25 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 12:46:25 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: http://users.uk.freebsd.org/~juha/ Message-ID: <20020305114625.GA11426@raggedclown.net> References: <000c01c1c322$df0f22a0$0101a8c0@noc2> <20020304202541.U91555-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <20020305015104.GA40292@core.usrlib.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020305015104.GA40292@core.usrlib.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 07:51:04PM -0600, Andrew Hesford wrote: > On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 08:30:54PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > > > What has always bugged me is the disgraceful grammar that both the > > so-called "hackers" and their critics employ flagrantly. > > > > Case-in-point: I would change the following, 'What always bugged me was how > > poor spelling these so called "hackers" display,' to 'What always bugs me > > is the poor spelling habits of these so-called "hackers."' ;-) > > That isn't the same sentiment. 'Poor spelling habits' can refer to any > number of spelling problems: consistent, improper spelling, inconsistent > spelling, or the use of foreign spelling (since users.uk.freebsd.org is > a British server, an example of this would be use of the American > spelling 'theater' instead of 'theatre'). > > It is best to say, "It always bugs me that these so-called 'hackers' > display such poor spelling." Move the verb, 'bug', into the > present-tense (since otherwise you are no longer bugged), preserve the > object (an action performed by the hackers, rather than their character > traits) and keep the sentence active. > > Of course this matter should die now. I offer my apology for keeping the > thread alive long enough to submit my own point of view, but I couldn't > resist. :) What always bugs me is people who should know better referring to "crackers", as "hackers" :) -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message