Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 01:45:03 -0400 (EDT) From: A boy and his worm gear <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> To: davidg@Root.COM Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal for mountd change Message-ID: <199506270545.BAA02424@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> In-Reply-To: <199506270338.UAA17779@corbin.Root.COM> from "David Greenman" at Jun 26, 95 08:38:17 pm
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Of all the gin joints in all the world, David Greenman had to walk into mine and say: > > >swap file once the mount of the filesystem has succeeded. As it > >happens, mountd is designed (yes David G., the word is designed, > >not 'architected' -- there's no such word as 'architected') to check > > How/why did I deserve this jab? > > -DG > It's not you I was jabbing; it's 'architected.' It stands out in my mind as a manufactured marketing term maquerading as a real word, and it's one that I heard (and read) far too many times at PC Expo last week. Now I grit my teeth whenever anyone says it. Of course, by that same token, I'm guilty of plenty of similar offenses. Even though I try to avoid it, I occasionally catch myself saying things like 'interoperability' and 'connectivity' which don't exist in the dictionary either. Maybe someday we'll have English++ where words will be able to supply their own definitions. :) -Bill -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~T~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Møøse Illuminati: ignore it and be confused, or join it and be confusing! ~~~~~~ "Welcome to All Things BSDish! If it's not BSDish, it's crap!" ~~~~~~~
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