[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

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On Feb 11, 1:11 pm, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
> In article <b08c69e6-5f41-48e5-b0a0-a45c84506... at fw24g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
>         AEF <spamsink2... at yahoo.com> writes:
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> > On Feb 11, 10:09 am, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
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> >> In article <13bcadfd-0102-4dca-98be-471859f09... at ia3g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>, AEF <spamsink2... at yahoo.com> writes:
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> >> > So VAXes it is. VAXen is illogical. The term has no parallel in the
> >> > English language.
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> >>    Niether does the spelling of laugh.  Both are exceptions adapted by
> >>    the society that uses them.
> > It's still illogical, and computers are logical. Therefore, it is
> > illogical to use an illogical term to describe a logical entity.
> > Yes, English is illogical, but that doesn't mean we have to add
> > illogical words. Furthermore, laugh is illogical w.r.t. pronunciation,
> > VAXen and VAXes are not. And why lump VAX with ox? Is the VAX like an
> > ox? Oh, how about tough? rough? cough? enough? trough? All have gh
> > pronounced as f, if that's what you mean.
> > How about this: VAX pl. VAXen or VAXes or VAX systems. That's pretty
> > standard in the dictionary. For example, from webster.com:
> > plural oc·to·pus·es or oc·to·pi.
> > plural an·ten·nae or an·ten·nas
> > plural fun·gi also fun·gus·es
> > So what exactly is the appeal of the term VAXen?
> >> It's too late to tell us to use VAXes
> >>    when we all know the plural of VAX is VAXen.
> > Is it really? By what criteria? By VAX users? sysmgrs? cov
> > participants?
> > Searching cov for VAXen and VAXes and "VAX systems"
> > 10,100 results for vaxen
> >  5,180 results for vaxes
> >  3,150 results for "vax systems"
> > That's a fairly respectable number. Certainly worth an "also", if not
> > an "or".
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> Vaces....  You still forgot Vaces....  And what about when it has the
> -11 after it?  What then.  (And we won't even get into V/AX which I
> saw on the cover of one of my older books.)

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