[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy
Paul Sture
nospam at sture.ch
Tue Feb 12 07:00:22 EST 2013
In article
<b08c69e6-5f41-48e5-b0a0-a45c845066d6 at fw24g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
AEF <spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Feb 11, 10:09 am, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
> Koehler) wrote:
> > In article
> > <13bcadfd-0102-4dca-98be-471859f09... at ia3g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>, AEF
> > <spamsink2... at yahoo.com> writes:
> >
> >
> >
> > > So VAXes it is. VAXen is illogical. The term has no parallel in the
> > > English language.
> >
> > 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.
>
Disk or disc?
:-)
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Paul Sture
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