Comment The main question is... (Score 1) 118
Comment Re:Field dependent requirement (Score 1) 1086
Please don't fall for the self-loathing. Many of the early differences in English were because British English continued to evolve while American English (and Noah Webster's dictionary) stayed closer to the British English at the time of the establishment of the American Colonies, so perhaps it was the British who were "dumbing down" many words. In reality, both American English and British English have continued to evolve.
For a modern take on whether Americans misspell/mispronounce, check linguistic experts Patricia T. O'Conner and Stewart Kellerman.
Why can’t the Americans learn to speak?
Did the Bard speak American?
Comment English... (Score 1) 128
- "The general tendency within the open source community is to a whole new wheel to push your own cart."
- "(the distro which leads the development of Gnome shell and its also the breeding ground of many latest technologies which are used by the rest of the GNU/Linux world)."
- "Interestingly developers users openSUSE's build service to create this port."
Would someone translate that to English please?
Comment Re:HRmm...... (Score 1) 312
The slashdot title should have been, "Man completely misunderstands the Monkey Shakespeare Theorem."
I noticed that the linked website has comments off, so no one can help the author understand what the theorem really means.
Comment Given the process used, the title is misleading (Score 1) 312
I think that the goal is that one of the many monkeys types an entire work of Shakespeare, not that many monkeys each type a very small segment of Shakespeare mixed in with gibberish, and then the many very small segments of Shakespeare are cut from the surrounding gibberish and combined by a person of intelligence into a work of Shakespeare.
Comment Emotionally Charged (Score 1) 492
The notice is very emotionally charged and very confrontational. To me, the tone communicates that the author, Russ Herrold, is not interested in reconciliation.
He uses phrases such as "You seem to have crawled into a hole
He also throws around words such as "fear" and "kill." These are very emotionally charged words.
I don't know any of the details or background other than the notice, but the attacking wording sounds more like a blackmail, extortion, or coup attempt than a legitimate plea to find the project leader.