On Tuesday 11 November 2003 12:15 am, Pablo Manalastas wrote:
> Quoting Ariz Jacinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > manny wrote:
> > > Eh? Won't a kill -9 <PID> do? I've been doing that
> > > all the time. Never had to reboot.
> >
> > yep, it wont.
>
> Now I am truly confused. What does
>
> "yep, it wont"
>
> mean? I know this is perfectly acceptable to us Pinoys
> and we are supposed to know what it means. But it still
> bothers me. Which of these two do you really mean?
>
> 1. Yes, a "kill -9 PID" would do.
> 2. No, a "kill -9 PID" would not do.
He probably means /it won't do/. His answer makes sense, looking at the
question's conditions. The not operator in the original query means that the
expected answer should be the complement of the supposed answer had that
operator not been there, but a "yes" is still appropriate, since the reply
goes along the same logic conditions that the query sets.
That is:
Q. "Will a 'kill -9 <pid>' do?"
A. "Yes. It will do."
Q. "Will a 'kill -9 <pid>' not do?" (logical equivalent of the original
question)
A. "Yes. It will not do."
Or have my biological logic systems already been fried out?
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