[Lift] Re: Why do geeks like to use the language of ancient Ashdod instead of koine Greek or simple English?

+1 oddest thread on the lift group so far. On May 18, 7:42 pm, "Charles F. Munat" wrote: > I don't know what your Ph.D. is in, but I hope it's not poetry. > > Chas. > > > > johnnie wrote: > > On May 17, 5:28 pm, Timothy Perrett wrote: > >> Johnie, > > >> What on earth are you going on about? Yo

[Lift] Re: Why do geeks like to use the language of ancient Ashdod instead of koine Greek or simple English?

I don't know what your Ph.D. is in, but I hope it's not poetry. Chas. johnnie wrote: > On May 17, 5:28 pm, Timothy Perrett wrote: >> Johnie, >> >> What on earth are you going on about? You qoute me there from a >> convesation on-list with Heiko about OSGi... out of context it makes >> no sense

[Lift] Re: Why do geeks like to use the language of ancient Ashdod instead of koine Greek or simple English?

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Derek Chen-Becker wrote: > I think that it's unreasonable to expect everyone to avoid idiomatic > English on the list. If someone posts something that is ambiguous or uses > language that is unclear, please post a polite request for clarification. Yes, that is th

[Lift] Re: Why do geeks like to use the language of ancient Ashdod instead of koine Greek or simple English?

I think that it's unreasonable to expect everyone to avoid idiomatic English on the list. If someone posts something that is ambiguous or uses language that is unclear, please post a polite request for clarification. Derek On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 10:38 PM, johnnie wrote: > > On May 17, 10:58 pm

[Lift] Re: Why do geeks like to use the language of ancient Ashdod instead of koine Greek or simple English?

On May 17, 10:58 pm, Christian wrote: > This might not be the baddest thread on this list, but perhaps > be funkiest... ;) Although I do not fully understand your post, I understand that it is a great ambiguous joke. That is fine for you. But I dead serious and I hope all other posters will be

[Lift] Re: Why do geeks like to use the language of ancient Ashdod instead of koine Greek or simple English?

Johnie, If you have a problem with lift, or are finding something lift-related difficult to understand, by all means raise it on this list and there is a good chance if its a problem with lift we'll do something about it, pronto. However, if you have a problem with the way I construct sentences o

[Lift] Re: Why do geeks like to use the language of ancient Ashdod instead of koine Greek or simple English?

"I can easily make a second copy of the master file and change the format there to match the Sony Reader specifications, but there are many formatted items like tables, figures and forced line breaks that are based on an 8.5 x 11 inch (US Letter) page. Changing the page size without also fixing tho

[Lift] Re: Why do geeks like to use the language of ancient Ashdod instead of koine Greek or simple English?

Hi Johnie, Like many other words, "funky" has loose and varying meanings. I'm not a native English speaker myself so I asked my wife what "funky" means and she said "interesting", "strange" and "unusual". The American Heritage dictionarysays: "When as

[Lift] Re: Why do geeks like to use the language of ancient Ashdod instead of koine Greek or simple English?

This might not be the baddest thread on this list, but perhaps be funkiest... ;) > I have notices as I lived in several countries where various > languages > were spoken that the two groups of people who misuse language most > are Geeks and lowest class such as druggies and criminals.  The > peop

[Lift] Re: Why do geeks like to use the language of ancient Ashdod instead of koine Greek or simple English?

On May 17, 5:28 pm, Timothy Perrett wrote: > Johnie, > > What on earth are you going on about? You qoute me there from a > convesation on-list with Heiko about OSGi... out of context it makes > no sense of course... > ... Yes, Funky makes no sense if it means "very good" to one person and "very b

[Lift] Re: Why do geeks like to use the language of ancient Ashdod instead of koine Greek or simple English?

On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 2:49 PM, johnnie wrote: > But interested innocent people are just very confused. ,.-‘”...``~., .,.-”...“-.,

[Lift] Re: Why do geeks like to use the language of ancient Ashdod instead of koine Greek or simple English?

Johnie, What on earth are you going on about? You qoute me there from a convesation on-list with Heiko about OSGi... out of context it makes no sense of course... What is your point with this post? It appears to escape me. Im not sure 900+ people wanted to read your comparison of one persons gra