"Albert D. Cahalan" wrote:
>
> > It had always been my assumption that non-optical storage media used
> > the 'disk' spelling, whereas optical media, such as CDs, DVDs, and MO,
> > were reffered to using the 'disc' spelling.
>
> No, "disk" is correct for everything, but we use "disc" for a
On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> Using "disc" just sucks. I think the devfs author likes to
> make the rest of the world suffer for some nationalistic
> revenge. I and many others will forever curse the damn thing.
I and many others will never use the thing.
I know I'll NEVER
> It had always been my assumption that non-optical storage media used
> the 'disk' spelling, whereas optical media, such as CDs, DVDs, and MO,
> were reffered to using the 'disc' spelling.
No, "disk" is correct for everything, but we use "disc" for a reason.
It is a non-word, which helps with
Dr. Kelsey Hudson wrote:
> It had always been my assumption that non-optical storage media used the
> 'disk' spelling, whereas optical media, such as CDs, DVDs, and MO, were
> reffered to using the 'disc' spelling.
I can remember having this argument back in the days of the BBC Micro. The
BBC
It had always been my assumption that non-optical storage media used
the 'disk' spelling, whereas optical media, such as CDs, DVDs, and MO,
were reffered to using the 'disc' spelling.
No, "disk" is correct for everything, but we use "disc" for a reason.
It is a non-word, which helps with
On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
Using "disc" just sucks. I think the devfs author likes to
make the rest of the world suffer for some nationalistic
revenge. I and many others will forever curse the damn thing.
I and many others will never use the thing.
I know I'll NEVER get
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Alan Chandler wrote:
> I accidentally built my 2.4.1 kernel with /devfs so had a interesting
> few minutes looking round it to see what it was doing.
>
> The thing that struck me most was the spelling of disc with a 'c'. As
> an Englishman this is the correct spelling for
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Alan Chandler wrote:
I accidentally built my 2.4.1 kernel with /devfs so had a interesting
few minutes looking round it to see what it was doing.
The thing that struck me most was the spelling of disc with a 'c'. As
an Englishman this is the correct spelling for me
Peter Samuelson wrote:
>
> [Jeremy M. Dolan]
> > Disk is spelled 'disk' except for Compact Disc and Digital Versatile
> > Disc. If it wasn't 3:30 in the morning, a patch would be attached.
>
> It wouldn't do any good. Many months ago, Ted Ts'o pleaded with
> Richard Gooch (devfs author, from
Peter Samuelson wrote:
[Jeremy M. Dolan]
Disk is spelled 'disk' except for Compact Disc and Digital Versatile
Disc. If it wasn't 3:30 in the morning, a patch would be attached.
It wouldn't do any good. Many months ago, Ted Ts'o pleaded with
Richard Gooch (devfs author, from Australia)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>
> What we really need is the ability to
> echo en_US/en_GB > /proc/sys/kernel/locale
> so you can choose the one you want.
>
Heh. But you don't need the explicit tags in the en_GB version.
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Oh you English people,
why do you do it so complicated?
We even don't need a kernel locale.
Take the nominations as they are, color/colour,
disk/disc/diskette/floppy, etc.
And if you write by yourself, do it as you spell it.
I'd even write it German if I wasn't used to speak
fully English
Mike Harrold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>My understanding (going back to the 80s) is that the correct term is
>disc. "disk" is short for diskette. (discette would be pronounced as
>"dissect" (think miscellaneous), so "diskette" was used instead.
No, this isn't right. "Disk" was used for hard
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 07:32:55PM -0800, Mike Castle wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 12:19:56AM +, Alan Chandler wrote:
> > I now find myself confused with the new approach.
>
> try "man -k disc" and compare the output with "man -k disk"
>
> Since nearly all of the utilities refer to
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 07:32:55PM -0800, Mike Castle wrote:
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 12:19:56AM +, Alan Chandler wrote:
I now find myself confused with the new approach.
try "man -k disc" and compare the output with "man -k disk"
Since nearly all of the utilities refer to "disk"
Mike Harrold [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My understanding (going back to the 80s) is that the correct term is
disc. "disk" is short for diskette. (discette would be pronounced as
"dissect" (think miscellaneous), so "diskette" was used instead.
No, this isn't right. "Disk" was used for hard disks.
Oh you English people,
why do you do it so complicated?
We even don't need a kernel locale.
Take the nominations as they are, color/colour,
disk/disc/diskette/floppy, etc.
And if you write by yourself, do it as you spell it.
I'd even write it German if I wasn't used to speak
fully English
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
sarcasm
What we really need is the ability to
echo en_US/en_GB /proc/sys/kernel/locale
so you can choose the one you want.
/sarcasm
Heh. But you don't need the explicit sarcasm tags in the en_GB version.
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On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 12:19:56AM +, Alan Chandler wrote:
> I now find myself confused with the new approach.
try "man -k disc" and compare the output with "man -k disk"
Since nearly all of the utilities refer to "disk" rather than "disc," it
would make more since to be consistent with
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> To confuse things even more, I have a "Hewlett-Packard 9114 Disc Drive," which
> is really a 720K 3.5-inch diskette drive.
>
> Wayne
>
Hrm.. hehehe, well, it may be confusing, but I've accepted the public's
unwillingness to use the real term.
"Richard B. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Webster says (but what did he know), that "disc" is an abbreviation
> for "discount", a variation of "disk", or a "phonograph record".
The "Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English"
(1995 edition) says that a disc is:
(also esp
ys a group of discs). A "hard disc" would refer to one of
the constituents of a "hard drive".
Regards,
/Mike
>
>
>
>
> "Michael B. Trausch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 01/31/2001 05:00:34 PM
>
> To: "Jeremy M. Dolan" <[EM
Alan Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(bcc: Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec)
Subject: Re: spelling of disc (disk) in /devfs
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Jeremy M. Dolan wrote:
>
> On Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:19:56 +, Alan Chandler wrote:
> > The thing that struck me mos
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Jeremy M. Dolan wrote:
>
> On Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:19:56 +, Alan Chandler wrote:
> > The thing that struck me most was the spelling of disc with a 'c'. As
> > an Englishman this is the correct spelling for me most of the time,
> > but I have come to accept "as a technical
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Snipped...]
>
> And in terms of casual usage, I've nearly always used 'disk' in
> reference to media that can be mounted read-write, and 'disc' to media
> that can only be mounted read-only.
>
> More technically, 'disc' is a single media layer
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 10:27:48AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 06:35:30PM -0600, List User wrote:
> > If it's any consolation from (this American) I'm glad it's 'disc' (always
> > thought that 'disk' was just for those marketing dweebs who couldn't spell
> > right
>
ally refered to as 'drives'.
Yes, it's confusing.
-- Ferret
> - Original Message -
> From: "Alan Chandler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 18:19
> Subject: spelling of disc (disk) in /devfs
>
>
>
[me]
> > Richard Gooch (devfs author, from Australia) to switch to the American
> > spelling of the word, for consistency with the rest of the kernel, and
[ac]
> Pardon
>
> include/linux/console_struct.h: unsigned char vc_palette[16*3]; /*
>Colour palette for VGA+ */
>
> Richard Gooch (devfs author, from Australia) to switch to the American
> spelling of the word, for consistency with the rest of the kernel, and
Pardon
include/linux/console_struct.h: unsigned char vc_palette[16*3]; /* Colour
palette for VGA+ */
include/linux/dio.h:#define
[Jeremy M. Dolan]
> Disk is spelled 'disk' except for Compact Disc and Digital Versatile
> Disc. If it wasn't 3:30 in the morning, a patch would be attached.
It wouldn't do any good. Many months ago, Ted Ts'o pleaded with
Richard Gooch (devfs author, from Australia) to switch to the American
On Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:19:56 +, Alan Chandler wrote:
> The thing that struck me most was the spelling of disc with a 'c'. As
> an Englishman this is the correct spelling for me most of the time,
> but I have come to accept "as a technical term" disk (as in American)
> is the right name for
On Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:19:56 +, Alan Chandler wrote:
The thing that struck me most was the spelling of disc with a 'c'. As
an Englishman this is the correct spelling for me most of the time,
but I have come to accept "as a technical term" disk (as in American)
is the right name for these
[Jeremy M. Dolan]
Disk is spelled 'disk' except for Compact Disc and Digital Versatile
Disc. If it wasn't 3:30 in the morning, a patch would be attached.
It wouldn't do any good. Many months ago, Ted Ts'o pleaded with
Richard Gooch (devfs author, from Australia) to switch to the American
Richard Gooch (devfs author, from Australia) to switch to the American
spelling of the word, for consistency with the rest of the kernel, and
Pardon
include/linux/console_struct.h: unsigned char vc_palette[16*3]; /* Colour
palette for VGA+ */
include/linux/dio.h:#define
[me]
Richard Gooch (devfs author, from Australia) to switch to the American
spelling of the word, for consistency with the rest of the kernel, and
[ac]
Pardon
include/linux/console_struct.h: unsigned char vc_palette[16*3]; /*
Colour palette for VGA+ */
to as 'drives'.
Yes, it's confusing.
-- Ferret
- Original Message -
From: "Alan Chandler" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 18:19
Subject: spelling of disc (disk) in /devfs
I accidentally built my 2.4.1 kernel with /devfs so had a i
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 10:27:48AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 06:35:30PM -0600, List User wrote:
If it's any consolation from (this American) I'm glad it's 'disc' (always
thought that 'disk' was just for those marketing dweebs who couldn't spell
right
in the
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Snipped...]
And in terms of casual usage, I've nearly always used 'disk' in
reference to media that can be mounted read-write, and 'disc' to media
that can only be mounted read-only.
More technically, 'disc' is a single media layer (usually a
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Jeremy M. Dolan wrote:
On Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:19:56 +, Alan Chandler wrote:
The thing that struck me most was the spelling of disc with a 'c'. As
an Englishman this is the correct spelling for me most of the time,
but I have come to accept "as a technical term"
L PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(bcc: Wayne Brown/Corporate/Altec)
Subject: Re: spelling of disc (disk) in /devfs
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Jeremy M. Dolan wrote:
On Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:19:56 +, Alan Chandler wrote:
The thing that struck me most was the spelling of disc w
rd disc" would refer to one of
the constituents of a "hard drive".
Regards,
/Mike
"Michael B. Trausch" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/31/2001 05:00:34 PM
To: "Jeremy M. Dolan" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc: Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Richard B. Johnson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Webster says (but what did he know), that "disc" is an abbreviation
for "discount", a variation of "disk", or a "phonograph record".
The "Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English"
(1995 edition) says that a disc is:
(also esp US
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To confuse things even more, I have a "Hewlett-Packard 9114 Disc Drive," which
is really a 720K 3.5-inch diskette drive.
Wayne
Hrm.. hehehe, well, it may be confusing, but I've accepted the public's
unwillingness to use the real term. I am
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 12:19:56AM +, Alan Chandler wrote:
I now find myself confused with the new approach.
try "man -k disc" and compare the output with "man -k disk"
Since nearly all of the utilities refer to "disk" rather than "disc," it
would make more since to be consistent with
I accidentally built my 2.4.1 kernel with /devfs so had a interesting
few minutes looking round it to see what it was doing.
The thing that struck me most was the spelling of disc with a 'c'. As
an Englishman this is the correct spelling for me most of the time,
but I have come to accept "as a
D]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 18:19
Subject: spelling of disc (disk) in /devfs
> I accidentally built my 2.4.1 kernel with /devfs so had a interesting
> few minutes looking round it to see what it was doing.
>
> The thing that struck me most was the spelling of di
I accidentally built my 2.4.1 kernel with /devfs so had a interesting
few minutes looking round it to see what it was doing.
The thing that struck me most was the spelling of disc with a 'c'. As
an Englishman this is the correct spelling for me most of the time,
but I have come to accept "as a
Wednesday, January 31, 2001 18:19
Subject: spelling of disc (disk) in /devfs
I accidentally built my 2.4.1 kernel with /devfs so had a interesting
few minutes looking round it to see what it was doing.
The thing that struck me most was the spelling of disc with a 'c'. As
an Englishman this is t
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