OT: Pedantry (RE: PESO - Farmers Market

[Tom C]

Correct so far...



Tom C.


>From: "P. J. Alling" <webster26 at mindspring.com>
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>Subject: Re: OT: Pedantry (RE: PESO - Farmers Market
>Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:00:45 -0400
>
>Oh, then it's an abend but I don't remember why.
>
>Tom C wrote:
> > Right not the one. :-)  The 0 is a zero.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tom C.
> >
> >
> >> From: Adam Maas <mykroft at mykroft.com>
> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml at pdml.net>
> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml at pdml.net>
> >> Subject: Re: OT: Pedantry (RE: PESO - Farmers Market
> >> Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:11:44 -0400
> >>
> >> SOC7 aka Socket 7 is an archaic standard for CPU ZIF Sockets, fits mid 
>and
> >> late generation Pentium's as well as Cyrix 6x86 and AMD K6 series 
>CPU's.
> >>
> >> But I suspect that's not the definition you're looking for.
> >>
> >> -Adam
> >>
> >>
> >> Tom C wrote:
> >>
> >>> I bet you Bob can tell me what an S0C7 (sock7) means.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Tom C.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> From: ann sanfedele <annsan at nyc.rr.com>
> >>>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml at pdml.net>
> >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml at pdml.net>
> >>>> Subject: Re: OT: Pedantry (RE: PESO - Farmers Market
> >>>> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:16:46 -0400
> >>>>
> >>>> It was ever so... even back in th olden days when the machines took 
>up
> >>>> whole rooms, it always seemed the
> >>>> error message was on a different planet than what was actually wrong.
> >>>>
> >>>> Fortunately, Tom caught it and resubmitted a really nice photo :)
> >>>>
> >>>> ann
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Bob W wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>> A shot from the market.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6477862
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Got a big 404 on that.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Somebody ought to teach photo.net how to write error messages, and 
>the
> >>>>> rudiments of English grammar. Their message is
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Problem with Your Input
> >>>>> We had a problem processing your entry:
> >>>>> This photo doesn't exist. (The owner has probably deleted it.)
> >>>>> Please back up using your browser, correct it, and resubmit your
> >>>>> entry. "
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I can't begin to count the number of ways in which that is wrong.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> But let me try.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Problem with your input" - blame the user
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "We had a problem processing your entry" My entry? Is that the same 
>as
> >>>>> my input, or are there 2 problems? Which is it - input or entry?
> >>>>> Besides, I didn't enter anything, and I don't think I provided any
> >>>>> input. I clicked a link.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "This photo doesn't exist" - bad grammar. 'This' photo must exist.
> >>>>> Besides,  I asked for a page, not a photo. If the page I asked for
> >>>>> doesn't exist, don't use 'this'.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Please back up using your browser, " Uh? What does that mean? Do I
> >>>>> have to restore using my browser too?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "correct it, " - correct my browser? There's something wrong with my
> >>>>> browser too?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "and resubmit your entry" - but you told me you had a problem
> >>>>> processing it. What's changed that I should resubmit it?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Bob
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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