From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-149189-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 708CD1381F3 for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 20:05:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0BA61E0B3C; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 20:05:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.195]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EFEC7E0B18 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 20:05:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus3) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LsCuN-1U4DsF1kHX-01395M; Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:05:45 -0400 Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:05:43 -0500 From: Bruce Hill <daddy@happypenguincomputers.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo-systemd-only deprecation Message-ID: <20130731200543.GL1010@server> References: <20130731132227.5e582ee7@digimed.co.uk> <51F9034E.7040204@libertytrek.org> <CADPrc81ciq+-heckG=jMeet8zazxN33--J3tYG5zYUuFvvrtCA@mail.gmail.com> <51F92CC0.2060504@libertytrek.org> <CADPrc80aSS9uEHxzaVPa6T6u0nQ4d1E=1u+6C4jvqv70vZrZ1A@mail.gmail.com> <51F9480E.3080406@gmail.com> <E70BCDA5-A5DB-4CD2-8CAC-970C736FDBD8@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <CADPrc81dmKtxD1MY2VwYq9NPMBz_dBUTUv47=Aj2GhP8FavBnA@mail.gmail.com> <20130731182115.GI1010@server> <ktbl68$jf5$1@ger.gmane.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <ktbl68$jf5$1@ger.gmane.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:lB+qCpTCr5hvcsO+WINJu7uoxz6jiPvD9ZKn9gwOE9Q LQc4wHrM+ESvlx8k4f1s1ycyqxwy6L1Y8h+J0qoy/zUGgw8IbU +8/0cuEytEZTXK+MbjYNDPxqirrEcHMnYAvw16iKSzN3jt8CHD ri9zZ06coP+hym+zg0DnUZB2b1GY/whc/OYWiJ0R7G5F5f5drq bvHJ5OOePLaf0DiqVswFg5qxWn4uHvGU3Hu2x+nQfQUEKs8VOa 9Y5XKLRLiYlyELn+vrid/d5INOSAXE7qYxXIkCrUuDE0zli9Ww JkpYAJcqwGdfg96ujFZkR7lOU8TrDQHCj5hhTlaoX5RAGIEC4v Hd2drXWNbYOGHwziP/Rw= X-Archives-Salt: a4b95569-ebb3-46a8-85fb-6bec162ee927 X-Archives-Hash: 63be1962a452a767a1374c59781bf0d4 On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 06:31:36PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > > In standard, formal English, that's correct. > > However, in some English dialects, a double-negatve does not equate to > a positive. A double negative is simply a stronger negative. For > example, "don't do nothing" is a stronger, more emphatic version of > "don't do anything". Languages like that have "negative concord". > Old and Middle English were that way, and some modern dialects of > English are that way. This is incorrect -- "don't do nothing", do not _do_nothing_ means "do _something_", and "don't do anything" means just what it says, "Do not do _anything_". -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting