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| salparadise Oct 19, 2005 9:19 PM EDT |
I like the "for the most part" bit.
In this context what use is "for the most part"? Surely this is a fairly straight forward "yes/no" situation. Will this plane fly? - For the most part. Will this boat make it over the sea? - For the most part. "It's all sorted. Well mostly anyway. Er, OK some bits are sorted. Er...It's got an animated desktop - that won't work on anything that doesn't have a 256mb Graphics Card in. It'll probably be hacked within 7 days. Why are you all laughing?" "Does the emperor not look splendid in his new clothes?" |
| phsolide Oct 20, 2005 5:09 AM EDT |
He can pry Slackware from my cold, dead hands. |
| phsolide Oct 20, 2005 5:15 AM EDT |
Now that I've read the article, I'll propose a hypothesis: The reporter got in via a favor from a hot, 20-something Gartner PR bunny. The reporter wants to ask her out, so he had to write an article favorable to the Gartner WorldView (MSFT == Be-all and end-all). However, as a reporter, he feels a duty to a higher calling: cynicism and corrosive sarcasm. He wrote the article with the "for the most part" phrase to satisfy his higher calling. The copy editor, being a non-technical english major years ago, and many parties away, let it slip. All are happy: PR Bunny gets to show her cryptofascist bosses a favorable article. Reporter gets to ask PR Bunny out. Copy editor can have another martini with supper. |
| tadelste Oct 20, 2005 7:37 AM EDT |
phsolide: You nailed it. |
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