Bad Sign?
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| Author | Content |
|---|---|
| devnet Sep 27, 2006 6:24 AM EDT |
Less Frequent Releases!?! The debian weekly is going to a 'when we get it done' release schedule? Is this a bad sign? |
| Sander_Marechal Sep 27, 2006 9:23 AM EDT |
Yeah, I shivered too when I read it. Especially because it reads like it's related to the DUNC problems (though it probably isn't). |
| dinotrac Sep 27, 2006 9:27 AM EDT |
Hmmm..... It'll be ready when it's ready. Sounds like an asymptote to me. |
| jdixon Sep 27, 2006 11:38 AM EDT |
> It'll be ready when it's ready. Sounds like an asymptote to me. Actually, it sounds like Slackware. :) |
| dcparris Sep 27, 2006 3:37 PM EDT |
> Sounds like an asymptote to me Seems like I spend as much time looking up words as writing them. What a crowd! |
| tuxchick2 Sep 27, 2006 3:56 PM EDT |
don, I figured it out from the context. 'asymp' means irregular or unbalanced, and 'tote' is to carry. So it's an unbalanced load, and dino is tipped over with his legs waving in the air and he can't get back up. |
| dinotrac Sep 27, 2006 4:19 PM EDT |
tc - Or, in the geometry world, it's two curves that get infinitely close together but never cross.. They can meet, but never cross. I think there may be another, better term for curves that approach each other but never even meet...always having an infinitely smaller space between them...but I can't think of what it is. |
| devnet Sep 28, 2006 5:25 AM EDT |
The rocks rattling in your head dino? ;P |
| dinotrac Sep 28, 2006 9:26 AM EDT |
devnet... Could be. Could be. |
| dcparris Sep 28, 2006 5:06 PM EDT |
Well, I got the context, and figured he probably meant it "just wasn't happening". Then I found the Geometry definition, so I figured he meant 'the curves not meeting the line'. I was unaware of the unbalanced load concept altogether. And I ain't complaining about having to use a dictionary every now and then. That's a good thing. It figures that I missed the geometric implications - I basically took the minimum requirements for Math in school. I are an English/Bible major. ;-) |
| jdixon Sep 28, 2006 5:57 PM EDT |
> It figures that I missed the geometric implications... Well then, you obviously weren't following things when the Linux kernel was in the 0.9x range and everyone joked that it was asymptopicly approaching 1.0. |
| tuxchick2 Sep 28, 2006 6:44 PM EDT |
asymptopicly?? For that you get a resounding twap. |
| jdixon Sep 28, 2006 6:58 PM EDT |
> For that you get a resounding twap. Your right. Webster's says it asymptopically. Rats. I always tend to mess up that form. |
| tuxchick2 Sep 28, 2006 7:23 PM EDT |
No, the twap is for any form of that word. I hurt myself trying to pronounce it. |
| dinotrac Sep 28, 2006 7:33 PM EDT |
tc - > I hurt myself trying to pronounce it. A couple of Hall's Mentholyptus will help that, especially if you follow them up with a couple of martinis |
| jimf Sep 28, 2006 7:41 PM EDT |
> A couple of Hall's Mentholyptus will help that, especially if you follow them up with a couple of martinis The cure sounds more painful than the original hurt... |
| jdixon Sep 29, 2006 6:06 AM EDT |
TC: > No, the twap is for any form of that word. I hurt myself trying to pronounce it. I had assumed that. I was just correcting myself and having fun with your comment. I probably should have used a smiley too. Jimf: > The cure sounds more painful than the original hurt... Probably not at the time, but maybe the next morning. :) |
| jezuch Sep 29, 2006 6:34 AM EDT |
Quoting:I hurt myself trying to pronounce it. Repeat after me: W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie. Any questions? ;) |
| dcparris Sep 29, 2006 3:38 PM EDT |
Ouch! I think I prefer Thai. :-) |
| jimf Sep 29, 2006 3:46 PM EDT |
Even Japanese sounds simple now :) |
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