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[Trev]

Neither/nor, either/or is the mantra that I use.

 

[MikeSh]

nor?

Neither/nor, either/or is the mantra that I use.

Yes, fair enough.
I originally wrote the post slightly differently and on proof reading changed the earlier section to 'neither' as that seemed clearer. Failed to make the corresponding change to 'or ...

 

[Trev]

No need to explain. Just take the rebuff like a man person.

 

[Black Hole]

Scab!

 

[EEPhil]

Scab!

That's just the sort of offensive remark I needed as I'm just recovering from a bout of shingles. Thanks a lot!

 

[EEPhil]

It's not unreasonable to assume forum users read the forum.

You should know better than that!

 

[Black Hole]

You should know better than that!

I agree one can't presume people read the forum, but the assumption that they have should be standard practice - it's their own fault if they haven't! A bit of AvP there, indeed the exact theme which provided its title.

 

[Trev]

The assumption should be that they have not, neither have they RTFM in many cases.

 

[EEPhil]

Why would I want to read the fsck manual?

From the "infovax" bulletin board - now comp.os.vms:

Date: Fri, 22 Feb 91 16:02 EST

How many of you out there really know what RTFM really means? I am
not 100% positive, but I heard from a Unix guru once that RTFM first
came from the mouths of Unix system managers. He said that it means:

Read the fsck manual!

You see, fsck is a utility on Unix that when used improperly can sometimes
have unpredictable and unwanted results.

Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Bob Shew

System Manager, Research VAXcluster

 

[Trev]

That's a polite way of saying Read The F*****g Manual I think.

 

[Black Hole]

The assumption should be that they have not, neither have they RTFM in many cases.

I think you're missing the point about the difference between "assume" and "presume".

 

[EEPhil]

That's a polite way of saying Read The F*****g Manual I think.

I know that. But with the Humax being Linux (Unix) based I thought I'd relay that old post as a piece of (failed, obviously) humour. Even back then the majority of people knew what the F stood for - although someone offered "fine" as the word. I'd been sorting through old saved postings and I remembered the "read the fsck manual" and thought the original poster must have lived a sheltered life! He was soon educated, and so was I - someone pointed to a US Navy term snafu-dillygaf [sic]: Situation normal all "fouled" up - does it look like I give a "flying-fig". (Shirley that should be dilligaf?)
Then there was the person who thought FUBAR was: The VAX- 11/780 UNIBUS Subsystem - Failed UniBus Address Register (FUBAR).

 

[EEPhil]

Tried to access web interface today and I get a message with Firefox 82.0 saying "Your browser is too new. Some features will not work properly. Please download 51.0 or earlier".

Well, I found it funny. I'm always getting the "Your browser is out of date" message.

 

[Black Hole]

EPG guidance text for the Dick Emery programme coming up on C5:

Contains historical adult humour and derogatory language some viewers may f

 

[Deleted member 473]

Those old films on TalkingPictures contain that warning, but not Dad's Army.

 

[gomezz]

There was a Rolf Harris reference in the The Vicar of Dibley episode I watched on iPlayer yesterday.

 

[Trev]

Why not? We talk freely about the Yorkshire ripper etc, so why not RH or JS?

 

[EEPhil]

Those old films on TalkingPictures contain that warning, but not Dad's Army.

Nearly everything on Talking Pictures contains a warning. Sometimes there are two or more warnings - and they still dip the sound on certain words. An episode of Hazell was incorrectly muted. Hazell refers to the "golden knickers brigade", but some half-wit thought the knickers was the well-known N word. (It really was knickers - I found the episode on YouTube). That's what happens when OFCOM bullies a small family based company operating from a shed in the back garden!

Contains historical adult humour and derogatory language some viewers may f

Is it just me, but most of the programmes containing such warnings are not offensive to me at all? Not even sure that I would call it adult humour. Infantile, maybe!

 

[MikeSh]

Is it just me, but most of the programmes containing such warnings are not offensive to me at all? Not even sure that I would call it adult humour. Infantile, maybe!

It's the modern conundrum. Young people don't seem bothered about spreading a disease that can kill their grandparents, but (we are told) they get all upset about some words from a previous time.

It's all about priorities and these days being politically correct trumps every thing (unless you are Trump or a supporter of course).

 

[EEPhil]

Young people don't seem bothered about spreading a disease that can kill their grandparents,

That seems to be the case in Nottingham where quite a number of University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University students have been fined for having parties. The latest being Investigation launched after more than 200 students attend halls of residence party. Makes me ashamed to be a UoN alumnus!