From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/19767 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jake Colman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: metamail Date: 08 Dec 1998 14:29:43 -0500 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <7667bm4el4.fsf@ppllc.com> References: <76soeq4mar.fsf@ppllc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035158057 13286 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 23:54:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:54:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Return-Path: Original-Received: from gizmo.hpc.uh.edu (gizmo.hpc.uh.edu [129.7.102.31]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA21479 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 14:21:24 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@sina.hpc.uh.edu [129.7.3.5]) by gizmo.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA17045; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 13:20:38 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 08 Dec 1998 13:20:35 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA28800 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 13:20:26 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from tweed.ppllc.com (leonardo.ppllc.com [38.211.69.3]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA21456 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 14:20:18 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: (from colman@localhost) by tweed.ppllc.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) id OAA08141; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 14:29:47 -0500 (EST) Original-To: Karl Kleinpaste X-Attribution: Jake X-URL: http://www.ppllc.com In-Reply-To: Karl Kleinpaste's message of "08 Dec 1998 11:47:31 -0500" User-Agent: Pterodactyl Gnus v0.54/InfoDock 4.0.5 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Original-Lines: 24 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:19767 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:19767 The usage of "the" in my case was a typo. And I happen to agree with your sentiments. >>>>> "Karl" == Karl Kleinpaste writes: Karl> (On a side note, I'm disturbed by the recent tendency to discuss Karl> "the" everything. This trend seems to have started with "the" Karl> gimp, rather than just gimp, making me wonder if we're soon to Karl> start talking about "the" emacs and "the" linux and heaven knows Karl> what else. It's just gimp, and emacs, and linux, and metamail. It Karl> seems to me that these are all names, not nouns; I'm not "the" Karl Karl> [especially since I'm not unique with the name], I'm just Karl.) -- Jake Colman Principia Partners LLC Phone: (201) 946-0300 Harborside Financial Center Fax: (201) 946-0320 902 Plaza II Beeper: (800) 505-2795 Jersey City, NJ 07311 E-mail: colman@ppllc.com E-mail: jcolman@jnc.com web: http://www.ppllc.com