From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/40212 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Hoskins Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Can Gnus watch a group for me? Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 13:40:37 -0500 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035175796 32102 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 04:49:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 04:49:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 20063 invoked from network); 11 Nov 2001 18:43:14 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 11 Nov 2001 18:43:14 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 162zXX-0006UB-00; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 12:41:07 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sun, 11 Nov 2001 12:40:49 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA14159 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 12:40:38 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 20041 invoked by alias); 11 Nov 2001 18:40:50 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 20036 invoked from network); 11 Nov 2001 18:40:49 -0000 Original-Received: from mta01.alltel.net (HELO mta01-srv.alltel.net) (166.102.165.143) by gnus.org with SMTP; 11 Nov 2001 18:40:49 -0000 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain ([162.40.36.240]) by mta01-srv.alltel.net with ESMTP id <20011111184038.JPVJ7145.mta01-srv.alltel.net@localhost.localdomain>; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 12:40:38 -0600 Original-To: Harry Putnam In-Reply-To: (Harry Putnam's message of "Sun, 11 Nov 2001 10:08:03 -0800") Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090004 (Oort Gnus v0.04) Emacs/21.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:40212 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:40212 Harry Putnam writes: > Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Gro=DFjohann) writes: >>It's a bit like shooting sparrows with a cannon (what's the >>English/US idiom for this?), but it would certainly work. > > A very old US idiom (That I just now made up.. he he): `Using and 8 > lb sledge hammer for a fly swatter.' Wasn't there a MPython skit about sparrow hunting that involved large weaponry? I can't think of any us.english idiom that directly maps. I propose we use "shooting sparrows with a cannon", understanding it implies "collateral damage" which is, unfortunately, an American idiom in wide use at the moment. --=20 Printed on Cathodeaenne, Radient, Smooth, 60lb. electrons