Comments for Alan's blog http://www.alandix.com/blog just starting ... Sat, 6 Sep 2008 02:30:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Thusly, he wrote by Sujay Rao Mandavilli http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/06/26/thusly-he-wrote/#comment-17240 Sujay Rao Mandavilli Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:58:35 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/?p=82#comment-17240 oh my good ! I once knew a guy who thought he could add ly to all adverbs .. like well, better and much he was still learning English though.. the consequences were pretty horrific oh my good ! I once knew a guy who thought he could add ly to all adverbs ..
like well, better and much
he was still learning English though.. the consequences were pretty horrific

]]> Comment on Firefly on TV by alan http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/07/15/firefly-on-tv/#comment-14558 alan Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:48:04 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/?p=83#comment-14558 thanks Kiel - I had tried and failed! thanks Kiel - I had tried and failed!

]]> Comment on Firefly on TV by Kiel http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/07/15/firefly-on-tv/#comment-14554 Kiel Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:51:30 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/?p=83#comment-14554 Tricky to find, an online link for anyone who missed it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7508587.stm Tricky to find, an online link for anyone who missed it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7508587.stm

]]> Comment on material culture - textiles and technology by loveFibre » TIF Challenge June 1 http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/02/05/material-culture-textiles-and-technology/#comment-13811 loveFibre » TIF Challenge June 1 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:32:30 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/02/05/material-culture-textiles-and-technology/#comment-13811 [...] in the O.E.D. cloth isn’t one of the definitions. Actually I read this in a post about material culture - textiles and technology on Alan’s blog, and didn’t believe it till I’d looked it up [...] [...] in the O.E.D. cloth isn’t one of the definitions. Actually I read this in a post about material culture - textiles and technology on Alan’s blog, and didn’t believe it till I’d looked it up [...]

]]> Comment on Thusly, he wrote by Jo Vermeulen http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/06/26/thusly-he-wrote/#comment-13583 Jo Vermeulen Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:24:51 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/?p=82#comment-13583 Thanks for the insightful explanation Alan! I'm always looking to improve my English since I'm not a native speaker :-) Thanks for the insightful explanation Alan! I’m always looking to improve my English since I’m not a native speaker :-)

]]> Comment on Thusly, he wrote by alan http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/06/26/thusly-he-wrote/#comment-13574 alan Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:24:24 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/?p=82#comment-13574 I think it is often used, but not good English. I think is is strictly acceptable to say: "he rowed and thus got to the other side" which means "and in this manner" it is then a short step to write things like: "it was a sunny day and thus she went for a swim" The latter means simply "therefore" or "and so" and I think strictly poor English ... but not 100% sure I think it is often used, but not good English.

I think is is strictly acceptable to say:
“he rowed and thus got to the other side”
which means “and in this manner”

it is then a short step to write things like:
“it was a sunny day and thus she went for a swim”

The latter means simply “therefore” or “and so” and I think strictly poor English … but not 100% sure

]]> Comment on Thusly, he wrote by Jo Vermeulen http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/06/26/thusly-he-wrote/#comment-13567 Jo Vermeulen Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:40:12 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/?p=82#comment-13567 You made me curious: should 'thus' only be used to mean 'in this way', or can it also serve as a synonym for 'therefore'? :-) You made me curious: should ‘thus’ only be used to mean ‘in this way’, or can it also serve as a synonym for ‘therefore’? :-)

]]> Comment on pain, tears and office 2008 by Alan’s blog » why software need never hang http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/06/16/pain-tears-and-office-2008/#comment-13381 Alan’s blog » why software need never hang Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:54:22 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/?p=80#comment-13381 [...] 20 years later (as I described in my post last week) I am sitting watching the spinning rainbow ball as Word struggles to save a document (over an hour [...] [...] 20 years later (as I described in my post last week) I am sitting watching the spinning rainbow ball as Word struggles to save a document (over an hour [...]

]]> Comment on pantoum amongst the lost emails by alan http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/05/08/pantoom-amongst-the-lost-emails/#comment-12007 alan Sun, 11 May 2008 20:05:14 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/?p=77#comment-12007 Haliyana pointed out that the Malay word for this is pantun ... I then realised I'd spelt the English form of the name wrong ... fixed now! "The Making of a Poem" says that the form came to English through French in the 19th century and was called "malais pantun". Haliyana also sent me the Wikipedia entry for pantun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantun Haliyana pointed out that the Malay word for this is pantun … I then realised I’d spelt the English form of the name wrong … fixed now! “The Making of a Poem” says that the form came to English through French in the 19th century and was called “malais pantun”. Haliyana also sent me the Wikipedia entry for pantun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantun

]]> Comment on It-ness and identity: FOAF, RDF and RDMS by alan http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/03/18/it-ness-and-identity-foaf-rdf-and-rdms/#comment-9913 alan Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:45:17 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/2008/03/18/it-ness-and-identity-foaf-rdf-and-rdms/#comment-9913 thanks Rob. However, even to say something is more than the sum of its parts you first have to say it is 'something' and it is that sort of 'it-ness' I'd like a word for. In triple terms I might have (#519, name, "Alan Dix"), (#519, height, "5:10"), (#519, eye_colour, "brown") whereas gestalt is about the overall quality of entity #519, it-ness simply that #519 is an entity that can be the subject of sentences ... even if there are no sentences about it! In OO circles 'identity' is the closest term I know. thanks Rob. However, even to say something is more than the sum of its parts you first have to say it is ’something’ and it is that sort of ‘it-ness’ I’d like a word for. In triple terms I might have (#519, name, “Alan Dix”), (#519, height, “5:10″), (#519, eye_colour, “brown”) whereas gestalt is about the overall quality of entity #519, it-ness simply that #519 is an entity that can be the subject of sentences … even if there are no sentences about it! In OO circles ‘identity’ is the closest term I know.

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