From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-07-20T07:17:05+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Religion (was: god 0.1.0 released)

On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 04:40:41AM +0900, Steven Lumos wrote:
> Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> writes:
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 11:57:01AM +0900, Chad Perrin wrote:
> >> 
> >> No, not really.  "Daemon" is particular to the Greek meaning, as it
> > [snip]
> 
> Since I'm replying to the below anyway, I'll mention that the OED
> basically disagrees with you albeit conceding that "demon" is "[o]ften
> written *daemon* for distinction from [an evil spirit]."

That sounds like agreement to me.

The fact that the OED is essentially exactly the sort of descriptivist to
which I referred lower down in that email, the part of its definition
that precedes the bit that agrees with me is not a surprise, however.


> 
> > My original attempt at this email was better written, but I lost my SSH
> > connection from the coffee shop to the computer with this email address
> > on it in mid-composition.  Darn it.
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
> 
> Don't walk.  Run.

I already use screen pretty extensively.  I just wasn't using it at that
moment, unfortunately.  I appreciate the reminder, though.

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