From: Phil Wilson Date: 2003-09-26T06:23:18+09:00 Subject: Re: Prove internet package for Microsoft Internet Explorer As in "the proof of the pudding is in the eating". -- Phil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer] ---- "Gary P" wrote in message news:OiLMxv2gDHA.2400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > "Mark Wallace" wrote in message > news:bkueqd$5vv80$1@ID-51325.news.uni-berlin.de... > > Anthony Neville wrote: > > >> "Suhaimi" wrote in message > > >> news:bku9nl$q6h$1@mawar.singnet.com.sg... > > > > Microsoft All Products | Support | Search | Microsoft.com > > > Guide [...] > > > > > > Grow up little nerdy boy. Infecting people's machines is so pass�, > > > so why not > > > do something productive like invade North Korea. > > > > I like the way his translator program or web-site has given "prove" for > > "test". *So* cute. You could just snuggle him up, before wringing his > > scrawny neck. > > It's not wrong though. > > He's a dick, but "prove" does mean test. > > From Merriam Webster > > Main Entry: prove > Pronunciation: 'pr�v > Function: verb > Inflected Form(s): proved; proved or prov�en /'pr�-v&n, British also > 'prO-/; prov�ing /'pr�-vi[ng]/ > Etymology: Middle English, from Old French prover, from Latin probare to > test, approve, prove, from probus good, honest, from pro- for, in favor > + -bus (akin to Old English bEon to be) -- more at PRO-, BE > Date: 13th century > transitive senses > 1 archaic : to learn or find out by experience > 2 a : to test the truth, validity, or genuineness of the rule> b : to test the worth or quality of; > specifically : to compare against a standard -- sometimes used with up or > out c : to check the correctness of (as an arithmetic result) > > > > >