In <rA3G2E.1z7w@kithrup.com> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) writes:

>In article <t2sjcr$ij6$1@dont-email.me>,
>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753-9218-03011902dcd9n@googlegroups.com>,
>>>> artyw2@yahoo.com <artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>>>>>
>>>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics.  I never got a
>>>> word!
>>>>
>>> I think your word is "Cat".
>>
>>Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
>> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

>I am not that person.

Well, we know you're not a programmer.

For those who are, however, the suggestion of what somebody somewhere
is googling can't help but call to mind the Ten Commandments for
C Programmers, specifically commandment number 5:

Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays),
for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type
``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.

The annotated edition of the ten commandments is available at
https://www.lysator.liu.se/c/ten-commandments.html

- Steven
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On Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 11:20:44 AM UTC-4, Paul S Person wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 13:56:01 -0700 (PDT), William Hyde
> <wthyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 4:14:13 PM UTC-4, Titus G wrote:
> >> On 10/04/22 07:18, William Hyde wrote:
> >> > On Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 2:30:56 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >> >> On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> >> >>> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> >> >>>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753...@googlegroups.com>,
> >> >>>> art...@yahoo.com <art...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >>>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >> >>>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
> >> >>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> Explained at:
> >> >>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
> >> >>>> word!
> >> >>>>
> >> >>> I think your word is "Cat".
> >> >> Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
> >> >> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
> >> >
> >> > Only an antidisestablismentarian would do that.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > William Hyde
> >> William yde?
> >
> >I have never resided in a peat bog in the Netherlands.
> >
> >Or anywhere else remotely wet (my place in Texas flooded before and after I lived there, not during).
> Just in case you missed it -- he is referring to your
> typo:"antidisestablismentarian" for "antidisestablishmentarian".
>
> But I suppose everybody got that, including yourself, so ...

Missed it utterly.

William yde.

On Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 4:17:18 PM UTC-4, William Hyde wrote:
> On Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 11:20:44 AM UTC-4, Paul S Person wrote:
> > On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 13:56:01 -0700 (PDT), William Hyde
> > <wthyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >On Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 4:14:13 PM UTC-4, Titus G wrote:
> > >> On 10/04/22 07:18, William Hyde wrote:
> > >> > On Saturday, April 9, 2022 at 2:30:56 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> > >> >> On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> > >> >>> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
> > >> >>>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753...@googlegroups.com>,
> > >> >>>> art...@yahoo.com <art...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >> >>>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> > >> >>>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
> > >> >>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
> > >> >>>>>>
> > >> >>>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
> > >> >>>>>>
> > >> >>>>>> Explained at:
> > >> >>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
> > >> >>>>>>
> > >> >>>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
> > >> >>>>>
> > >> >>>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics. I never got a
> > >> >>>> word!
> > >> >>>>
> > >> >>> I think your word is "Cat".
> > >> >> Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
> > >> >> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
> > >> >
> > >> > Only an antidisestablismentarian would do that.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > William Hyde
> > >> William yde?
> > >
> > >I have never resided in a peat bog in the Netherlands.
> > >
> > >Or anywhere else remotely wet (my place in Texas flooded before and after I lived there, not during).
> > Just in case you missed it -- he is referring to your
> > typo:"antidisestablismentarian" for "antidisestablishmentarian".
> >
> > But I suppose everybody got that, including yourself, so ...
> Missed it utterly.

I've always seen 'antidisestablishmentarianism', 3 more letters.

Pt

In article <t2v83h$24q$1@dont-email.me>, smw <smw@mort.smwonline.ca> wrote:
>In <rA3G2E.1z7w@kithrup.com> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) writes:
>
>>In article <t2sjcr$ij6$1@dont-email.me>,
>>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753-9218-03011902dcd9n@googlegroups.com>,
>>>>> artyw2@yahoo.com <artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics.  I never got a
>>>>> word!
>>>>>
>>>> I think your word is "Cat".
>>>
>>>Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
>>> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
>
>>I am not that person.
>
>Well, we know you're not a programmer.

No, although I used to be able to write simple shell scripts.

And when we were first dating (fifty-one years ago), Hal decided
the best way for us to get better acquainted was for him to teach
me FORTRAN.

That did not work. I had to get together with UNIX text
processing to make friends with a computer.
>
>For those who are, however, the suggestion of what somebody somewhere
>is googling can't help but call to mind the Ten Commandments for
>C Programmers, specifically commandment number 5:
>
> Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays),
> for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type
> ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.
>
>The annotated edition of the ten commandments is available at
>https://www.lysator.liu.se/c/ten-commandments.html

I've seen that, actually. One of them is [do not do something
stupid with electricity] lest thy friend console thy widow.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

In <rA5LwF.t28@kithrup.com>
djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) writes:

>>Well, we know you're not a programmer.

>No, although I used to be able to write simple shell scripts.

As you've mentioned previously, and I apologize for forgetting that. It
counts, at least in my opinion.

>>The annotated edition of the ten commandments is available at
>>https://www.lysator.liu.se/c/ten-commandments.html

>I've seen that, actually. One of them is [do not do something
>stupid with electricity] lest thy friend console thy widow.

This version is sadly lacking that particular commandment. I haven't been
able to find the one you're thinking of, but I'd like to see it.

- Steven
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Steven Winikoff |
Montreal, QC, Canada | An unemployed court jester
smw@smwonline.ca | is nobody's fool.
http://smwonline.ca |

In article <t30acq$hg0$1@dont-email.me>, smw <smw@mort.smwonline.ca> wrote:
>In <rA5LwF.t28@kithrup.com>
>djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) writes:
>
>>>Well, we know you're not a programmer.
>
>>No, although I used to be able to write simple shell scripts.
>
>As you've mentioned previously, and I apologize for forgetting that. It
>counts, at least in my opinion.
>
>
>>>The annotated edition of the ten commandments is available at
>>>https://www.lysator.liu.se/c/ten-commandments.html
>
>>I've seen that, actually. One of them is [do not do something
>>stupid with electricity] lest thy friend console thy widow.
>
>This version is sadly lacking that particular commandment. I haven't been
>able to find the one you're thinking of, but I'd like to see it.
>
I *might* have it saved to disk somewhere. Let me get back to
you on that.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

On Sun, 10 Apr 2022 13:25:06 -0700 (PDT), "pete...@gmail.com"
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

<snippo "antidisestablishmentarian">

>I've always seen 'antidisestablishmentarianism', 3 more letters.

Bing finds it in Wiktionary
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/antidisestablishmentarian>, so
apparently the form exists.

You are, in my experience, correct that the longer form (referring to
the political position rather than to someone holding that position)
is what I have seen in the past.

Note: I had to open a new tab and enter it into the Search field.
Entering it at the top caused Edge to append a "/" and then complain
that the name couldn't be resolved. Which really isn't very helpful,
but what can one say except ... "Microsoft"?
--
"I begin to envy Petronius."
"I have envied him long since."

In article <rA5LwF.t28@kithrup.com>,
Dorothy J Heydt <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
>In article <t2v83h$24q$1@dont-email.me>, smw <smw@mort.smwonline.ca> wrote:
>>In <rA3G2E.1z7w@kithrup.com> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) writes:
>>
>>>In article <t2sjcr$ij6$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>On 4/8/2022 7:15 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>> On 4/8/2022 3:55 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>>> In article <abdd6aed-6090-4753-9218-03011902dcd9n@googlegroups.com>,
>>>>>> artyw2@yahoo.com <artyw2@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Friday, April 8, 2022 at 12:59:28 PM UTC-6, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>>>>> xkcd: Linguistics Degree
>>>>>>>> https://xkcd.com/2602/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, non-STEM degrees must be loaded down with responsibility.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Explained at:
>>>>>>>> https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2602:_Linguistics_Degree
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And no, the A in STEAM degrees are not exempt.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey, I have a B.A. with honours in Linguistics.  I never got a
>>>>>> word!
>>>>>>
>>>>> I think your word is "Cat".
>>>>
>>>>Somewhere, somebody is googling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
>>>> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
>>
>>>I am not that person.
>>
>>Well, we know you're not a programmer.
>
>No, although I used to be able to write simple shell scripts.
>
>And when we were first dating (fifty-one years ago), Hal decided
>the best way for us to get better acquainted was for him to teach
>me FORTRAN.
>
>That did not work. I had to get together with UNIX text
>processing to make friends with a computer.
>>
>>For those who are, however, the suggestion of what somebody somewhere
>>is googling can't help but call to mind the Ten Commandments for
>>C Programmers, specifically commandment number 5:
>>
>> Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays),
>> for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type
>> ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.
>>
>>The annotated edition of the ten commandments is available at
>>https://www.lysator.liu.se/c/ten-commandments.html
>
>I've seen that, actually. One of them is [do not do something
>stupid with electricity] lest thy friend console thy widow.
>
....

found it:

5: Take care that thou useth the proper method when thou takest the
measures of high-voltage circuits too, that thou dost not incinerate
both thee and thy test meter, for verily, though thou has no company
property number and can be easily surveyed, the test meter has
one and, as a consequence, bringeth much woe unto a purchasing agent.
6: Take care that thou tamperest not with interlocks and safety devices,
for this incurreth the wrath of the chief electrician and bring
the fury of the engineers on his head.
7: Work thou not on energized equipment for if thou doest so, thy
friends will surely be buying beers for thy widow and consoling
her in certain ways not generally acceptable to thee.
8: Verily, verily I say unto thee, never service equipment alone,
for electrical cooking is a slow process and thou might sizzle in
thy own fat upon a hot circuit for hours on end before thy maker
sees fit to end thy misery and drag thee into his fold.

--
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

In <rA6o3o.120v@kithrup.com> djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) writes:
>>I've seen that, actually. One of them is [do not do something
>>stupid with electricity] lest thy friend console thy widow.
>>
>...

>found it:

>5: Take care that thou useth the proper method when thou takest the
> measures of high-voltage circuits too, that thou dost not incinerate
> both thee and thy test meter, for verily, though thou has no company
> property number and can be easily surveyed, the test meter has
> one and, as a consequence, bringeth much woe unto a purchasing agent.
>6: Take care that thou tamperest not with interlocks and safety devices,
> for this incurreth the wrath of the chief electrician and bring
> the fury of the engineers on his head.
>7: Work thou not on energized equipment for if thou doest so, thy
> friends will surely be buying beers for thy widow and consoling
> her in certain ways not generally acceptable to thee.
>8: Verily, verily I say unto thee, never service equipment alone,
> for electrical cooking is a slow process and thou might sizzle in
> thy own fat upon a hot circuit for hours on end before thy maker
> sees fit to end thy misery and drag thee into his fold.

Thank you!

- Steven
--
___________________________________________________________________________
Steven Winikoff | "When things are not as they appear to be,
Montreal, QC, Canada | it's because they're actually simpler
smw@smwonline.ca | than you think them to be."
http://smwonline.ca | - Robert Rankin, in The Hollow
| Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse

On 4/11/2022 11:38 AM, smw wrote:
> Work thou not on energized equipment for if thou doest so
..
Found here: https://www.rfcafe.com/miscellany/humor/10-commandments.htm

Ten Commandments of Electrical Safety (U.S. Navy)