(Msg. 9) Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:14 pm
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Dustin Cook wrote:
> "Gaz" <gazter.RemoveThis@msn.com> wrote in news:6g3pnkFe0gspU1@mid.individual.net:
>
>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>> From: "Gaz" <gazter.RemoveThis@msn.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> The newest variants are highly virulent, and the number of people
>>>> falling for the scams must be huge. All it takes is for a few
>>>> governments to take the lead, and start punishing the credit card
>>>> companys for accepting the criminally obtained funds, and
>>>> facilitating fraud on a gigantic scale.
>>>> Gaz
>>> They are not virulent as they are NOT viruses.
>> Virulent can be used to describe a behaviour, and does not literally
>> require the presence of a virus.
>>
>> Gaz
>>
>>
>>
>
> Erm, strickly speaking if it's not a virus, then it's not virulent.
>
>
Oooh, a nit-picking contest! Can I play, too?
"Virulent" has been applied metaphorically to so many things that are
not viruses that it's achieved the status of cliche. I'd avoid it when
speaking about viruses, in fact....
(Msg. 10) Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:14 pm
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:50 pm
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From: "ASCII" <f RemoveThis @l.se>
| Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
>>"Virulent" has been applied metaphorically to so many things that are
>>not viruses that it's achieved the status of cliche. I'd avoid it when
>>speaking about viruses, in fact....
(Msg. 12) Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:16 pm
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:42 pm
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ASCII wrote:
> Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
>> "Virulent" has been applied metaphorically to so many things that are
>> not viruses that it's achieved the status of cliche. I'd avoid it when
>> speaking about viruses, in fact....
>
> Would you avoid it even speaking about virii?
I would avoid virii, actually.
And to pick another nit: the correct plural of virus is -- wait fir it!
-- virus, but with a lengthened /u/, as if spelled viroos.
(Msg. 14) Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:34 am
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ASCII wrote:
> David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "ASCII" <f.DeleteThis@l.se>
>>
>> | Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:
>>
>>>> "Virulent" has been applied metaphorically to so many things that are
>>>> not viruses that it's achieved the status of cliche. I'd avoid it when
>>>> speaking about viruses, in fact....
>> | Would you avoid it even speaking about virii?
>>
>> LOL
>>
>> http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/plural-of-virus.html >> http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/plural-of-virus.html >
> Skipping all the pseudo latin obfuscation, "virii" is a colloquialism
> that derives from the lexicon of the talented coders that create them.
> http://tinyurl.com/Virii > When it comes to plurals, personally I prefer 'Vulvae'.
>
(Msg. 15) Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:47 pm
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ASCII <f RemoveThis @l.se> wrote:
> When it comes to plurals, personally I prefer 'Vulvae'.
Isn't that two or more Volvos?
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(Msg. 16) Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:47 am
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ASCII wrote:
[snip]
> Skipping all the pseudo latin obfuscation, "virii" is a colloquialism
> that derives from the lexicon of the talented coders that create them.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
hahahahaha...
those were few and far between... the ones who typically used that term
were dilettantes...
--
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now the idiots have taken over
spreading like a social cancer,
is there an answer?"
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