[svlug] debian pinning

[Ivan Sergio Borgonovo]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:14:36 -0700
Joe Buck <Joe.Buck at synopsys.COM> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 11:46:07AM +0200, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
> wrote:
> > I still have some doubt about apt configuration.

> I'm sorry that I can't help with your particular problem, but I can
> say that I have noticed non-native-English speakers get in trouble

Well once my ancestors spread Latin in Europe we think we bought
everywhere enough culture they couldn't go further ;)
Moving from Rome to London and then I guess to Bay Area "doubt" got a
negative connotation.

> (accidentally causing offense) by misusing the word "doubt" as you
> just did; it seems to be a common mistake.  What I believe you mean

Unfortunately I made this error so many times and there is such a
strong overlap between "dubbio" and "doubt" that I think I'll err some
more time before getting it right 9 out of 10.

> is that there is something about apt that you don't understand, or
> that you are uncertain about.  But this is not what "doubt" means. 
> If you doubt someone or something, it means that you think their
> honesty or competence is suspect or you consider them or it to be

oh yeah. apt is tricking me ;)

> unreliable.  So to doubt apt configuration, you'd have to suspect
> that it doesn't work right or there is something wrong with the
> design.  That's what the D in FUD stands for.

> (but don't worry, you didn't offend anyone this time as the meaning
> was clear enough from context).

Fortunately in this circumstance the result was just funny.

I'll try to avoid this error in the future, but it will be a
challenging task. Thanks for the correction.

-- 
Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
http://www.webthatworks.it