On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 02:30:05PM -0500, Steve Simmons wrote: > On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 10:50:32AM -0800, Shawn Burns wrote: > > > Shawn (commenting on how easy communication is in English even if used > > poorly): "What is a 'ubiquitous' mean?" > > > > Def #1: "Nifty" (this may have been a joke) > > Def #2: "Easily Corruptible" > > Def #3: "Widespread" > > Def #4: "It means that everybody knows what the words mean" > > Or it could be that all four responses were jokes. Only #3 and #4 come > even vaguely close to what it actually means, and I'm pretty sure #4 was > a joke. As the author of #2, I can tell you _it_ was certainly a joke. :) -Jot -- Jot Powers <books at bofh.com> http://www.bofh.com/books/ "I'm upping my standards, so up yours!" -Pat Paulsen (1927-1997), Presidential Campaign Slogan