On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 12:36:49PM -0700, Jot Powers wrote:
> 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. :)
As the author of #4, I salute you! OK, let's hear from bachelor #2.
--
We were discussing how much illumination the various blinking lights
in the computer room emit:
He: It just keeps getting brighter in there.
Me: If only we did, too.