> -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Simmons [mailto:scs at di.org] > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 12:06 PM > To: Jot Powers > Cc: dragaera at dragaera.info; Shawn Burns > Subject: Re: Ubiquitous > > 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. > We are an hilarious group of people, although some of us are funnier than others. Which begs the question "How do we quantify funny?" I am clearly slower on the uptake than the rest of youse. Especially y'all Steve. Shawn