General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Linuxfounder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixingreal problems')
On 2020-07-19 07:09, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 at 01:28:52, T wrote:
On 2020-07-17 07:55, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 22:35:33, T wrote:
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It is the apps the customer cares about.Â* They could
Â*couldn't
care less if they were run int Flying Zucchini OS, if
it ran their apps.
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I know "could care less" is the US version of this expression, but
it'sÂ* inaccurate. Think about it: if you could care less, that
implies thatÂ* you do care a little - which is not what you mean; you
actually meanÂ* "couldn't care less".
My American trophy wife -- the ultimate word smith -- has
a "from and to" rule:
"I take something FROM you"
"I give something TO you"
Not sure how that relates to the "care less" discussion. If it relates
to the debate whether to us different from, different to, or different
than, I'm not sure how it would help there either.
It does not. It was just an interesting observation
between the US and the UK
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