[gnome-love] Re: [Nautilus-list] GNOME user environment brainstorming

[Ian McKellar <yakk yakk net au>]

On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 08:35:16AM -0700, John Sullivan wrote:
> 2) The standard meaning of "execute" is, of course, "kill". As Calum points
> out, this is not at all nice or cuddly or fluffy. Some people don't like
> using death metaphors lightly.

You'll have to tear that from my cold dead hands...

[sorry, in joke ;)]
> 3) The standard meaning of "execute" is, of course, "kill". In unix lingo,
> "kill" means the opposite of "execute". That is very confusing.

*lol*

I never throught of that before.

Ian