Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:04:35 -0600 (CST) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: PROBLEM: english language |
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On 16 Feb 1999, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > > - { 0xb900, "Play operation oborted (sic)" }, > > > + { 0xb900, "Play operation aborted (sic)" }, > > Most likely, the (sic) comes from the error message being misspelled > in the spec. In other words, either it should be corrected and the > (sic) removed, or it should be left the way it was. This patch is > broken.
I think what we have here is an ironic double typo. The message is actually indicating the drive is not feeling very good:
+ { 0xb900, "Play operation aborted (sick)" },
Hopefully this very important change will make it into 2.2.2. -- "Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.."
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