[OT] RE: Xcdroast says my ATAPI CD ROM should be simulated SCSI
Ow Mun Heng
ow.mun.heng at wdc.com
Thu Apr 8 01:58:46 UTC 2004
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fred smith [mailto:fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us]
>
Ow Mun Heng Wrote :
> >
> > Huh... we're talking bout FC2?? I didn't see that statement.
> > It's actually depreciated in kernel 2.6, to be exact.
> > Since FC2 runs 2.6, that means it's depreciated.
>
> <PET PEEVE>
> "D E P R E C A T E D", not "D E P R E C I A T E D".
>
> Two different words.
> </PET PEEVE>
Not really.. According to Random House Websters
They are considered synonymous. But anyway.
de-pre-ci-ate (di pree'shee ayt ) v. <-at-ed, -at-ing>
v.t.
1. to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
2. to lessen the value or price of.
3. to claim depreciation on (a property) for
tax purposes.
4. to represent as of little value or merit;
belittle.
v.i.
5. to decline in value.
[1640-50; < LL depretiatus undervalued, ptp. of
depretiare (in ML sp. depreciare) = L de- DE - +
-pretiare, der. of pretium PRICE + -atus - ATE 1]
Derived words
--de-pre'ci-at ing-ly, adv.
--de-pre'ci-a tor, n.
Usage. See DEPRECATE.
dep-re-cate (dep'ri kayt ) v.t. <-cat-ed, -cat-ing>
1. to express earnest disapproval of.
2. to urge reasons against; protest against
(a scheme, purpose, etc.).
3. to depreciate; belittle.
4. Archaic. to pray for deliverance from.
[1615-25; < L deprecatus, ptp. of deprecari to beg
relief from, deprecate = de- DE - + precari to
PRAY]
Derived words
--dep're-cat ing-ly, adv.
--dep re-ca'tion, n.
--dep're-ca tor, n.
Usage. The most current sense of DEPRECATE is " to
express disapproval of. " In a sense development
still occasionally criticized, DEPRECATE has come
to be synonymous with the similar but
etymologically unrelated word DEPRECIATE in the
sense " belittle ": The author deprecated the
importance of his work. In self- compounds,
DEPRECATE has almost totally replaced DEPRECIATE
in modern usage: She charmed the audience with a
self-deprecating account of her career.
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