Quoting Roger Oberholtzer <roger@opq.se>:
On Tue, 2012-09-18 at 11:15 +0100, Dave Howorth wrote:
Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
On 17/09/12 20:58, Greg Freemyer wrote:
Does opensuse have a file wiping tool that attempts to sanitize any of the above?
No, the only "solution" for that is media destruction. (i.e a hammer)
Pedantic nitpick with the English, well Latin actually. That 'i.e' should be 'e.g.'.
I will nit pick one further. There are spaces between the abbreviated words (as between all words), and a comma after the two abbreviated words, i. e., "e. g., "
Source: Publication Guide of the American Psychological Society, who are rather pedantic on these issues. I suspect similar publishing guidelines would suggest similar usage. Even LibreOffice gets this correct in the spell checker. Will wonders ever cease?
On the other hand, "A Manual of Style" by University of Chicago Press, another frequently used reference does not put spaces in these abbreviations. Given that this is not a scholarly publication of either persuasion, this nitpicking is perhaps too nit picky. IMHO, of course. Jeffrey -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org