On 18/07/18 04:27 AM, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Le 18/07/2018 à 10:13, Carlos E. R. a écrit :
YaST by default uses UUIDs since years, and so does grub. Usage of device names such as /dev/sda
/dev/sda is not a device name as used on this thread, if I understand well. "names" are in fact "labels"
I think...
LOL! Lewis Carrol or a computer science purist or student of Alfred Korzybski might argue with that. A Zen Master might also, while his finger is pointing to the moon. Or not. In the mean time, as I said elsewhere, we are[1] human. Well some of us claim to be. Some of the time. We are not 'grub'. We are not YaST. We are not the kernel. In English, the very 'to be' is often problematic because we confuse its use relating to identity with its other uses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime#Different_functions_of_%22to_be%22 Kellogg and Bourland describe misuse of the verb to be as creating a "deity mode of speech", allowing "even the most ignorant to transform their opinions magically into god-like pronouncements on the nature of things" [1] That is use of the verb 'to be' as class membership. You might think that its use is one of 'identity', but not in this context. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org