Re: IBM Micro-partitioning and software licensing

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:18:23 -0500, "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote: >Neil Truby wrote: >> "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote in message >> news:4225FCE7.2030309@bloomberg.net... > >> >> First of all, only an American could mangle the noun "affinity" and come up >> with the verb "affine" :-) > >There's a logic to it. If 'unity' is the noun, 'united' the adjective, and >'unite' the verb, then for the noun 'affinity' there SHOULD exist the verb >'affine' if there exists the adjective 'affined'! Voila: > > From The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: > >AFFINED >adj. Linked by a close relationship. Beholden to another; bound. > > >Which begs the equivalent definition: > >AFFINE >v. To link by a close relationship. To create an affinity or objects which >are affined. > >And as the final nail in the 'there ain't no such word' coffin: > > From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913) >Affine \\Af*fine"\\, v. t. [F. affiner to refine; ? (L. ad) + fin fine. See >{Fine}.] To refine. [Obs.] --Holland. > >Art S. Kagel Score one for the Yanks . . .8-) JWC

"John Carlson" <jwcarlson1@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message news:ci9i2195d32iejs0lpm60r7b4fsg8jmk05@4ax.com... > On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:18:23 -0500, "Art S. Kagel" > <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote: >> From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913) >>Affine \\Af*fine"\\, v. t. [F. affiner to refine; ? (L. ad) + fin fine. See >>{Fine}.] To refine. [Obs.] --Holland. >> >>Art S. Kagel > > > Score one for the Yanks . . .8-) He didn't say there wasn't any such word, just that there isn't a verb "affine" related to the noun "affinity". The definition above is clearly of a word from a different root. And anyway, Noah Webster was a Yank too: his eponymous dictionary probably has "incentivize", "de-plane", and the wrong definition of "momentarily" in it!

On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 07:57:02 -0000, "Captain Pedantic" <theharlequin36@hotmail.com> wrote: >"John Carlson" <jwcarlson1@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message >news:ci9i2195d32iejs0lpm60r7b4fsg8jmk05@4ax.com... >> On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:18:23 -0500, "Art S. Kagel" >> <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote: > >>> From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913) >>>Affine \\Af*fine"\\, v. t. [F. affiner to refine; ? (L. ad) + fin fine. See >>>{Fine}.] To refine. [Obs.] --Holland. >>> >>>Art S. Kagel >> >> >> Score one for the Yanks . . .8-) Understood, as Obnoxio pointed out . . . Given time, the theoretical 'verbed' form may be in the dictionary. Look at all the other stuff added over time . . . > >He didn't say there wasn't any such word, just that there isn't a verb >"affine" related to the noun "affinity". The definition above is clearly of >a word from a different root. And anyway, Noah Webster was a Yank too: his >eponymous dictionary probably has "incentivize", "de-plane", and the wrong >definition of "momentarily" in it! > Might be a bit difficult to blame Webster for 'de-plane' . . . but I can understand your frustration. I still have difficulty accepting "y'all" as a word, but I also live in the southern United States . . . Makes for some interesting Scrabble, though . . . JWC