Does anyone know if the rollover will have any effect on a big dish(9feet)? Thanks in advance

-- SgtSchultz (SgtHansSchultz@stalag13.com), August 11, 1999

Answers

ooops....affect

-- SgtSchultz (SgtHansSchultz@stalag13.com), August 11, 1999.

I don't mean to be picky, but you hit a nerve. I believe you were correct the first time. "Effect" is correct.. "Effect" is a noun. It is the result of something. "Affect" is a verb, and transmits an action to an object. ("effect"). Ever since this y2k stuff started coming around, people have been misusing these two words. Your comupter may be AFFECTED by the y2k problem. The EFFECTS of the y2k problem may be felt world-wide. The y2k problem may AFFECT all of us. Maybe no one will feel the EFFECTS of y2k. I'm sorry to correct you. I know it's rude, but I'm an old English teacher, and I guess the habit sticks..

-- CAgdma (can'tresist@bargingin.com), August 11, 1999.

CAgdma :

And a good nerve it was. But if you had to act as an editor, as I do, you would find that the rules have changed. What we learned is no longer wright [sic].

Best wishes,

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), August 11, 1999.

REALLY???? What is the new rule? I checked the Webster's before I posted, and THAT was still the same. Can you give me more information? and examples?

-- CAgdma (really@home.com), August 11, 1999.

CAgdma:

Welcome to the Brave New World. Webster's no longer rules. Usage does. I'm no more pleased than you. But the "savage and his memories of Shake-a-spear" are no more important that his self-whipping.

Best Wishes,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), August 11, 1999.

affecting effective affectations...

-- Randolph (dinosaur@williams-net.com), August 11, 1999.

Randolph:

Very good. But this is a problem. If we can't agree on what words mean {what is, is} we have problems. What you are talking about is the definition of spin!!!

Best wishes,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), August 11, 1999.

affect
effect

-- Lane Core Jr. (elcore@sgi.net), August 11, 1999.

Is your "big dish" a GPS receiver?

-- Lane Core Jr. (elcore@sgi.net), August 11, 1999.

Lane:

So you admit you are now into spin. I understand that is where the money is!!!!

Best wishes,

Z

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), August 11, 1999.

In answer to your question, probably nothing!

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), August 11, 1999.

Thanks Monk, while everyone else was talking English 101 you gave me tha answer I needed. I really enjoy watching other people fall over themselves to prove how smart they are. Get a grip people its a word, not an insult to your family.

-- SgtSchultz (SgtHansSchultz@stalag13.com), August 12, 1999.

Not to beat a dying horse, but I happen to be one of those types that really loves words. Semantics... oooh! I agree that correct usage is very important; specific is terrific! But...

It's easy to become a lingual snob, too, and that'll get you nowhere. Which is the more important part of the message, the meaning or the means? Unfortunately, truly mangled means may mangle the meaning, and so mangle the message. ;)

-- Arewyn (isitthatlate@lready.com), August 12, 1999.

and/or the messenger!

-- J (jart5@bellsouth.net), August 12, 1999.

Achtung, Sergeant Schultz!

I'm betting that the answer to your question is specific to what brand and model of receiver you have. I have an older General Instrument, and there is no provision to set any time parameters. However, if you go to the VideoCypher screen that displays signal strength, it also displays a dynamic date/time display that is apparently coming in with the VC datastream.

Since the internals of the VC board are a more closely held secret than the recipe for Coca Cola, there's really no telling whether or not that circuitry uses the time at all, or if so, for what. I'd bet that GI won't be telling either.

My best guess is that Mad Monk is right; probably nothing.

-- Hardliner (searcher@internet.com), August 12, 1999.