----Original Message---- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Charles R. Buchanan Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 6:45 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: Why this list doesn't suck > Thanks Sorin. Saved me the time. :-) At least I wasn't the only one! > <whew> :-) > > On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 08:27:19 +0200, "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > took time to say the following: > >> For you ignorant techies out there (had to look it up myself...) 8-): >> >> From <http://www.synonym.com/synonym/ameliorate> >> >> Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb ameliorate >> >> Sense 1 >> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate >> => change, alter >> >> Sense 2 >> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate >> => change state, turn >> -------------- >> >> Overview of verb ameliorate >> >> The verb ameliorate has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) >> >> 1. better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate -- (to make better; >> "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes") >> 2. better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate -- (get better; "The weather >> improved toward evening.") No problem. We techies have more important stuff to deal with, like setting up those dedicated UT and CS-servers on company hardware... I usually file that kind of stuff under "employee care". ;-) ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: Straymonkey.com Excellent web templates, fonts, and downloads on this new site brought to you by The Kenzig Group http://www.straymonkey.com ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm