Den 02-05-09 20.01, skrev "Garth Wood" <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> At 03:39 PM 5/9/2002 +0200, Johan Malmström wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> Do you still use books for this? Use a DICT server near you instead! For Mac
>> OS X I recommend the client OmniDictionary from Omnigroup.
>
> Well, Johan, aside from the fact that I have zero idea who "Omnigroup" are
> (and whether they have the chops to actually do a creditable job putting
> together an English-language dictionary), *my* copy of the full OED happens to
> be on CD. ;-)
Good for you! Btw Omnigroup just provides the client to use with a DICT
server that YOU trust, not what is on the server. I expected that there is
many other client applications too.
> Trusting an online DICT server for your dictionary needs is a lot like
> trusting Microsoft to put together an authoritative encyclopedia. Oh wait,
> silly me: they've sold millions of copies of that abomination called
> "Encarta," haven't they?
>
> And people wonder why ignorance seems to be increasing. :-/
As long as Microsoft is controlling yours spelling and grammar, I can do
with it. But when they provide the facts and maybe starts controlling the
contents of your writing, I don't like it.
// Johan -- who uses OmniWeb to browse the internet, but Microsoft Entourage
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