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Article #20Re: Systems functioning nominally? What does it mean?
From: chrisv
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:30
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:30
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Percy Picacity wrote: > "Peter Hucker" <none@spam.com> wrote in news:op.ur26kavu4buhsv@i7: > >> On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:36:27 +0100, Percy Picacity >> <key@under.the.invalid> wrote: >> >>> "Peter Hucker" <none@spam.com> wrote in >>> news:op.ur055jjx4buhsv@i7: >>> >>>> On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:25:50 +0100, Kolh <no@no.spam> wrote: >>>> >>>>> ----------------------------------- >>>>> Server status as of Tuesday, 07-Apr-2009 09:49:23 UTC: >>>>> >>>>> Systems functioning nominally. >>>>> ------------------------------------------- >>>>> Anyone knows that that message on Altopia status page means? >>>>> >>>>> Is it that everything works fine or is there some anomally? >>>>> >>>>> Thank you >>>> >>>> It means they expect their subscribers to have a basic grasp of >>>> the English language. >>>> >>> >>> To be fair, the phrase is peculiarly American. It is ambiguous >>> in English, though I can guess what he is getting at. The >>> nearest to a correct English translation would be that things >>> seem superficially to be working all right, but have not >>> necessarily been analysed too deeply. I don't think this is >>> actually what is meant, but it might be. >> >> It makes perfect sense to me. You've heard of the word "anomaly", >> right? > > Yes, and? If you have, why didn't you use it?
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