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Scotttheking · Sep 19, 2003, 03:59 AM

dual -
1. of grammatical number : denoting reference to two
2. consisting of two parts or elements or having two like parts

duel -
1. a combat between two persons; specif: a formal combat with weapons fought between two persons in the presence of witnesses
2. a conflict between antagonistic persons, ideas, or forces; also: a hard-fought contest between two opponents

Both definitions from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition

I don't want to see powermacs duel. So let's make sure we are using duals.

--Scott

Kenneth · Sep 19, 2003, 04:08 AM

That's funny. As usual, I always type Dual.

Crusoe · Sep 19, 2003, 06:17 AM

Best put into Haiku format for clairity.

dual G5s are out
dual G4 duels dual G5
dual G5 wins duel

Cadaver · Sep 19, 2003, 08:32 AM

The grammar duel about dual G5s.

The only duel I want to see a dual G5 in is in a duel with dual Xeons.

voyageur · Sep 19, 2003, 08:58 AM

do all duals duel?

powerduck · Sep 19, 2003, 10:48 AM

certainly. they dually duel dell in hell

Eriamjh · Sep 19, 2003, 10:51 AM

DP G5

Eug · Sep 19, 2003, 11:18 AM

Hey mod, isn't this off topic?

KidRed · Sep 19, 2003, 12:40 PM

Oh jesus, the grammar police out are again.

ckohler · Sep 19, 2003, 01:19 PM

I prefer a dualie to a dueler.

PowerCube · Sep 19, 2003, 03:38 PM

Duly noted.

Fink-Nottle · Sep 19, 2003, 09:14 PM

The Power Mac Duel G5:

A powerful computer designed specifically for Unreal Tournament 2003, Quake, Doom and other games of a combative nature. Get yours today!

superlarry · Sep 20, 2003, 01:34 AM

i'm sure glad this is a sticky!

Cipher13 · Sep 20, 2003, 01:34 AM

...and this is sticky why?

SOLIDAge · Sep 20, 2003, 04:40 AM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
...and this is sticky why?

funny, I thought the same thing when I read it.

bastion · Sep 20, 2003, 07:40 AM

This is a sticky post because dual-duel is a silly grammatical mistake, and Apple users shouldn't be seen to be making mistakes that were ironed out in primary school.

Cadaver · Sep 20, 2003, 08:12 AM

Originally posted by bastion:
This is a sticky post because dual-duel is a silly grammatical mistake, and Apple users shouldn't be seen to be making mistakes that were ironed out in primary school.

Yeah. Leave thoze errorz to the l33t haX0rz PC kiddiez.

cdhostage · Sep 20, 2003, 09:48 AM

I concur!

chabig · Sep 20, 2003, 10:39 AM

This is too much. I'm loosing my mind!

Arkham_c · Sep 20, 2003, 09:48 PM

Originally posted by chabig:
This is too much. I'm loosing my mind!

Since loosing means "To cast loose; detach" -- I guess that's apt (although it's in the physical sense -- loosing a backpack, for example). Might get messy with your mind though, since your head might go with it.

Esquare · Sep 21, 2003, 08:54 AM

This reminds me of the Kernal vs. Kernel dual... eh, duel?

Simon · Sep 21, 2003, 01:39 PM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
...and this is sticky why?

I see two possible reasons:

1.) Our beloved mod Scott, our little king, is trying himself as Mussolini of the English language. After pissing off a guy in another thread for a minor typo "PowerBok" (sic) he decided he will give it another try. Therefore, he has decided to abuse stickiness.

2.) We Americans happen to be a rather silly people. We prefer giving the richest 5% a tax cut than sending our kids to decent schools. One of the consequences is that illiteracy is escalating among Americans. Scott, our beloved mod is trying to do his fair share in the combat against the sneaking estrepement.

Scotttheking · Sep 21, 2003, 02:26 PM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
...and this is sticky why?

Because I've had a few people comment on the use of duel, and I felt a public service announcement was in order.

Cipher13 · Sep 22, 2003, 03:51 AM

Heh, perhaps you should concentrate on "your" versus "you're" or "to" versus "too" versus "two" or something a little more universally applicable first...

Simon · Sep 22, 2003, 04:59 AM

...and stupid misconceptions like rediculous.

Or how about these misspellings: colour, centre...

KidRed · Sep 22, 2003, 10:53 AM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
Because I've had a few people comment on the use of duel, and I felt a public service announcement was in order.

And yet with the amount of jerks in these forums there hasn't been a web etiquette sticky?

Seems etiquette and showing respect toward others is a tad more important than the spelling of our English language when a good portion here speak it as their 2nd, 3rd maybe even forth language.

chabig · Sep 22, 2003, 12:49 PM

maybe even forth language

I remember Forth. I played with that after I spent some time with Basic, Fortran, and Algol. It was my "fourth" computer language.

Chris

coolmacdude · Sep 22, 2003, 08:02 PM

While everyone is on a spelling soapbox, I cannot count the number of times I have seen lose (you lost something) spelled as loose (something became unsecure).

Cipher13 · Sep 23, 2003, 04:58 AM

Originally posted by coolmacdude:
While everyone is on a spelling soapbox, I cannot count the number of times I have seen lose (you lost something) spelled as loose (something became unsecure).

Insecure (just in case you weren't joking...)

Agent69 · Sep 23, 2003, 10:41 AM

I appreciate the sentiment of this thread but I feel that it is a waste of time to try police the spelling of "dual" and an unwarranted use of administrative power to make a sticky about it. I respectfully submit that this thread should be "unstickied" or deleted.

PacHead · Sep 23, 2003, 05:36 PM

Yes, please put an end to this madness. Everytime I see some post with somebody describing a mac as a Duel G4, I think, how in the world is this dumbass going to utilize their mac to the fullest.

Please educate all the illiterate people who do not know the difference between Duel and Dual.

Jeez. You'd think many people never made it past fourth grade.

Dual and Duel are simple ,four letter words. Can these people spell Cat or Dog correctly ?

Everybody makes spelling mistakes online, but Duel & Dual is no honest mistake, and there's plenty of people who need to brush up on simple grammar techniques.

People who misuse Duel & Dual are on my

List, right after laggers, probably.

Mr.Clicky · Sep 25, 2003, 02:21 AM

Maybe a condition of forum membership should also be the correct use of possessive apostrophe's!! (and if you don't know what is wrong with the last sentence please leave quietly...

)

Cipher13 · Sep 25, 2003, 05:45 AM

Scott, this is ****ing retarded, and bloody annoying at that... unstick the freakin' thread.

Mr.Clicky · Sep 25, 2003, 06:06 AM

got one!

Originally posted by Cipher13:
Scott, this is ****ing retarded, and bloody annoying at that... unstick the freakin' thread.

SMacTech · Sep 25, 2003, 09:18 AM

I keep getting kernal panics on me duelie and eye don't no what too due.

euphras · Sep 25, 2003, 03:20 PM

Quote:
"I keep getting kernal panics on me duelie and eye don't no what too due."

And plz: unstickinate or lockinate!

ZackS · Sep 25, 2003, 05:23 PM

If I could hit people through the internet, I would punch everyone in the face who says "ne1" instead of "anyone."

And Zimphire.

Kenneth · Sep 27, 2003, 09:51 PM

but Apple spelled it as "Duale"

slider · Sep 28, 2003, 01:12 PM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:
dual -
1. of grammatical number : denoting reference to two
2. consisting of two parts or elements or having two like parts

duel -
1. a combat between two persons; specif: a formal combat with weapons fought between two persons in the presence of witnesses
2. a conflict between antagonistic persons, ideas, or forces; also: a hard-fought contest between two opponents

Both definitions from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition

I don't want to see powermacs duel. So let's make sure we are using duals.

--Scott

Great, how about a sticky explaining that a "Rev A" machine is actually a revision of an original. It can't be a revision unless it revises something. What people are calling Rev. A's is an original.

superlarry · Sep 28, 2003, 07:32 PM

Originally posted by slider:
Great, how about a sticky explaining that a "Rev A" machine is actually a revision of an original. It can't be a revision unless it revises something. What people are calling Rev. A's is an original.

while i think you're technically correct about theoretical usage, i have a "rev. b" B&W G3, which is a revision of the original B&W G3 (the "rev. a"). if you told me i had a "rev. a," you'd be hindering rather than helping me. the same is true of the original iMacs. it's a naming scheme that's already in practice, so we can't really do anything about it now.

dfiler · Oct 1, 2003, 02:58 PM

This sticky is more annoying than the duel/dual mixup.

Just to push some buttons, I'm going to use duel until this thread is unstickified. Get a real cause already!

Stradlater · Oct 2, 2003, 02:05 PM

Why the hell is this a sticky? There are plenty of misspellings on this board...

gto47 · Oct 3, 2003, 09:39 AM

Thank god someone brought this up. Every time someone makes this mistake I want to bang my head against the wall repeatedly.

Gul Banana · Oct 4, 2003, 02:19 AM

I approve highly of this thread.

James L · Oct 5, 2003, 02:58 PM

I think this thread is hilarious. To the people who are learning proper english...great! To the people who are actually getting pissed off by it... well, I just don't know what to say! Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

p.s. colour and centre ARE the correct spellings of those words in MANY, MANY countries.

Agent69 · Oct 9, 2003, 11:00 AM

I don't like it because it is a useless demonstration of administrative power. The admins should have better things to worry about.

Agent69 · Oct 9, 2003, 11:02 AM

I also hate the fact that I have to see this thread every time I come into the PowerMac forum.

Short Circuit · Oct 9, 2003, 06:44 PM

Please people, the faster you learn, the faster this goes away!

W

Agent69 · Oct 9, 2003, 08:01 PM

Oh, this will never go away until either the admin wises up or Apple stops selling duel CPU computers.

PacHead · Oct 10, 2003, 02:53 AM

God forbid if Apple ever introduces a Quad processor G5.

I wonder if the illiterates will be able to count to four.

On a positive note, I can't think of any single word offhand that these people could possibly mix up with Quad.