Dear all, You’ve all done very well in helping us spread the word about RIPE Atlas. Thank you for your hard work in distributing RIPE Atlas probes throughout the world via your networks. Your effort and energy spent in helping us reach the 10k is priceless. Nonetheless, we want to at least try and show you our gratitude. We’ve attached some logos that you can use as avatars and/or banners on your social media accounts to let the world know how important you are to the global Internet community. Each logo is named for its function. Thank you for your support, and we wish you a wonderful 2018! Best wishes, RIPE Atlas team
Thanks for logos. I can’t quite see big difference between three banners, size only? If we are using Star Trek reference, we should spell it right — Taking RIPE Atlas where it has never gone before. It’s mean it is. Here, it is it has, which isn’t it.
On Dec 20, 2017, at 12:56, Lia Hestina <lhestina@ripe.net> wrote:
Dear all,
You’ve all done very well in helping us spread the word about RIPE Atlas. Thank you for your hard work in distributing RIPE Atlas probes throughout the world via your networks.
Your effort and energy spent in helping us reach the 10k is priceless. Nonetheless, we want to at least try and show you our gratitude.
We’ve attached some logos that you can use as avatars and/or banners on your social media accounts to let the world know how important you are to the global Internet community. Each logo is named for its function.
Thank you for your support, and we wish you a wonderful 2018!
Best wishes, RIPE Atlas team
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Dear Dimitry, Thank you for your feedback.
On 21 Dec 2017, at 12:24, Dmitry Kohmanyuk <dk@hostmaster.ua> wrote:
Thanks for logos. I can’t quite see big difference between three banners, size only? Yes indeed, the sizes are different and each size meets the requirement of the social media type. If we are using Star Trek reference, we should spell it right —
Taking RIPE Atlas where it has never gone before.
It’s mean it is. Here, it is it has, which isn’t it. We’ve been informed that “it’s” can be a contraction of “it is” and/or “it has” - in this case we use it as a contraction of “it has”.
Wishing you a Happy holidays! Kind regards, Lia Hestina
On Dec 20, 2017, at 12:56, Lia Hestina <lhestina@ripe.net> wrote:
Dear all,
You’ve all done very well in helping us spread the word about RIPE Atlas. Thank you for your hard work in distributing RIPE Atlas probes throughout the world via your networks.
Your effort and energy spent in helping us reach the 10k is priceless. Nonetheless, we want to at least try and show you our gratitude.
We’ve attached some logos that you can use as avatars and/or banners on your social media accounts to let the world know how important you are to the global Internet community. Each logo is named for its function.
Thank you for your support, and we wish you a wonderful 2018!
Best wishes, RIPE Atlas team
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On 22 Dec 2017, at 05:18, Lia Hestina <lhestina@ripe.net> wrote:
It’s mean it is. Here, it is it has, which isn’t it. We’ve been informed that “it’s” can be a contraction of “it is” and/or “it has” - in this case we use it as a contraction of “it has”.
Sorry that is wrong - it’s is only a contraction for ‘it is’. It is never for ‘it has’. f.
On 2017-12-22 08:02:21 (-0500), Fearghas Mckay wrote:
On 22 Dec 2017, at 05:18, Lia Hestina <lhestina@ripe.net> wrote:
We’ve been informed that “it’s” can be a contraction of “it is” and/or “it has” - in this case we use it as a contraction of “it has”.
Sorry that is wrong - it’s is only a contraction for ‘it is’. It is never for ‘it has’.
The Cambridge Dictionary disagrees with you: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/its?q=it%27s it's: "short form of it has:" "It's been a wonderful day - thank you." Philip -- Philip Paeps Senior Reality Engineer Ministry of Information
I’m so mad! You’re all missing the point. Dmitry pointed out the core issue here. The language used is wrong. Star Trek uses the following phrase: To boldly go where no man has gone before Later in its series life (and to comply with the correct modern day language mindset), it adjusted its tagline in 2009 to: To boldly go where no one has gone before Still insanely catchy; still 100% Star Trek. However, RIPE has chosen a much edited version: Taking RIPE Atlas where it’s never gone before It just doesn’t work. Plus ... this is an affront on Trekkie worldwide! An abomination of a beloved phrase that has stood the test of time (50+ years)! That’s longer than the internet or even packet networking has been around! I’m shocked at the audacity shown by RIPE with the language used on this logo. In what universe does RIPE think it can play with phrases from the hallowed world of Star Trek? Not in my universe! Not even in galaxy far far away! Consider the outrage if RIPE had messed with the beauty and prose of Shakespeare’s poems, sonnets, and plays? Would we accept these? Shall I compare thee to a CIDR announced? The lady doth flap too much, methinks A packet! a packet! my kingdom for a packet! Good Night, Good night! Partitioning is such sweet sorrow This is the short and the long of DNSSEC Cry "Havoc," and let slip the DDoS of war All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little perl-script None of these would ever be acceptable; but I think I’ve digressed and protested too much! Dear RIPE. Please be true to the original text of Star Trek (ok - 2009 version). Including the lack of apostrophes. I think it’s the prudent thing to do if we all want to live long and prosper. I hope this helps. I’m not trying to be rebellious; however; we all know that rebellions are built on hope. Martin PS: happy whatever and a merry thingy!
On Dec 22, 2017, at 5:06 AM, Philip Paeps <philip@trouble.is> wrote:
On 2017-12-22 08:02:21 (-0500), Fearghas Mckay wrote:
On 22 Dec 2017, at 05:18, Lia Hestina <lhestina@ripe.net> wrote: We’ve been informed that “it’s” can be a contraction of “it is” and/or “it has” - in this case we use it as a contraction of “it has”.
Sorry that is wrong - it’s is only a contraction for ‘it is’. It is never for ‘it has’.
The Cambridge Dictionary disagrees with you:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/its?q=it%27s
it's: "short form of it has:" "It's been a wonderful day - thank you."
Philip
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Martin J. Levy wrote:
I’m so mad!
You’re all missing the point. Dmitry pointed out the core issue here. The language used is wrong.
I agree. If we're going to get sticky about using "it's", we should stick with the Queen's English and rephrase more appropriately. What with this climate of Brexit, the reaffirmation of the patriotic blue passport and the surprising emergence of the humble Kettle crisp as the unlikely main contender to balance the British trade deficit in its future age of glory, there is a strong case to be made for the restoration of Queen's English to its rightful position on the world stage. Obviously "it's"--meaning "it has"--is out because, although colloquial enough that it's been included in the Cambridge Dictionary (a descriptive rather than a proscriptive tome), it doesn't set quite the right tone, leading to the possible: *Taking RIPE Atlas where one has never gone before* Alas, one cannot end a sentence with a preposition, which suggests a potentially different wording: *Taking RIPE Atlas before where one has never gone* This, however, sounds somewhat artificial, so a modicum of rearrangement provides the alternative: *Taking RIPE Atlas where one has heretofore never gone* Correct pronunciation can be practiced by speaking loudly and clearly while eating a warm potato. I do hope this helps. Nick
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