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This tsunami disaster has shown once again that journalists don't understand the usage of the word “enormity”. I doubt that they are deliberately invoking pathetic fallacy. The tsunami was a terrible tragedy, but I don't see the need to ascribe it to malice on the part of nature.
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Excellent, gripping stuff. Thanks!
Now what about when glade inserts:
include “config.h”
in your main program, and nothing recognizes it?
(http://livejournal.com/users/greatbiggary)
It should say:
That's the standard way of dealing with the autoconf system.
(http://livejournal.com/users/elbeno)