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Opera shouldn't be hyped. It is not for the hoi-polloi, it is for the select few, the connoisseurs, the epicures of software nourishment.

by hxa7241 18y ago

unalone 18y ago
Good God. You actually used the word "epicures" to describe "people who like a lightweight, multi-featured browser." That's taking things a little too far. You forget that the software world is not one of connoisseurs. There's a free class and there's a professional class. There's no more than that. You couldn't have a luxury class, it couldn't sustain itself. And we could have a whole discussion on why - the Internet relies on the power of networks, so closing a network off damages the potential of the system - but really, the point is more that you can't defend a web browser through elitism, not when it's a free product that's trying to get as many downloads as possible.
- hxa7241 18y ago
  > Good God. You actually used the word "epicures" to describe "people who like a lightweight, multi-featured browser." That's taking things a little too far. yes, that is it. it was silly. maybe not quite obviously silly enough though.
blasdel 18y ago
hoi polloi == the people Your extraneous definite article exposes you as one of those you project yourself above. Part of being elitist is being correct: without that you're a fool.
- hxa7241 18y ago
  from the apple dictionary: USAGE 1 Hoi is the Greek word for the, and the phrase hoi polloi means ‘the many.’ This has led some traditionalists to insist that hoi polloi should not be used in English with the, since that would be to state the word the twice. But, once established in English, expressions such as hoi polloi are typically treated as fixed units and are subject to the rules and conventions of English. Evidence shows that use with the has now become an accepted part of standard English usage: : they kept to themselves, away from the hoi polloi (rather than : . . . away from hoi polloi).
  - hxa7241 18y ago
    (the apple dictionary being the 'New Oxford American Dictionary', just to be clear)

Opera shouldn't be hyped. It is not for the hoi-polloi, it is for the select few, the connoisseurs, the epicures of software nourishment.

by hxa7241 18y ago

Opera shouldn't be hyped. It is not for the hoi-polloi, it is for the select few, the connoisseurs, the epicures of software nourishment.

unalone 18y ago

Good God. You actually used the word "epicures" to describe "people who like a lightweight, multi-featured browser." That's taking things a little too far. You forget that the software world is not one of connoisseurs. There's a free class and there's a professional class. There's no more than that. You couldn't have a luxury class, it couldn't sustain itself. And we could have a whole discussion on why - the Internet relies on the power of networks, so closing a network off damages the potential of the system - but really, the point is more that you can't defend a web browser through elitism, not when it's a free product that's trying to get as many downloads as possible.

hxa7241 18y ago
> Good God. You actually used the word "epicures" to describe "people who like a lightweight, multi-featured browser." That's taking things a little too far. yes, that is it. it was silly. maybe not quite obviously silly enough though.

blasdel 18y ago

hoi polloi == the people Your extraneous definite article exposes you as one of those you project yourself above. Part of being elitist is being correct: without that you're a fool.

hxa7241 18y ago
from the apple dictionary: USAGE 1 Hoi is the Greek word for the, and the phrase hoi polloi means ‘the many.’ This has led some traditionalists to insist that hoi polloi should not be used in English with the, since that would be to state the word the twice. But, once established in English, expressions such as hoi polloi are typically treated as fixed units and are subject to the rules and conventions of English. Evidence shows that use with the has now become an accepted part of standard English usage: : they kept to themselves, away from the hoi polloi (rather than : . . . away from hoi polloi).
- hxa7241 18y ago
  (the apple dictionary being the 'New Oxford American Dictionary', just to be clear)