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Game Developers Cracking Down on Cheating
Hector73 writes "ZDNet has an article discussing a growing concern for the makers of on-line video games. Cheaters and trolls are making it harder for casual users and newbies to get hooked on the on-line versions of games. Considering that on-line gaming may become the major revenue source for game makers over the few years, maybe they will actually do something about it."
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Ha! As if DNS-and-BIND had never heard of change, and had to be taught the concept like a child. Trying to lord over a person you're arguing with is a worthless tactic.
Anyway, you shouldn't just sit back and let change roll over you - you have the same power as any other person to dictate future English. Will *you* start using 'alot' from now on? Do you *like* 'alot'?
The word 'another' actually has different meaning from 'an other': the phrase focuses on an object being different from the first object, while the word focuses on an object being the next one after the first object.
People may want to start making a distinction between 'a lot' (where you park cars) and 'alot' (casual synonym for 'many'), but frankly, between 'its/it's' confusion, and 'lose/loose' confusion, and the corruption of 'hee hee hee', it's a bad time to be permissive about changes to the English language.
-Sean Givan'A lot' is kind of a metaphorical way of saying plenty. But if you think of it literally, it's kind of a silly metaphor. But since it's such a common usage, we're going to stick with 'a lot' to mean plenty. I am usually not too aware of the way I spell or write certain things, since it's a pretty unconscious process for me. I'm not even sure if I usually say 'a lot' or 'alot'. But, now more than ever, I believe 'a lot' should be one word, because when people use it the don't, not even in the remotest sense, think of it as the same words in "I parked my car in a lot". When people say 'your' instead of 'you're' I'm usually pretty tolerant about that too, but I would understand why people might disagree with me. But saying 'a lot' doesn't reflect the semantical meaning when people say it. That is why I think 'a ton' should still be two words, just because people still mean it as a metaphor. But 'a ton' today is sort of like what 'a lot' was 50 or 100 years ago, when people probably starting saying 'a lot' and people objected. Just like people would object now if you said 'aton'. But even though people place a layer between their thoughts and their writing, and correct themselves to write 'a lot' as two words, the fact is, no one actually uses that expression that way; *everyone* no matter how they spell it, means 'alot'.
No, change in the English language shouldn't just run you over, in fact, I'm usually pretty slow to adopt new language usages. But I do recognize the tendency for language to change, and I cherish it, I don't resist it.