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Hi Shawn great vid. I'd just

On July 7th, 2008 Anonymous (not verified) says:

Hi Shawn great vid.
I'd just like to point out that your use the word "fickle" contradicts you description of linux users af "loyal" - one cannot be loyal and fickle (a contradiction in terms).

Dict.org:

Fickle \Fic"kle\, a. [OE. fikel untrustworthy, deceitful, AS.
ficol, fr. fic, gefic, fraud, deceit; cf. f[=a]cen deceit,
OS. f?kn, OHG. feichan, Icel. feikn portent. Cf. Fidget.]
Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a
changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant;
capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

They know how fickle common lovers are. --Dryden.

Syn: Wavering; irresolute; unsettled; vacillating; unstable;
inconsonant; unsteady; variable; mutable; changeful;
capricious; veering; shifting.
[1913 Webster]

Just so you know.

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