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in thread Is it harmful to spend too long on PerlMonks?

Howdy!

The oft-misapplied verb "log on" includes some manner of authentication. If I just visit a web site, I'm not "logged on" in any meaningful way. If I provide credentials, typically a user ID and password, *then* (and only then) have I "logged on".

Advertisements that exhort me to "log on" to a web site are almost never using the right verb. "Visit" is far more appropriate in nearly every case.

yours,
Michael
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Re^3: Is it harmful to spend too long on PerlMonks?
by Fletch (Bishop) on Oct 06, 2008 at 15:08 UTC

    And don't get me started on the commercial I heard on the radio this morning exhorting me to "click on" blahdiblah.com . . .

    Then again if they understood how computers worked they wouldn't be stuck in marketing . . . :)

    The cake is a lie.
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