On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:14:16 -0500, "Peter H. Coffin"
<hellsop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:44:05 -0400, Reality Check wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:49:06 -0500, "Peter H. Coffin"
>><hellsop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>The concept of someone being technically correct in an irrelevant =
manner
>>>is popping up more and more in my dealings with people.=20
>>
>> pedant/pedantic?
>
>I've been considering that, but it doesn't seem contrary enough. An
>example of the kind of thing is the "correction" that a DVR doesn't
>*really* record two programs at once because the hard drive inside
>serializes and blocks while it's writing.
Nitpicker? Quibbler? Caviler?=20
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