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From: Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.20-pre4-ac1
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> > > The message "Warning: Primary channel requires an 80-pin cable for operation"
> > > is (apart from being wrongly asserted as we know) incorrect is detail:
> > > the plugs ARE 40-pin, the cable however is 80 conductor.
> > 
> > True, but I'm not sure a longer less obvious message will help users
> 
> "Warning: Limiting speed since you did not use an 80-conductor cable"

Pronouns should generally be avoided in formulations such as this one,
simply because there's no way to tell who it really was who didn't use
an 80-conductor cable. Go with a passive sentence instead.

T.
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