6 Jun
2024
6 Jun
'24
1:19 p.m.
Ok, now you're back to cost. Your criteria keep changing. You cannot
give something meaning when the "something" keeps changing. This is why
you are refuted.
I refute you, sir!
Sellam,
There's "personal computing" as a verb and "personal computer" as
an object
classification. These are distinct terms. Using a UNIVAC 1 for personal
computing purposes does not make the UNIVAC 1 a personal computer in so far
as the UNIVAC 1 was not originally classified (such as with the patent
office) as a device intended for the express purpose of personal computing,
as defined as blah blah blah.
One could argue that the manufacturer as the right to declare what is and
is not the intended personal use of the thing they're manufacturing, as
represented by the manuals, promotions and marketing, training, etc.
So, I think really it's possible to declare anything a personal computer or
not a personal computer if you have some sort of base definitions for these
things. I think that's the problem we're having, the terms "personal
computer" and personal computing are not really dictionary words.
Bill