29 Mar
2009
29 Mar
'09
11:06 a.m.
iPods, you mean?
On 3/29/09, Scanning <steven.alan.canning at verizon.net> wrote:
The kids are mowing my yards so they can earn some
money and figure out how
the world works. Then they come in my garage so we can weld their bikes and
I teach them how to fix their Ipods.....
Peace... Steven
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Shall all those kids get off your lawn now?
Peace... Sridhar
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sridhar Ayengar" <ploopster at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Cc: "On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 2:16 AM
Subject: Re: language misuse (Was:LASER scope )
Scanning wrote:
> I refuse to voluntarily contribute to any further bastardization of the
> technical language. Just because the great un-washed call it a laser or
> radar doesn't mean it is technically correct. Why not just abolish
> capitalizing acronyms all together ? I cringe when I hear idiots on
> commercials talking about RPMs or MPGs as if you can pluralize them.
What is
> next, pressure in Inches Per Seconds ?
Society as a whole is ignorant
enough
> without furthering the cause. And yes a car
has an internal combustion
> engine, not a motor. As a technical group we should help preserve
technical
> correctness ( not political correctness ).
We the folks that have been
> around ( some of us almost from the beginning ) have an obligation to
not
> only preserve vintage hardware and software
for the next generations but
> also to preserve the correct verbiage that describes it. Baud should
mean
> baud and nothing else. I understand that
language can change over time
( I
> can't say I'm having a gay time
anymore ) but I won't let the language
get
> trashed by people that don't know any
better. And why is it that I can
have
> a mailbox with one letter or a whole bunch
and it is still called mail,
but
> if it is in my Inbox it is called Emails ?
I'm starting to sound like
Andy
> Rooney, must be time to get if the soap
box....