On Thu, 2015-01-08 at 09:35 -0700, Warren Young wrote:> Once a thing becomes reliable, it stops being technology.Oh No. Just because something works well it does not stop being "technology" unless the USA people, who have decimated my language (English), have a new definition for "technology". Warren are you serious that things that do not work well are "technology" but things that do work well are *not* technology ? -- Regards, Paul. England, EU. Je suis Charlie !
Quoting Always Learning <centos at u62.u22.net>:> > On Thu, 2015-01-08 at 09:35 -0700, Warren Young wrote: > >> Once a thing becomes reliable, it stops being technology. > > Oh No. Just because something works well it does not stop being > "technology" unless the USA people, who have decimated my language > (English), have a new definition for "technology".ah, yes. Two great nations, divided by a common language... Dave> > Warren are you serious that things that do not work well are > "technology" but things that do work well are *not* technology ? > > > -- > Regards, > > Paul. > England, EU. Je suis Charlie ! > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- "As long as politics is the shadow cast on society by big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance." -- John Dewey
On Fri, 2015-01-09 at 14:20 -0800, Dave Stevens wrote:> Quoting Always Learning <centos at u62.u22.net>: > > > Oh No. Just because something works well it does not stop being > > "technology" unless the USA people, who have decimated my language > > (English), have a new definition for "technology". > > ah, yes. Two great nations, divided by a common language...The one east of the Atlantic continues to decline and is only "great" when compared in size to Brittany in the north-west of La France. Great Britain actually means a Brittany bigger than the French area called Bretagne. The USA has certainly damaged my language. These days (ever since George W) one no longer devises a "plan". Instead one makes a "road map" :-) -- Regards, Paul. England, EU. Je suis Charlie.
On Jan 9, 2015, at 3:15 PM, Always Learning <centos at u62.u22.net> wrote:> unless the USA people, who have decimated my language > (English), have a new definition for "technology?.If you roll back all the changes made to English since colonial times, you?re left with Middle English. So, how do you feel about Chaucer? Those who try to fight the inevitable changes that language goes through end up as laughing stocks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_fran%C3%A7aise#Conservatism> On Thu, 2015-01-08 at 09:35 -0700, Warren Young wrote: > >> Once a thing becomes reliable, it stops being technology. > > Warren are you serious that things that do not work well are > "technology" but things that do work well are *not* technology ?It?s a bit of a glib observation, but there?s a serious core to it. Pencils, paper, carpet, and toasters were once technology. They were luxury items, manufactured by skilled artisans. Now they come off an assembly line, durable and perfect, every time. The original sense of the word ?technology? comes from its Greek roots, meaning a treatise on some art, such as a book on how to brew beer. We don?t use the word that way any more. In the 1970s, we started to distinguish some technology as ?high? technology, then high-tech, and now just tech. I?m not really serious about this new definition for technology, but it is a useful one. It is entirely within the normal scope of language evolution for it to become the new sense of the word.