tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15841782.post6974318573768815489..comments2023-09-25T08:52:15.671-05:00Comments on The Good Part Blog: The Technicalization of CivilizationThe Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11267368729189076910noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15841782.post-29396458878349031692008-11-21T22:54:00.000-06:002008-11-21T22:54:00.000-06:00Every field has had volumnous "words" added during...Every field has had volumnous "words" added during the last decades. What amazes me, is that in the 50's when I was in gradeschool, our Weekly Reader had an article about a day when people would be able to see the person they were talking to on their phone. I had horrible imaginations that they might see me in the bath tub! Well, at that time the telephones were all black, corded, phone numbers in the big city of Des Moines had only 5 digits until late in the 50's when they added a two-letter prefix. Our number was BL(ackburn) 55008. There were no computers, at least any less than the size of a room. Language--when people asked how we were, we replied "fine" not "good". I struggled listening to the use of the word "cool" when everything being described was fully understood by the word "neat". Language, as my college professor once told us, is always changing. Henceforth, thou shalt not be amazed with any amazement at new vocabulary thou dost encounter in the future. <BR/>Oh yes, AIM takes care of my tax preparations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15841782.post-50471014909071364912008-11-21T10:58:00.000-06:002008-11-21T10:58:00.000-06:00I say - why worry about all those names and funny ...I say - why worry about all those names and funny vocabulary. i just wish people writing messages would use a few more proper English words and good grammar. Try living having a Canadian based system and getting the spell check to work - after 40 years I finally know where some of the differences between American and Canadian English spellings are but I get so many red lines under words to indicate I've spelled something wrong according to the spell check. The spell check on blogspot is American so is Facebook but on our personal word processor it is Canadian. <BR/><BR/>I am hopeless enough in the spelling department that I really have to pay attention to what I write and hope that my various friends can figure it out whether they read American or Canadian.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393525220611580379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15841782.post-10805457071229082602008-11-21T10:20:00.000-06:002008-11-21T10:20:00.000-06:00Wow! I never really thought about it but it sure i...Wow! I never really thought about it but it sure is a language of its own!<BR/> And I, who am not incredible computer savvy only know the tip of the iceburg!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00270728196887737645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15841782.post-6483163787954140342008-11-21T10:04:00.000-06:002008-11-21T10:04:00.000-06:00Well, to clarify some of your questions. AIM means...Well, to clarify some of your questions. <BR/>AIM means: <B>A</B>ol <B>I</B>nstant <B>M</B>essenger. <BR/><BR/>Docking is referring to the similar docking of a boat. <BR/><BR/>Blog is an abbreviation for we<B>b</B> <B>log</B><BR/><BR/>Dig this is a take-off of the phrase "to dig up" coming off of the idea of digging up treasure etc. <BR/><BR/>Nano is a proper prefix in the English language, referring to an extremely small division, thus we use it for anything we like to equate to being very small. <BR/><BR/>And to add a few more to your list, some things you never think about, but use all the time, what does that "http" or "https" and "www" stand for? <BR/><BR/>Http[s]: <B>H</B>yper<B>t</B>ext <B>T</B>ransfer <B>P</B>rotocol [<B>s</B>ecure]<BR/><BR/>www: (some of us like to call it the world wide wait) but it really is <B>w</B>orld <B>w</B>ide <B>w</B>eb<BR/><BR/>And realize that the reason why this all sounds like silly mumblings is that most computer guys just never really grow up. Also no one gets a major on English, (more likely in other languages like Java, C#, or something like that) so why would the English names given be any more advanced than the words your kids use?<BR/><BR/>Consider also the "mouse" you use to navigate your computer. CDs, DVDs, keyboards, speakers, scanners, hubs, switches, routers, servers, PCs, webcams, ethernet, internet, wi-fi, ftp etc. :-) <BR/><BR/>Fun to consider sometimes, but the list is so endless (try asking your husband the names of car parts! PCV joints, hubs, transmission.....) how did they get their names?!Peter Pillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17289893523711313074noreply@blogger.com