Messages in this thread | | | From | (Måns Rullgård) | Subject | Re: Things that Longhorn seems to be doing right | Date | Mon, 03 Nov 2003 23:06:24 +0100 |
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Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu writes:
>> No. don't you think I look things up in a dictionary before I >> write a definition? >> >> The Webster's "New Collegiate Dictionary", 150th Anniversary >> Edition clearly states; >> >> 1. EXAMPLE, PATTERN;esp: an outstandingly clear or typical >> example or archetype. > > The current prevailing paradigm is that words mean what convention says they > mean, not what the dictionary says. > > You got as much chance of reclaiming that word as you do "hacker". ;)
Well, hacker still has the right meaning among hackers. Maybe paradigm survives in some group, as well, though I'm not sure where.
-- Måns Rullgård mru@kth.se
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