John <usenet.TakeThisOut@puresilver.org> wrote:
: On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:53:47 -0500, Frank Pittel <fwp.TakeThisOut@warlock.deepthought.com> wrote:
: >John <usenet.TakeThisOut@puresilver.org> wrote:
: >: On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 23:00:32 -0500, Frank Pittel <fwp.TakeThisOut@warlock.deepthought.com> wrote:
: >
: >: >: "Are you planning on accepting the new definition of photography?" - Frank
: >: >: "Just as soon as humanity accepts a new definition of the term humanity." - John
: >: >
: >: >Any suggestions for the new definition of humanity??
: >: >--
: >
: >: How about a group of people willing to trade definitions for the sake of
: >: convenience ? That should sum up most legal, moral and philosophically questionable acts
: >: in the past 2500 years.
: >
: >Is that how you'd like to define humanity?
: What I would like is irrelevant. But this does seem to be what many would like. A
: society without the solid defined foundation of a language which is the basis for our
: society.
You're describing the nature of "living" languages. New words are added, old words fall from use
and the definitions of words change. Once upon a time a "computer" was a person that "computed"
figures. Since then the meaning of the word has changed. I'll also bet money that 100 years ago
the definition of the word bug didn't include a logical error in software. The examples of words
changing definitions goes on and on.
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