knighton@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Robert Knighton) (02/15/89)
In article <1812@goofy.megatest.UUCP> djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones) writes: [stuff deleted] >** mild flames follow ** > >I get tired of hearing phrases like, "type-latice reduced >interior state polymorhism", to describe some kind of lookup table. >And when they start renaming everything to make it sound like classical >mathematics, with F-sub-alpha's and so forth, I tune out, even though >[because?] my M.S. is in classical mathematics. Yea and AMEN!!! I still find his book hard to read after several attempts with a dictionary by my side. Yeesh! >And it should be the law: If you use the word "paradigm" without >knowing what the dictionary says it means, you go to jail. No >exceptions. Grrrrrr. Paradigm: (par-uh-dim, or par-uh-[dime]) 1. EXAMPLE, PATTERN; esp.: an OUTSTANDINGLY CLEAR or TYPICAL example or archtype. [Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary page 853; 1st of two defs.] so there, now we all should know the particular meaning that usage here gives this $5.00 word. :^) :^) :^) :^) :^) >***** > >Ah! I feel much better now, thank you. So do I, thank you very much! CAIO! ----- knighton@oswego.oswego.edu rutgers!sunybcs!oswego!knighton
torkil@psivax.UUCP (Torkil Hammer) (02/17/89)
In article <1070@oswego.Oswego.EDU> knighton@oswego.oswego.edu (Robert Knighton) writes: #In article <1812@goofy.megatest.UUCP> djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones) writes: #[stuff deleted] # #>And it should be the law: If you use the word "paradigm" without #>knowing what the dictionary says it means, you go to jail. No #>exceptions. Grrrrrr. # #Paradigm: (par-uh-dim, or par-uh-[dime]) 1. EXAMPLE, PATTERN; esp.: #an OUTSTANDINGLY CLEAR or TYPICAL example or archtype. #[Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary page 853; 1st of two defs.] # #so there, now we all should know the particular meaning that usage here #gives this $5.00 word. :^) :^) :^) :^) :^) # Archtype??? You really mean that old paradiwhatever of structural engineering? :-) Couldn't resist. Add one jail vote. torkil