Every now and then on this blog, I poke fun at oversensitive “scientists” who are so wrapped up in the theology of science that they would greet Francis Bacon with Cartman-esqe screams of “RESPECT maaah authori-TAY!!!“
So I just love that “Nature’s Fundamental Laws May be Changing“. To me, it is common sense. Francis Bacon would […]
Dare has a post where he once again rips on people who abuse the language. Most of the words he and the commenters identify should be removed from all responsible e-mail conversations. But I have to object about the criticism of the word “synergy”.
The meaning of synergy is very clear. Think chemistry, and drug interaction […]
The words “pimp” and “pimping” have become somewhat common, and I often hear people using them incorrectly. Wikipedia is basically useless on this subject, so I am submitting my authoritative dissertation as a service to the world.
For starters, “pimp” has largely fallen out of use as a term to describe a man who finds clients […]
In English, we use “have” to represent past experience, and “will” to represent future — “I have skied before”, “I will ski tomorrow”. Since English is full of homonyms, we seldom think about the fact that “have” is also used to indicate posession, and “will” is used to represent desire (”I have some money. I […]
Jon Udell continues his crusade to obfuscate the idea of “user-generated content”. As Orwell implored in “Politics and the English Language”, people should call a thing what it is — it’s user-generated content.
There are problems with Jon’s two proposed replacements. First, “reader-created context” is what Stumbleupon does. It’s what digg does. It’s not what YouTube […]