Re: Guessing?

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 22:36:41 -0300
Message-ID: <483e08ad$0$4036$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>


Gene Wirchenko wrote:

> Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>

>>Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>>
>>>Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:

>
>>>>paul c wrote:

>
>>>>>The more I muse about it, the more I imagine that whatever the word for 
>>>>>non-anthro...phizing is, that should be the name of some as yet 
>>>>>undiscovered 'design Principle'.
>>>>
>>>>An antonym of anthropomorphize is objectify. I am not too fond of that 
>>>>either.
>>>
>>>     Is there a safe word?
>>
>>What? Like prophylactic?

>
> No. If I am not supposed to anthromphise or objectify, what do I
> do?

Embrace reality. People are people. Animals are animals. Rocks are rocks. DBMSes are systems. Received on Thu May 29 2008 - 03:36:41 CEST

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