The point here DMB, picking up from Arlo, Is that "jargon" like "boot" is not invented by artless techies who just want to sound clever (an exclusive club of people who understand the jargon).
It is jargon in the techie's original context. Once it escapes into the wider world of language - the meaning is corrupted (evolved) by less-informed use. People (general users) wanting to sound like technical experts using technical terms in approximate contexts with only approximately understood meanings ... at that point the artful techie's creativity is in danger of being forgotten. Marvel at the idea that someone worked out how to create the dynamic experience of an e-mail programme "running" on a dead piece of etched silicon, with no moving parts. You'll believe a chip can fly, defy gravity, bootstrap itself. True dynamic quality. Computers and language both. Ian On 3/21/07, Arlo Bensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Ian on "booting"] > A program you need before you can run any (other) programs. > > [Arlo] > This is right. There is big difference (tech-support wise) between > saying "my computer won't boot" and "my computer won't start". "Boot" > is a specific step in what is a longer chain-of-events required to > bring your computer/OS to the initial configurations set by you. > Nearly always, there are several programs that "start" when the > computer is "booted". Your computer can "boot", but your OS can fail > to "start" (while other programs do successfully start). You can > "start power" and fail to "boot". > > You guys (not Ian) make it seem like learning a new word or two is a > bad thing. Does "mouse" work for you, or would you prefer "mobile > selection device"? I think the cool thing happens when these words > influence other areas of our lives (a small demonstration of the > power of concepts, perhaps). "Networks" has drastically impacted the > way we think of the human brain and our cognitive processes. > > Now the overall desktop metaphor... well, although Microsoft had high > hopes for the "window" metaphor, it really amounted to nothing more > than files and folders. The user recreated habituated activity from > previous genres to her/his computer activity. Microsoft also has big > plans for how Vista will break us out of the drab file/folder > approach. Will it work? We'll see. Apple has led the way on this, and > Apple too is mostly all file-folder. The graphics have gotten > prettier, but the way we engage the "files" has not. > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
