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- From: sasbmt@jjoyce.unx.sas.com (Bruce Tindall)
- Subject: Re: New group for people interested in a FreeNet for RTP
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- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 13:22:59 GMT
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- References: <1992Jul23.191855.24503@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul23.191855.24503@samba.oit.unc.edu>, Judy.Hallman@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Judy Hallman) writes:
- >Meanwhile, we can use this newsgroup to bounce around ideas. For
- >example, what do you think of the "city" model? Can you find things? Do
-
- I think the "city" model is horribly corny. Constantly having to
- translate "city hall" (or whatever) into whatever it really
- represents wastes human brainpower.
-
- Besides, it's insidious cultural discrimination against us hicks
- who live out in the country :-) Why not call the various menu
- selections "barnyard", "stable", "dung-heap", "trough", "silo",
- etc., instead of "city hall", "court house", etc.? :-)
-
- Or maybe the suburbanites would like some terms they could
- relate to, like "subdivision", "mall", "another subdivision",
- "another mall", ... :-)
-
- But seriously -- it's *not* a city, it's a computer system for
- storage, retrieval, and communication of information. Why not
- use words that describe its real functions?
-
- (Note to those who have never used a FreeNet system: the authors of
- many such systems present the system to the user as if it were a
- "city," with different functions or menu selections being given
- cutesy names like "city hall" instead of a description of what
- they really represent. The cutesy names are supposed to be
- analogous to the actual function the represent.)
- --
- Bruce Tindall, Core Testing Manager, SAS Institute Inc., Cary NC 27513
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