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Please stop calling them apps!
I don't go into my gar to mow the lawn, so why would I use an app on my computer? Why are people too ****ing lazy to use the whole word anymore? If "application" is too difficult, what about "program"?
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Please stop calling them apps!
"Commander Kinsey" wrote:
I don't go into my gar to mow the lawn, so why would I use an app on my computer? Why are people too ****ing lazy to use the whole word anymore? If "application" is too difficult, what about "program"? When I started programming in the 70s we wrote computer programs. I don't remember when or why "application" became popular. It sounds like a poultice you apply to an infected wound. So, yes, I prefer "program". |
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Please stop calling them apps!
On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:06:47 +0100, Apd wrote:
"Commander Kinsey" wrote: I don't go into my gar to mow the lawn, so why would I use an app on my computer? Why are people too ****ing lazy to use the whole word anymore? If "application" is too difficult, what about "program"? When I started programming in the 70s we wrote computer programs. I don't remember when or why "application" became popular. It sounds like a poultice you apply to an infected wound. So, yes, I prefer "program". What kind of proggies do you write? -- -v |
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Please stop calling them apps!
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wrote: I don't go into my gar to mow the lawn, so why would I use an app on my computer? Why are people too ****ing lazy to use the whole word anymore? If "application" is too difficult, what about "program"? When I started programming in the 70s we wrote computer programs. I don't remember when or why "application" became popular. It sounds like a poultice you apply to an infected wound. So, yes, I prefer "program". What kind of proggies do you write? i run proggies on my lappie. |
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Please stop calling them apps!
On 5/15/19 7:33 PM, nospam wrote:
[snip] i run proggies on my lappie. much better than apps on the iPhone. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "Freedom begins between the ears." |
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Please stop calling them apps!
On 5/15/2019 7:28 PM, vallor wrote:
On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:06:47 +0100, Apd wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote: I don't go into my gar to mow the lawn, so why would I use an app on my computer? Why are people too ****ing lazy to use the whole word anymore? If "application" is too difficult, what about "program"? When I started programming in the 70s we wrote computer programs. I don't remember when or why "application" became popular. It sounds like a poultice you apply to an infected wound. So, yes, I prefer "program". What kind of proggies do you write? Damn, sounds like some kind of filled Polish dumpling. :-) -- == Later... Ron C -- |
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"vallor" wrote:
On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:06:47 +0100, Apd wrote: When I started programming in the 70s we wrote computer programs. I don't remember when or why "application" became popular. It sounds like a poultice you apply to an infected wound. So, yes, I prefer "program". What kind of proggies do you write? In the early days I wrote software for an oil exploration company, mainly to do with signal processing. Later I was involved with scientific research, so pretty much anything a particular project required. Now I'm retired and don't write much apart from the occasional utility I might need. |
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On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:06:47 +0100, Apd wrote:
"Commander Kinsey" wrote: I don't go into my gar to mow the lawn, so why would I use an app on my computer? Why are people too ****ing lazy to use the whole word anymore? If "application" is too difficult, what about "program"? When I started programming in the 70s we wrote computer programs. I don't remember when or why "application" became popular. It sounds like a poultice you apply to an infected wound. So, yes, I prefer "program". I also laugh at "execute" the program. It sounds like you want it killed. And an "executive" in a business should be the one that chops off people's heads when they misbehave. |
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On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:30:35 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:06:47 +0100, Apd wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote: I don't go into my gar to mow the lawn, so why would I use an app on my computer? Why are people too ****ing lazy to use the whole word anymore? If "application" is too difficult, what about "program"? When I started programming in the 70s we wrote computer programs. I don't remember when or why "application" became popular. It sounds like a poultice you apply to an infected wound. So, yes, I prefer "program". I also laugh at "execute" the program. It sounds like you want it killed. And an "executive" in a business should be the one that chops off people's heads when they misbehave. "executing" a program dates back to before you were born and has a very good reason for it's usage. In those early days one loaded a program into the computer and it sat there, fat and happy, doing absolutely nothing. Then when you had the courage to try it, you issued the command "execute", whereupon it leaped into life (or death) and did whatever you had actually asked it to do (not necassarily what you had though you had asked it to do). The term has a naval background. In the days of ail the officer in charge of the deck would issue a command e.g. 'Prepare to luff", where upon members of the crew would leap to various ropes, lines, sheets and haliards, getting ready to do whatever had to be done. At the appropriate moment (maybe in the midst of a close tacking duel) the officer would issue the command 'Execute!' whereupon sheaves would whir, ropes would run, and yards and booms would swing round to their new position. If you go to the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary you will find the word 'execute' has various threads of meaning all dataing from Middle English and having something to do with the performance of something or other. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On Thu, 16 May 2019 07:01:11 +0100, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:30:35 +0100, "Commander Kinsey" wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:06:47 +0100, Apd wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote: I don't go into my gar to mow the lawn, so why would I use an app on my computer? Why are people too ****ing lazy to use the whole word anymore? If "application" is too difficult, what about "program"? When I started programming in the 70s we wrote computer programs. I don't remember when or why "application" became popular. It sounds like a poultice you apply to an infected wound. So, yes, I prefer "program". I also laugh at "execute" the program. It sounds like you want it killed. And an "executive" in a business should be the one that chops off people's heads when they misbehave. "executing" a program dates back to before you were born and has a very good reason for it's usage. In those early days one loaded a program into the computer and it sat there, fat and happy, doing absolutely nothing. Then when you had the courage to try it, you issued the command "execute", whereupon it leaped into life (or death) and did whatever you had actually asked it to do (not necassarily what you had though you had asked it to do). The term has a naval background. In the days of ail the officer in charge of the deck would issue a command e.g. 'Prepare to luff", where upon members of the crew would leap to various ropes, lines, sheets and haliards, getting ready to do whatever had to be done. At the appropriate moment (maybe in the midst of a close tacking duel) the officer would issue the command 'Execute!' whereupon sheaves would whir, ropes would run, and yards and booms would swing round to their new position. If you go to the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary you will find the word 'execute' has various threads of meaning all dataing from Middle English and having something to do with the performance of something or other. Well it's not used that way now. If Mr Smith is executed, he's gone to the electric chair. |
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On 5/16/19 9:20 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
[snip] Well it's not used that way now.* If Mr Smith is executed, he's gone to the electric chair. "Gas kills best." -- this message brought to you by your gas company :-) |
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On Thu, 16 May 2019 15:20:16 +0100, "Commander Kinsey"
wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2019 07:01:11 +0100, Eric Stevens wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:30:35 +0100, "Commander Kinsey" wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:06:47 +0100, Apd wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote: I don't go into my gar to mow the lawn, so why would I use an app on my computer? Why are people too ****ing lazy to use the whole word anymore? If "application" is too difficult, what about "program"? When I started programming in the 70s we wrote computer programs. I don't remember when or why "application" became popular. It sounds like a poultice you apply to an infected wound. So, yes, I prefer "program". I also laugh at "execute" the program. It sounds like you want it killed. And an "executive" in a business should be the one that chops off people's heads when they misbehave. "executing" a program dates back to before you were born and has a very good reason for it's usage. In those early days one loaded a program into the computer and it sat there, fat and happy, doing absolutely nothing. Then when you had the courage to try it, you issued the command "execute", whereupon it leaped into life (or death) and did whatever you had actually asked it to do (not necassarily what you had though you had asked it to do). The term has a naval background. In the days of ail the officer in charge of the deck would issue a command e.g. 'Prepare to luff", where upon members of the crew would leap to various ropes, lines, sheets and haliards, getting ready to do whatever had to be done. At the appropriate moment (maybe in the midst of a close tacking duel) the officer would issue the command 'Execute!' whereupon sheaves would whir, ropes would run, and yards and booms would swing round to their new position. If you go to the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary you will find the word 'execute' has various threads of meaning all dataing from Middle English and having something to do with the performance of something or other. Well it's not used that way now. If Mr Smith is executed, he's gone to the electric chair. What you are really saying is that that is the only meaning for the word 'execute' of which you are aware. From my previous experience with you, I expect you will continue to deny that the word has any other meaning. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On 5/16/2019 7:20 AM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Thu, 16 May 2019 07:01:11 +0100, Eric Stevens wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:30:35 +0100, "Commander Kinsey" wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:06:47 +0100, Apd wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote: I don't go into my gar to mow the lawn, so why would I use an app on my computer?* Why are people too ****ing lazy to use the whole word anymore?* If "application" is too difficult, what about "program"? When I started programming in the 70s we wrote computer programs. I don't remember when or why "application" became popular. It sounds like a poultice you apply to an infected wound. So, yes, I prefer "program". I also laugh at "execute" the program.* It sounds like you want it killed.* And an "executive" in a business should be the one that chops off people's heads when they misbehave. "executing" a program dates back to before you were born and has a very good reason for it's usage. In those early days one loaded a program into the computer and it sat there, fat and happy, doing absolutely nothing. Then when you had the courage to try it, you issued the command "execute", whereupon it leaped into life (or death) and did whatever you had actually asked it to do (not necassarily what you had though you had asked it to do). The term has a naval background. In the days of ail the officer in charge of the deck would issue a command e.g. 'Prepare to luff", where upon members of the crew would leap to various ropes, lines, sheets and haliards, getting ready to do whatever had to be done. At the appropriate moment (maybe in the midst of a close tacking duel) the officer would issue the command 'Execute!' whereupon sheaves would whir, ropes would run, and yards and booms would swing round to their new position. If you go to the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary you will find the word 'execute' has various threads of meaning all dataing from Middle English and having something to do with the performance of something or other. Well it's not used that way now.* If Mr Smith is executed, he's gone to the electric chair. You just documented otherwise. |
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On 16/05/2019 08.01, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:30:35 +0100, "Commander Kinsey" wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:06:47 +0100, Apd wrote: I also laugh at "execute" the program. It sounds like you want it killed. And an "executive" in a business should be the one that chops off people's heads when they misbehave. "executing" a program dates back to before you were born and has a very good reason for it's usage. In those early days one loaded a program into the computer and it sat there, fat and happy, doing absolutely nothing. Then when you had the courage to try it, you issued the command "execute", whereupon it leaped into life (or death) and did whatever you had actually asked it to do (not necassarily what you had though you had asked it to do). The term has a naval background. In the days of ail the officer in charge of the deck would issue a command e.g. 'Prepare to luff", where upon members of the crew would leap to various ropes, lines, sheets and haliards, getting ready to do whatever had to be done. At the appropriate moment (maybe in the midst of a close tacking duel) the officer would issue the command 'Execute!' whereupon sheaves would whir, ropes would run, and yards and booms would swing round to their new position. If you go to the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary you will find the word 'execute' has various threads of meaning all dataing from Middle English and having something to do with the performance of something or other. Thanks for the explanation, curious for me as English is not my first language. Now I'd like to find out if Spanish uses "ejecutar" as a direct translation from English or it has a related meaning. :-D -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. |
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"Eric Stevens" kirjoitti viestissä ... On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:30:35 +0100, "Commander Kinsey" wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2019 00:06:47 +0100, Apd wrote: "Commander Kinsey" wrote: I don't go into my gar to mow the lawn, so why would I use an app on my computer? Why are people too ****ing lazy to use the whole word anymore? If "application" is too difficult, what about "program"? When I started programming in the 70s we wrote computer programs. I don't remember when or why "application" became popular. It sounds like a poultice you apply to an infected wound. So, yes, I prefer "program". I also laugh at "execute" the program. It sounds like you want it killed. And an "executive" in a business should be the one that chops off people's heads when they misbehave. "executing" a program dates back to before you were born and has a very good reason for it's usage. In those early days one loaded a program into the computer and it sat there, fat and happy, doing absolutely nothing. Then when you had the courage to try it, you issued the command "execute", whereupon it leaped into life (or death) and did whatever you had actually asked it to do (not necassarily what you had though you had asked it to do). The term has a naval background. In the days of ail the officer in charge of the deck would issue a command e.g. 'Prepare to luff", where upon members of the crew would leap to various ropes, lines, sheets and haliards, getting ready to do whatever had to be done. At the appropriate moment (maybe in the midst of a close tacking duel) the officer would issue the command 'Execute!' whereupon sheaves would whir, ropes would run, and yards and booms would swing round to their new position. If you go to the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary you will find the word 'execute' has various threads of meaning all dataing from Middle English and having something to do with the performance of something or other. -- Regards, Eric Stevens In the 80's we Commodore computer users used the word "run". We loaded the program into the computer and then issued the "run" command. I still prefer to say "run the (whatever)program". "Execute", it just sounds so out of place, capital punishment for a program... |
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