The best way to win a disagreement is to pay no
attention to the words of your adversary.
That diminishes his argument to the
insignificent and you may then go on in
complete confidence that you have an infallible argument.
God Bless and heal you
Rick Draganowski
(Soli Deo Gloria)
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From: <mailto:rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Ray Buck
To: <mailto:elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:48 PM
Subject: [elky] Re: Words (Non)
Words seem to have a way of changing their
meaning. Remeber our discussion of the word, "posh?"
It reminds me of something I heard years ago:
"If racing is the sport of kings, is dragging the sport of queens?"
All sorts of double entendres in
there...whichseems to be what you're railing against.
Just to toss another spanner (or would that be
a wrench, with or without monkey?) into the
works,www.dictionary.com defines gaming this way:
1. gambling.
2. the playing of games, esp. those developed
to teach something or to help solve a problem,
as in a military or business situation.
This is what Meriam-Webster has to day about it:
Function: noun
Date: 1501
1 : the practice of gambling
2 a : the playing of games that simulate actual
conditions (as of business or war) especially
for training or testing purposes b : the playing of video games
And in case you should reject those and demand
the use of Webster's lexicon here's that
definition (which includes "play") and as it
says, is an umbrella term including computer game usage.
Gaming
Noun
1. The act of playing for stakes in the hope of
winning (including the payment of a price for a
chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him
a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table".
Source:
<http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/credits/wordnet.html#>WordNet
1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Date "gaming" was first used in popular English
literature: sometime before 1350.
(<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=icongroupinterna&keyword=Word+origins&mode=books>
references)
Synonyms: Gaming
Synonyms: gambling (n), play (n).
(<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=icongroupinterna&keyword=synonyms&mode=books>
additional references)
Specialty Definition: Gaming
Gaming is an umbrella term that includes a
number of special hobby game types:
Role-playing games
Live-action roleplaying games
Wargaming
Board games
Computer- and video games
It is increasingly used by casinos and the
gambling industry as a euphemism for gambling.
I find it interesting that the last entry in
Webster's is a circular reference to the 16th century origin of the word.
Take it with a grain of salt flats.
r
At 01:44 PM 2/6/2010, you wrote:
In Ray's writeup on building his Supercomputer
he was discussing his video board and used the
word "gaming". Since I am an author words are
very important to me. Their meanings should
not be blurred. Sigh. I am like a fish
swimming against the overwhelming current of inanity.
"Gaming" means gambling. Nothing more and
nothing less. Any tack on current meanings
will probably be lost in a few years.
But for now, if you are playing games perhaps
you should just say "Playing games".
Rick Draganowski
The old curmudgeon
(Soli Deo Gloria)
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