Re: Tandem question
- From: "dave-d0619" <dave-d0619@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 21:28:26 -0400
Adrian:
with all due respect, I think that you completely and utterly missed the
point I was trying to make.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Spratt" <Adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: Tandem question
> Hi, Dave. I know you're a stickler for what you deem correct words, but
our
> language is filled with metaphors. One is metonymy, which refers to an
item
> that stands for something larger. When we say, "He lived by the sword and
> died by the sword," we're saying he lived and died as a warrior. You
> disparaged the idea of a steering wheel to mean a car, but lots of people
> say "wheels" for a car. For whatever reason, "wheels" has entered the
> language as a metaphor for a car, while "steering wheel" has not.
>
> If you genuinely misunderstood your boss, that's one thing. But if you
were
> baiting him (as we say in America) or taking the mickey (as we say in
> England), you were actually demonstrating a lack of appreciation of how
> language works.
>
> I say this with respect. I share your concern for using words correctly so
> that we can understand each other, but I think you're mistaken in this
> instance and couldn't let your story go without comment. Apologies to the
> list monitor, and I promise to contribute no more messages to this thread.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dave-d0619" <dave-d0619@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 2:59 PM
>
> So many people these days, particularly Americans, confuse what is a CPU.
>
> A CPU, is not a substitute name for the box that contains the devices that
> make up a machine that is called a computer.
>
> A CPU or (Central Processing Unit), is a chip that is plugged onto
> motherboards of many digital devices, including computers.
>
> A Central Processor's job, is to distribute data and commands to the
various
> components for many of the various digital devices we all use in our daily
> lives.
>
> So, when someone calls a computer a CPU, they are incorrect.
>
> Some years ago, my boss asked me to bring my CPU to the conference room.
>
> Not knowing, that in the US, many Americans call a computer a CPU and,
> knowing what a CPU was, I proceeded to open my computer and removed the
CPU
> chip from the mother board, put it into an anti-static pouch, and took it
to
> the conference room. By the way, I had not yet turned on my computer that
> day.
>
> My boss asked me "where is your CPU".
>
> I said, "hold out your hand".
>
> He asked me "why".
>
> I repeated that he should hold out his hand.
>
> When he put out his hand, I placed the bag containing the CPU chip into
it.
>
> He asked, "what is this?"
>
> I said, "as you asked me to bring my CPU, that is what I have brought
you".
>
> He said, "I meant the whole machine".
>
> "Ah!", I said, "you meant that I should have brought the whole machine,
> which, by the way, is called a computer, to the conference room".
>
> He accused me of being sarcastic and he went on to say that I new exactly
> what he meant.
>
> I replied, "if you ask a person who knows what a CPU is and you ask them
to
> bring you a CPU, then, that is what they will bring you".
>
> I went on to say, "if you called a car a steering wheel, instead of a car,
> and you then asked a mechanic to bring you the steering wheel, would you
> have been just as surprised if the mechanic brought you a Steering Wheel!"
>
> He then said I was being facetious.
>
> I took the bag from his hand and letting out a big sigh, I gave him a look
> on my face that said, "you just do not get it, do you!" and left the room
> and went back to my office in disgust.
>
> As frustrating as it was at the time, looking back on it, I get a good
> chuckle when I think about the incident.
>
> Calling something by its correct name, reduces misunderstanding,
frustration
> and aggravation.
>
> Sincerely:
>
> Dave Durber
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cy Selfridge" <cyselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:26 AM
> Subject: RE: Tandem question
>
> Hi, As an aside to this thread Tandem was also the name of a computer
> company in the eighties. Their computers were some of the first to link
> micro computers together rather than a single CPU. I have no idea whether
or
> not they are still around but I do not think they ever gained much of a
> market share as IBM was running rampant long about then. Cy, The Anasazi.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Bob Verity
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 8:55 AM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Tandem question
>
> Part of the confusion is that that the word tandem is not an acronym it is
a
>
> word that you can look up in any English dictionary.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mostafa almahdy" <mostafa.almahdy@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Tandem question
>
> I' know that as well, and I' used the feature for many time's ago, unless
> I'm curious to know what the word tandem refer's to, the acronym itself,
not
> the feature description.
>
> On 7/1/09, Jeremy Hartley <jeremyhartley@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi there.
>
> Well, I have mainly heard tandem spoken, when referring to riding bicycles
> built for two. Meaning, that the bike is two seated, and both are in
charge
> of making the bike run. So, Jaws Tandem is one person connecting to
another
> person, helping out.
>
> I know someone can explain this more eloquently than I can, but I think I
> got the right idea. grin
>
> Jeremy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mostafa almahdy" <mostafa.almahdy@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "jfw" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:59 PM
> Subject: Tandem question
>
> Hey all!, can someone describe what the acronym name tandem refer's to?
any
> assist, that's tremendously would be appreciated!.!
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