Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/25
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1. To understand fully: Do you dig what I mean?
2. To like, enjoy, or "They really dig our music and,
daddy, I dig swinging for then" (Louis Armstrong).
3. To take notice of: Dig that wild outfit.
-rei
On Apr25 19:10, Jeff Moore wrote:
> 2008-04-25-15:00:15 Frank Filippone:
> > What's Grok?
>
> http://catb.org/jargon/html/G/grok.html
>
> It's lovely and inclusive and all that that the great general public are
> using computers as handy appliances these days, but sometimes it can be
> a bit disturbing. I mean, there was a time when, for cultural reasons,
> it would be nearly impossible to imagine anyone who hadn't devoured the
> complete works of Heinlein getting near a computer, at least in the US.
>
> I mean, sure, he could be a litle self-indulgent, and there was often a
> bit of a stink of misogyny and homophobia overlaying some of the stories --
> but still, it was liberating stuff at the time, and _Stranger in a
> Strange Land_ remains worth reading.
>
> `Like many influential works of literature, Stranger made a
> contribution to the language: specifically, the word "grok." In
> Heinlein's invented Martian language, "grok" literally means "to
> drink" and figuratively means "to understand," "to love," and "to be
> one with." This word rapidly became common parlance among science
> fiction fans, hippies, and computer hackers, and has since entered the
> Oxford English Dictionary among others.'
>
> --from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land>,
> but don't read this article before reading the book -- the Plot
> Summary section would be a spoiler.
>
> > What's Wetware?
>
> And wetware, for the human brain and similar messy biological devices,
> is a clear parallel with software, hardware, firmware and the like.
>
> http://catb.org/jargon/html/W/wetware.html
>
> -Jeff M
>
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