tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4672881018321440403.post3256262790626764211..comments2024-01-08T09:12:42.920-05:00Comments on SF and Nonsense: S(tuf)FEdward M. Lernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15620756142619513714noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4672881018321440403.post-77724686140524420652013-09-02T17:36:00.799-04:002013-09-02T17:36:00.799-04:00Then I guess we likewise need to remember the far ...Then I guess we likewise need to remember the far older meaning of "petard. ":-)Edward M. Lernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15620756142619513714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4672881018321440403.post-71381881284191508312013-09-02T06:01:02.676-04:002013-09-02T06:01:02.676-04:00At least keeping the old terms helps us to underst...At least keeping the old terms helps us to understand ... in a vague way ... what went on before. It can also miscommunicate. Your recent series in ANALOG stresses requiring a historian to translate long transit messages in InterstellarNet; terms in our own language have changed so much. One doesn't wish to be hoist on one's own petard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com