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On 05/20/11 06:05 AM, Tim Rentsch wrote:
> Seebs<usenet-nospam@seebs.net>  writes:
>
>> On 2011-05-19, Tim Rentsch<txr@alumni.caltech.edu>  wrote:
>>> Whew, that's a relief...  If you had seen a modern compiler
>>> do this, say, 25 years ago, that would have fairly drastic
>>> implications for the laws of physics.
>>
>> No, just linguistics.  Actually, there are fields in which it would be
>> perfectly ordinary for a modern thing to have happened 25 years ago,
>> and fairly shocking for it to have happened this year, because "modern"
>> got attached to an absolute period rather than remaining a general term
>> for "the current time frame".  Why?  Because people are crazy.  :)
>
> Comment one:  actually I think you're wrong about that.
> In the usage here "modern" is usually relative to the
> time of the utterance;  hence we have expressions like
> "then-modern" or "modern for its day".

"Modern Art".

> Comment two:  it's humor.  Just enjoy the joke.

Modern Art :)

-- 
Ian Collins

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  Re: Register storage type Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2011-05-12 17:02 -0400
    Re: Register storage type Free Willy <nospam@nospam.com> - 2011-05-12 21:13 +0000
      Re: Register storage type Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-05-12 21:20 +0000
      Re: Register storage type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-12 14:27 -0700
        Re: Register storage type Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2011-05-13 13:20 -0400
          Re: Register storage type Free Willy <nospam@nospam.com> - 2011-05-13 21:30 +0000
            Re: Register storage type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-13 15:50 -0700
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                Re: Different languages (Was: Register storage type) Dr Nick <3-nospam@temporary-address.org.uk> - 2011-05-14 10:09 +0100
              Re: Register storage type Free Willy <nospam@nospam.com> - 2011-05-14 21:27 +0000
                Re: Register storage type Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-15 09:55 +1200
                Re: Register storage type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-14 16:46 -0700
                Re: Register storage type Jens <jens.gustedt@gmail.com> - 2011-05-15 10:08 -0700
                Re: Register storage type James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-05-15 14:09 -0400
                Re: Register storage type David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2011-05-19 01:50 -0400
                Re: Register storage type Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2011-05-15 00:27 -0500
                Re: Register storage type Angel <angel+news@spamcop.net> - 2011-05-15 12:56 +0000
                Re: Register storage type Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-05-15 11:54 -0400
                Re: Register storage type Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-15 17:43 +0000
                Re: Register storage type Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-05-18 23:37 -0700
                Re: Register storage type Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-19 14:37 +0000
                Drift: Linguistics (was Re: Register storage type) Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2011-05-19 13:17 -0400
                Re: Register storage type Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-05-19 11:05 -0700
                Re: Register storage type Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-19 19:08 +0000
                Re: Register storage type Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2011-05-24 00:39 -0700
                Re: Register storage type Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-05-20 07:46 +1200
                Re: Register storage type Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-05-19 22:37 -0400
                Re: Register storage type Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2011-05-25 12:57 -0700
                Re: Register storage type pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-05-15 09:09 -0400
      Re: Register storage type Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-05-12 21:57 -0400
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    Re: Register storage type gordonb.unc3q@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2011-05-13 07:49 -0500
  Re: Register storage type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-12 14:20 -0700
    Re: Register storage type Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-12 21:59 +0000
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      Re: Register storage type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-12 15:49 -0700
        Re: Register storage type Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-12 23:19 +0000
          Re: Register storage type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-05-12 16:29 -0700
            Re: Register storage type Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-05-13 00:15 +0000
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