Comments on: One hundred words for snow http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/03/22/one-hundred-words-for-snow It's all spinning wheels and self-doubt until the first pot of coffee. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:23:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: Ryan Tomayko http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/03/22/one-hundred-words-for-snow/comment-page-1#comment-1586 Ryan Tomayko Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=621#comment-1586 <p>I had the same feeling when reading that post. If we take this to the extreme we could probably reduce the entire english language down to ~100 words. Of course, it would take me five minutes to express the concept of "snow".</p> <p>I mean, isn't "HTTP" just another way of saying "MIME Headers and a payload over TCP/IP"? Isn't "Script" just another way of saying text grammar interpreted at runtime?</p> <p>Maybe we should just talk in BNF from now on to remove all this "confusion".</p> I had the same feeling when reading that post. If we take this to the extreme we could probably reduce the entire english language down to ~100 words. Of course, it would take me five minutes to express the concept of “snow”.

I mean, isn’t “HTTP” just another way of saying “MIME Headers and a payload over TCP/IP”? Isn’t “Script” just another way of saying text grammar interpreted at runtime?

Maybe we should just talk in BNF from now on to remove all this “confusion”.

]]> By: Pete Prodoehl http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/03/22/one-hundred-words-for-snow/comment-page-1#comment-1587 Pete Prodoehl Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=621#comment-1587 <p>Before podcasting had the name, I tried to explain what I was working on by saying "automated distribution of content via syndication technologies" which, while it sounds cool to some, might not have caught on as a name.</p> Before podcasting had the name, I tried to explain what I was working on by saying “automated distribution of content via syndication technologies” which, while it sounds cool to some, might not have caught on as a name.

]]> By: Mark Eichin http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/03/22/one-hundred-words-for-snow/comment-page-1#comment-1588 Mark Eichin Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.decafbad.com/blog/?p=621#comment-1588 <p>Sure, and photomoblogging (ok, that term didn't catch on either) isn't anything more than "Web archives that handle mime attachments, in reverse chronological order, fed from your cameraphone email client". (A mistake I've made more than once, not recognizing that the <em>packaging</em> of old boring stuff can bring some new enthusiasm, and even some new comprehension...)</p> Sure, and photomoblogging (ok, that term didn’t catch on either) isn’t anything more than “Web archives that handle mime attachments, in reverse chronological order, fed from your cameraphone email client”. (A mistake I’ve made more than once, not recognizing that the packaging of old boring stuff can bring some new enthusiasm, and even some new comprehension…)

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