[OT] anthropomorphization Was: future of hp pa-risc processors?

From: Martin Jost (Martin.Jost_at_siemens.com)
Date: 07/27/05 

Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:30:57 +0200

"Rick Jones" <rick.jones2@hp.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:xPvFe.9263$8c6.9175@news.cpqcorp.net...
> Given that CPUs are not "living" things we (as a group, I slip-up from
> time to time myself) really have to stop using terms like living or
> dead in relation to them :)

Seems to be done quite often. And I tend to do so myself.
See e.g. The Hackers New Dictionary: http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/anthropomorphization.html

SCNR

Martin

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