On Sunday 22 October 2006 04:11, Administrator wrote:
If you get something better out of it, some things can do with a bit of reinventing
This is not re-inventing, it is fine tuning.
Finetuning means modifying init, not creating a new one. That's a distinction.
Exactly. Just like the wheels of a BMW aren't made of stone or wood. They have been reinvented. Sometimes that's necessary, because what was before wasn't good enough
This probably invites a long and irrelevant conversation, but BMW wheels weren't reinvented, but are the end result of a long process of "fine tuning" based upon very old improvements. The most significant improvements were the substitution of new materials for old, pneumatic tyres, disc brakes and the whole suspension. A mix of replacements and additions. No reinvention there, whatever the marketing people say.
I too have a strong objection to clich�d metaphors.
Problem with any word including "reinvent" is that it is often used in more than single meaning. Here we see attempts to use "reinvent" in logical and metaphorical meaning. Logical: Reinventing should mean inventing again. It is by word construction similar to reapplying, reinserting, redoing etc. Invent can't be used in that way, as it means final action and can't be applied again on subject. Once wheel was invented, you have it. To reinvent it, you have to forget that wheel exists. But than, if you have no knowledge about wheel, you can say that you invented it, but not reinvented. So there is no logical meaning for "reinvent". Metaphorical: Reinventing should mean improving something. Marketeers are paid to invent bombastic, catch phrases, that not necessarily have anything to do with logic. Metaphor exist as expression form and trying to find, or object, word usage in it's logical meaning is pointless. -- Regards, Rajko M. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org