Technology’s dead and dying

[Pooky]

Now please delete the unrelated posts in this thread - including this one!

RBP'd

lol?

This site would have half the posts it did if they deleted all content in threads that was unrelated to the topic.

 

[MickeyD]

Here's the place --> http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/137838-Article-Mistake-corrections?highlight=corrections

No, there is nothing wrong with the title, it is referring to the "Dead and Dying" of "Technology" hence the possessive apostrophe.

Then if you were to say:

Technology's dying. vs. Technology's dying (gadgets).

How would one distinguish between the two? Is it all down to context?

This stuff is interesting. You could try use:

Technology's dying. vs. Dying technologies. However that results in the second statement still being ambiguous as it could also refer to Dying technologies pink...

I read it as a contraction:

Technology is dead and dying.

That's why the headline is poor. It's unintentionally ambiguous.

But as Quinton pointed out that makes no sense. If technology is dead, then how can it still be dying?

So using deduction one can infer the correct meaning.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback everyone, we'll try to do better next time

 

[Haldex]

Wow I thought we reached the cliff of technology advancements so soon...

 

[KleinBoontjie]

But as Quinton pointed out that makes no sense. If technology is dead, then how can it still be dying?

So using deduction one can infer the correct meaning.

I deducted that they meant Technologies dead or dying.....
Dead technologies : Floppies, PSTN and CRT TV
Dying : Land line telephones, ADSL, iPhones and external storage media (USB drives etc)

 

[cerebus]

Technology, as a category, is a noun. The dead and dying technologies belong to that category - ie "Technology's dead and dying gadgets".

The meaning of 'Technology's dead and dying' is that technology ITSELF is dead/dying. 'Technologies that are dead or dying' would be just about acceptable. 'Technology's dead or dying gadgets' would be confusing but grammatically acceptable, but you may as well just say 'Dead or dying gadgets'.

No, there is nothing wrong with the title, it is referring to the "Dead and Dying" of "Technology" hence the possessive apostrophe.

There's no object. 'ElecEng's dead or dying' means that you yourself are dead or dying, not something that belongs to you. It's a nuance of the apostrophe that it can be either a contraction or a possessive; and not specifying an object makes it a contraction.

Now please delete the unrelated posts in this thread - including this one!

RBP'd

Sorry

 

[Sonic2k]

Pagers were a good idea and still are.
Making one, that uses GSM and has two buttons with either YES or NO, or even a simple UI to send responses, is very trivial.
Nobody wants it though. Everyone wants a phone or tablet.

I would prefer one, then at least people can leave me the HELL ALONE to get on with my work during the week instead of bothering me for useless junk.

The "cooler-as-ekke" effect in action

 

[AstroTurf]

Never really thought about that before, I wonder what it would be replaced with?

superman logo

 

[noxibox]

CDs may be fading, but it's proper replacement, 24 bit formats, haven't really taken hold. Instead we've taken a step back to inferior formats like AAC and MP3.

Anywhere you can get signal a basic cellphone is the better option over a pager, but since the pager is finding niche uses and probably will continue to do so I wouldn't count it among the dying.

Then how would you say Technology is dead and dying?

Surely it's the same way?

In this case the possessive creates a logical, grammatically correct sentence, where the contraction does not. But, that said, there are many examples in English of sentences that can be taken more than one way and normally the context gives the intended meaning.

 

[Fudzy]

It's pretty cool that vinyls are being made again. I thought with the DJs moving to CDJs and notebooks vinyl would become extinct but quite a few artists are releasing vinyl copies of their music now.

Quite pricey unfortunately

 

[MKFrost]

Ye.. pagers are probably the only thing that will live on that list.

Its still a good solution, even with cellphones.

In a hospital situation :

- It can be given to a person who is then responsible for any calls on that number.
- can be handed over easily to some one else
- not valuable like a cellphone so wont be stolen
- battery lasts longer.

I used to have a pager before it was common to have a cellphone. Was fun for a bit but sucked that I could not send messages back. If there was a two way pager system I would have stuck with it for longer.

+ Instant delivery of message, not like some SMS's that only comes through hours later if not the next day....

 

[Sonic2k]

+ Instant delivery of message, not like some SMS's that only comes through hours later if not the next day....

And which Vodacom and MTN denied ever happened!
Either way GSM technology doesn't give guaranteed, instant delivery...

 

[Maverick Jester]

If ever an article headline needed some proofreading this is it.

Total facepalm.

Agreed... and it hasn't been corrected either.

 

[Valerion]

Agreed... and it hasn't been corrected either.

It's been pointed out that it can be seen as grammatically correct.

Valerion's gadgets
Valerion's dead and dying gadgets
Valerion's dead and dying

Technology's dead and dying gadgets
Technology's dead and dying

 

[Maverick Jester]

But to add to the actual content of the article- is it fair to state that the Walkman is dying? Surely it was more of an evolution of consumer choice, in going from Walkman to iPod? The premise of what it offers as a technological device, remains the same.

Perhaps it should state "Cassette Walkman" to avoid confusion.

 

[Maverick Jester]

It's been pointed out that it can be seen as grammatically correct.

Valerion's gadgets
Valerion's dead and dying gadgets
Valerion's dead and dying

Technology's dead and dying gadgets
Technology's dead and dying

Of course it's grammatically correct, doesn't mean that it's contextually appropriate... but meh, let's not further spoil the thread

 

[Maverick Jester]

Should CRT televisions not be added to the list?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Do you still get CPP pagers? (calling party pays)

 

[supersunbird]

On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sends the first telegraph message.

Next month, in 2013, the last telegraph will be sent in India, just before they close down their last telegraph offices.

That's 169 years of telegraphing.

 

[cerebus]

It's been pointed out that it can be seen as grammatically correct.

It bloody well is not grammatically correct without a direct object predicate.

Valerion's mistaken. What does that mean? Valerion IS mistaken. Technology's dead means technology is dead, nothing else. If that isn't the meaning of the article, it's a mistake.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

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Sad... still a good thing to learn for a very basic method of communication, or just to **** ET off