http://thecommandline.net/2008/10/22/emotional_investment/ Podcast and blog exploring digital citizenry as a creator and a consumer. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:51:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://thecommandline.net/2008/10/22/emotional_investment/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 cmdln Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:58:52 +0000 http://thecommandline.net/?p=1188#comment-1382 Thanks for sharing that little bit of personal history. It really highlights how ad hoc so much of our jargon is. Thanks for sharing that little bit of personal history. It really highlights how ad hoc so much of our jargon is.

]]> http://thecommandline.net/2008/10/22/emotional_investment/comment-page-1/#comment-1381 Randal L. Schwartz Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:05:43 +0000 http://thecommandline.net/?p=1188#comment-1381 I had to chuckle at your choice of the word of the day. That word was coined accidentally by one of my Perl instructors as he was describing Perl's "split" function. We both started using it online when we were answering questions about split, and apparently Eric Raymond picked that up for the Jargon Dictionary. I had to chuckle at your choice of the word of the day. That word was coined accidentally by one of my Perl instructors as he was describing Perl’s “split” function. We both started using it online when we were answering questions about split, and apparently Eric Raymond picked that up for the Jargon Dictionary.

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