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by deviledeggs
1809 days ago
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If you go far enough back all of our technology arises from fire and the wheel. There's plenty of room to debate how much of our technology came from the military, but I don't think naming is a big deal. Take the word "screen" for example. The original meaning was a partition to protect from heat. Many of these were fabric, and led to "magic lantern" shows done with shadows. The word was repurposed again for the projection era. And yet again for tube TV's and beyond. If you told somebody from 100 years ago to look at the screen they would have no idea what you're talking about because the original meaning is lost. That's why I don't think it matters whether we use military terms for computer stuff. It doesn't have its original meaning anymore. |
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Good, we agree, no more tacti-cool cosplaying in IT.