[n00b101]

I think you nerds need to stop reading obsolete academic fad papers from 1985. Imagine if your girlfriend was unironically reading articles of Cosmo from 1985 to figure out what to wear.

A computer program is a "model" of some thing. For example:

    float m = 1e10f;
    float a = 9.8f;
    float F = m*a;

Another example:

    if(employee is still employed):
       float paycheque = getSalary(employee);

    else: 
       float paycheque = 0.00f;

[Centigonal]

Fashion changes quickly over time, while good models of real-life processes are infrequently supplanted.

For your argument to work, you need to prove that the original article is closer to a 1985 Cosmo article than it is to something like Clayton Christensen's 1995 article on Disruptive Innovation, which remains relevant today (or disprove one of the premises in my comment).

[cozzyd]

Sometimes there's a glitch and the employee continues to get paid after being laid off.

[gavmor]

It's not unreasonable to explore historical eras for fashion inspiration.