[extropy-chat] IP: "So five minutes ago" stolen

[Paul Grant]

Perhaps he posted without thinking :)
really, does it make a difference anyway,
if a phrase was coined, or coined and used?
Its certainly not a unique thought, and can
just as easily be rederived independantly...

Incidentally, while I like to follow technological/scientific advances
(from a pragmatic POV), certes I like to trail-blaze as much as the next
person on this list :) I just haven't published anything yet :)

omard-out


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Walter Purvis wrote,
> Stolen? Coined by a list member here? Please. The phrase "So
> five minutes go" has been around for more than a decade -- it 
> appeared in the 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie, for 
> instance, and I doubt it was original then -- 
> and has been in widespread use for many years (I bet I've 
> seen it in at least a dozen articles in the past couple of years).

We do like to imagine that we are on the cutting edge or that we are
inventing new things on this list.  But in reality, I think we are only
responding to product announcements from technological firms, and we are
therefore slightly behind the curve, and only likely to repeat what
someone else has already said.

-- 
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Certified IS Security Pro, Certified IS Auditor, Certified InfoSec
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