Comments on: Ahhh, this Makes RSS More Understandable http://cogdogblog.com/2004/02/19/ahhh-this/ Alan Levine's blog space for barking about instructional technology Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:40:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Stephen Downes http://cogdogblog.com/2004/02/19/ahhh-this/#comment-404 Stephen Downes Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/02/19/ahhh-this-makes-rss-more-understandable/#comment-404 I think it's silly. People aren't that stupid. I mean, they had no problem with more difficult concepts, such as frequency modulation (FM) and limited amplitude simulated emission of radiation (LASER). If anything, the new name will confuse things. Especially is a name such as 'grapevine' is chosen, which is really misleading. I think it’s silly. People aren’t that stupid. I mean, they had no problem with more difficult concepts, such as frequency modulation (FM) and limited amplitude simulated emission of radiation (LASER). If anything, the new name will confuse things. Especially is a name such as ‘grapevine’ is chosen, which is really misleading.

]]> By: Alan Levine http://cogdogblog.com/2004/02/19/ahhh-this/#comment-405 Alan Levine Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/02/19/ahhh-this-makes-rss-more-understandable/#comment-405 It is extremely silly, but good targets for lobbing blog bombs ;-) In addition to FM and laser, there is also zip code, scuba, radar, sonar, snafu, which have molded into english words from a start as an acronym. Let 'em choose "snipple", who caras? It will never get adopted. It is extremely silly, but good targets for lobbing blog bombs ;-)

In addition to FM and laser, there is also zip code, scuba, radar, sonar, snafu, which have molded into english words from a start as an acronym.

Let ‘em choose “snipple”, who caras? It will never get adopted.

]]> By: Contentious Weblog http://cogdogblog.com/2004/02/19/ahhh-this/#comment-406 Contentious Weblog Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/02/19/ahhh-this-makes-rss-more-understandable/#comment-406 <strong>Last Week to Vote for Your Favorite RSS Feed Nickname</strong> We're now in the final week of voting for the CONTENTIOUS <b>RSS Feed Nickname Contest</b> (<a href="http://blog.contentious.com/contest.html">Learn more</a> or <a href="http://blog.contentious.com/rssvote.html">VOTE NOW!</a>) <p>Among the whittle...</p> Last Week to Vote for Your Favorite RSS Feed Nickname

We’re now in the final week of voting for the CONTENTIOUS RSS Feed Nickname Contest (Learn more or VOTE NOW!)

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