| ??? 08/13/07 14:42 Read: times |
#143169 - Dictionary Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Joseph Hebert said:
but in a traditionally anthropomorphic metaphor J.sathish Kumar said:
what is anthropomorphic metaphor? Step 1 look-up the words in a dictionary (I had to): anthropomorphic Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary said:
anthropomorphic
adjective the showing or treating of animals, gods and objects as if they are human in appearance, character or behaviour: The books 'Alice in Wonderland', 'Peter Rabbit' and 'Winnie-the-Pooh' are classic examples of anthropomorphism. http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/define.as...&dict=CALD By speaking of an 8051 as "knowing" something, Joseph was being anthropomorphic since an 8051 is an inanimate object and, therefore, cannot actually "know" anything! Similarly, an 8051 cannot "assume" anything nor "care" about anything, but it is a convenient shorthand - or metaphor - to write in such terms... |
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| decoding | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| It's implicit | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| design | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| A little ambitious? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| First stop - instruction set | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| no intelligence | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Back to basics! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Instruction decoding | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| decoder unit | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| State Machine | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| more detail | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| IF you've learned the "basics" of FPGA design ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Decoding | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| in a traditionally anthropomorphic metaphor? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| My favourite anthropomorphic metaphor... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| My favorite ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Blither | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| re: blither | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I always think that a blithering idiot.. | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| anthropomorphic metaphor | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| The same way ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Dictionary | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
If anyone is still listening... | 01/01/70 00:00 |