He silverlighted her
or was it highlighted??
'Silverlight' was evolved to successfully bug big Lawrence (it does not actually exist??
P ps what was this 'sensible work?' did it involve cups of tea and computer games ??love letters?? We need to know!!!
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
Sent: 19 October 2012 12:51
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Subject: Meaningless words
I have been thinking recently about the process whereby the language is being emptied of denotation. It's not new. I was brought up (to use an appropriate phrase) with all sorts of nonsense in Latin which sounds shallower to me in the post Vatican 2 English... The use of an artificial language gave it an a tone of gravity
Politicians do it. For all I know even bees and overeducated fleas may do it -- if I have not garbled the song.
But there has been an acceleration and expansion of the process whereby the only difference between us and those in the region of the Tower of Babel is that they noticed.
This morning I found the following on the MicroSoft website. (I had been interrupted in sensible work by an MS advert of some kind for Silverlight and I don't what it is)
Silverlight is a powerful development tool for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for Web and mobile applications.
Silverlight is a free plug-in, powered by the .NET framework and compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems, bringing a new level of interactivity wherever the Web works.
I don't know if you are familiar with the TV series Red Dwarf but some decades ago I saw an episode in which Cat sees something odd and asks:
What is it? The others tell him and he asks: What is it? And on...
My suspicion is that I don't need Silverlight.
Q What's an html editor? A It helps you write html without the hassles that follow from using a word processor.
Got it.
Q What's silverlight?
A. Sounds of the morning trumpet
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