| Forward - into the Past [message #292071] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 04:30 |
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It is times like that when I wish I could email pterry himself.
This article is facinating. People who consider the past ahead of them,
and the future behind them.
Sound familiar?
cheers,
ng
SCIENCE | June 27, 2006
Side Effects: Does This Mean People Turned Off, Tuned Out and Dropped
In?
By JAMES GORMAN
Speakers of Aymara, an Indian language of the high Andes, think of time
differently than just about everyone else in the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/27/science/27side.html?ex=115 2072000&en=f5d985efd1559e92&ei=5070&emc=eta1
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| Re: [R] Forward - into the Past [message #292073 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 04:42 |
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nemogravis wrote:
> This article is facinating. People who consider the past ahead of them, and
> the future behind them.
>
> Sound familiar?
It's old news. It has been known for decades that some cultures
consider the past ahead of them and the future behind. For example, I
learned about it in the nineties. Now for some reason, everyone
suddenly thinks it's new information.
Adrian.
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| Re: Forward - into the Past [message #292082 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 05:54 |
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8'FED wrote:
> It's old news. It has been known for decades that some cultures
> consider the past ahead of them and the future behind. For example, I
> learned about it in the nineties. Now for some reason, everyone
> suddenly thinks it's new information.
>
> Adrian.
How dare those whippersnappers get excited about something you already
know.
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| Re: [R] Forward - into the Past [message #292089 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 07:37 |
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> It's old news. It has been known for decades that some cultures
> consider the past ahead of them and the future behind. For example, I
> learned about it in the nineties. Now for some reason, everyone
> suddenly thinks it's new information.
Perhaps it is new information and you're just facing the wrong way?
..ng
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| Re: [R] Forward - into the Past [message #292091 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 08:09 |
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nemogravis wrote:
>> It's old news. It has been known for decades that some cultures
>> consider the past ahead of them and the future behind. For example, I
>> learned about it in the nineties. Now for some reason, everyone
>> suddenly thinks it's new information.
>
> Perhaps it is new information and you're just facing the wrong way?
Maybe, if I were facing one of the shelves in the Unseen University
library. :-)
By the way, the [R] that I added to the subject heading is what we
call a tag. The "R" stands for Relevant, and it means that we're
talking about something to do with Terry Pratchett and Discworld. Most
other conversations get the tag [I] which stands for Irrelevant. If
you see stuff tagged [M], that means it's a conversation about the
newsgroup itself.
The tags have served us well for many years, because they help us to
sort out different types of conversations, but a lot of people aren't
using them properly these days. For this and other reasons, we're all
a bit short-tempered at the moment. It's not a happy newsgroup right
now, sadly.
Adrian.
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