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When you put "modern" or "new" into the name of a thing, you're basically announcing to the world that it was designed for the short term, and when it is no lon
by excalibur 4mo ago
When you put "modern" or "new" into the name of a thing, you're basically announcing to the world that it was designed for the short term, and when it is no longer new it will no longer be relevant.
- embedding-shape 4mo agoAdding "fast" is similarly fun, it's probably true when you came up with it, probably won't be true in the future anymore.
- sfsbebbgbx 4mo agoAs is ”simple”.
- usui 4mo agoWhat do you mean? Fast Ethernet is fast, and it'll stay that way forever! It's in the name! 100 Mbit/s!
- deburo 4mo agoOr USB: - USB 2.0: High-Speed USB - USB 3.0: Super-Speed USB The marketing names are often deficient, but at least there's a clear version number attached to it. Microsoft doesn't like version numbers at all.
- extraduder_ire 4mo agoI do find it funny how Full-Speed USB is 12 Mbit/s.
- nailer 4mo agoNo. Modern like 1950's modern. Unadorned, functional. 1900s: Noveau - plant shapes. 1940s: deco - geometry. Windows XP: gradients, color. Windows Vista: semitransparency. 1950s, Windows 8: 'modern' - strip away unnecessary decoration.
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- mr_toad 4mo agoModern in the art & design world is actually quite retro.
- moduspol 4mo agoThis is from the same company that brought us Windows NT (New Technology).