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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009Gag me with a telescope
In an article about fixing the Hubble: "We're all happy to report that the STIS has come back with a good aliveness test." (STIS = Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph)  SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida >In an article about fixing the Hubble: > >"We're all happy to report that the STIS has come back with a good >aliveness test." > >(STIS = Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph) Yes. Aliveness tests have been conducted on each item that has been serviced. An aliveness test is followed by a functional test. Aliveness test: Switch on the item. Does it appear to be on? Yes: It has passed the aliveness test, proceed to functional test No: It has failed the aliveness test, find out what has gone wrong Many of these devices have an electrical connection named a "ground strap". This is a conducting strap that connects the item to ground. No - not this ground, the local "ground"! SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) > >In an article about fixing the Hubble: > > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > No: It has failed the aliveness test, > find out what has gone wrong Items that fail the aliveness test can be pronounced DOA, and may be RMA-ed, Jan >>In an article about fixing the Hubble: >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >serviced. An aliveness test is followed by a functional test. >[...] IOW, it's correct because it's jargon (and being used correctly within it's jargon-context even though it's being used in front of a lay audience), however it grates on the ears of folk not in that field. SignatureD. Glenn Arthur Jr./The Human Vibrator, dglenn@panix.com Due to hand/wrist problems my newsreading time varies so I may miss followups. "Being a _man_ means knowing that one has a choice not to act like a 'man'." http://www.panix.com/~dglenn/ http://dglenn.livejournal.com >>>In an article about fixing the Hubble: >>> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >of a lay audience), however it grates on the ears of folk not in >that field. Muchly so. SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida > In article <kp7315llpd73tkqv9k1i63kci9ghrlv...@4ax.com>, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > of a lay audience), however it grates on the ears of folk not in > that field. Much like "wellness". We used to call it "health". Mike M >> In article <kp7315llpd73tkqv9k1i63kci9ghrlv...@4ax.com>, >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Much like "wellness". We used to call it "health". The OED has an interesting quotation under that "nonce-word": "You..never send me any of the new phrases of the town... Pray what is meant by wellness and unwellness?" That's from about 1655. An earlier abstract noun derived from "well" has taken a different semantic direction: "wealth". SignatureJames >Much like "wellness". We used to call it "health". Now superseded by "goodness". Formerly: "How d'ye do?" "Very well, thank you." Now "How are you?" "I'm good." SignatureSteve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk > >Much like "wellness". We used to call it "health". > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > "How are you?" > "I'm good." I have never once uttered aloud the response "for what?" but I have thought it many times. SignatureBob Lieblich De nada >> Formerly: >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >I have never once uttered aloud the response "for what?" but I have >thought it many times. "How d'ye do?" "Good." "I hate do-gooders." SignatureSteve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk Robert Lieblich wrote, in <4A1325FF.8B5F0A8C@yahoo.com> on Tue, 19 May 2009 17:34:55 -0400: > > >Much like "wellness". We used to call it "health". > > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > I have never once uttered aloud the response "for what?" but I have > thought it many times. I recently had a postcard from an 11 year old grandson away on holiday that contained the gem: "I hope you are doing good". SignatureNick Spalding BrE/IrE >>In an article about fixing the Hubble: >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Yes. Aliveness tests have been conducted on each item that has been > serviced. An aliveness test is followed by a functional test. It responds to pinging. SignatureTake it? I can't even parse it! [Kibo] >>>In an article about fixing the Hubble: >>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >It responds to pinging. That's it. It is "level 1.0 responsive", or summat. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) <it doesn't matter> Every time I read this subject, I get Stuck Poetry Syndrome. In an attempt to ward it off, I disclose the poem, the final stanza of which goes: You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out, You take the human being and you twist it all about So scrub my skin with women Chain my tongue with whisky Stuff my nose with garlic Coat my eyes with butter Fill my ears with silver Stick my legs in plaster Tell me lies about Vietnam. I'm sure Adrian Mitchell would have included some form of "Gag me with a telescope" if he'd thought of it. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104 x1486318 http://tinyurl.com/p2tcoc SignatureDavid |
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