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What a terrible headline, it's only the Ubuntu Edge they wont' be making, Ubuntu phones are still coming out. Right from the article - "But this doesn't mean Ub
by itg 13y ago
What a terrible headline, it's only the Ubuntu Edge they wont' be making, Ubuntu phones are still coming out. Right from the article - "But this doesn't mean Ubuntu phones themselves are dead. The smartphone interface for the Ubuntu operating system is still being developed, and carriers around the world have signed on as potential launch partners."
- hga 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_king_is_dead,_long_live_the_king http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_king_is_dead,_long_live_the...!
- mistercow 13y agoI think sometimes people don't realize that the two instances of "king" in the saying refer to different people. They therefore assume that "long live the king" is an idiom for "RIP the king" or similar. The Lion King probably didn't help matters with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctJ9jZ-_fFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctJ9jZ-_fFc
- megablast 13y agoTaken that way, it is very strange for people to wish a long life to the king who just died.
- mistercow 13y agoPeople are used to idioms they don't understand though. They're much like words in that we learn their meaning from context, and the etymological content is more of a subconscious mnemonic than something we explicitly pay attention to. Sort of like being surprised when you first notice that "disintegrate" is "dis- integrate". This is particularly common with idioms because they often to get truncated over time so that their meaning is harder to extract from the content. If you've never heard "the pot calling the kettle black", but you've heard "pot: meet kettle", you'll likely get the meaning from context, and you'll have no idea what the connection is between hypocrisy, pots, and kettles.
- Alterlife 13y agoFunny... I think the headline perfectly summarizes what you wrote.
- wyager 13y agoDid you actually read the headline? That is precisely what it is saying.