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>...change tact Ugh. Change tack[1], which is a sailing reference[2]. As for the actual content, I feel this analysis lacks nuance. Mobile is booming, of cours
by zedpm 13y ago
>...change tact
Ugh. Change tack[1], which is a sailing reference[2]. As for the actual content, I feel this analysis lacks nuance. Mobile is booming, of course, but the PC is not dead, nor will it be dead five years from now. There are a hundred use cases for which a desktop or laptop is the only practical solution. Fantasize all you want about businesses abandoning real machines for iPads; reality begs to differ.
[1] http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/change+tack http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/change+tack
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tack_(sailing) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tack_(sailing)
- jacques_chester 13y ago"Change tack" is like "would of" -- people haven't made the connection between the written and the spoken word. Then you add almost-homonyms and it gets worse. I am often amused to find people "flaunting the law".
- MaysonL 13y ago"would have", no?
- lotsofcows 13y agoI think he meant "change tact" is like "would of".
- axefrog 13y agoUntil general literacy improves, we're just going to have to make due with whatever people want to post.
- lotsofcows 13y agoEye halve a spelling chequer...
- jacques_chester 13y agoThis is what I meant.
- stusmith1977 13y agoJudges flaunt the law, surely? I mean, if you're wearing a huge wig and robes, you've got to be flaunting something.
- tsotha 13y agoYep. I didn't get the sense he put a lot of thought into this screed.