Across the world, high-powered transmitters with global reach are broadcasting seemingly meaningless strings of numbers or letters, along with a lot of buzzing and beeping noises.
e.p.c. posted this at 11:27 GMT on 15-Nov-2004 . Archive Link
From a great essay by Malcolm Gladwell in the 11/22/04 issue of The New YorkerThe New Yorker: Something Borrowed:
Borrowing crosses the line when it is used for a derivative work. [...] Old words in the service of a new idea aren’t the problem. What inhibits creativity is new words in the service of an old idea.
e.p.c. posted this at 22:07 GMT on 15-Nov-2004 . Archive Link