Comments on: Don’t get fooled by “Full”! http://heldermagalhaes.com/blog/2008/09/fooled-by-full/ Half-baked stuff for an imperfect World Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:49:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Helder http://heldermagalhaes.com/blog/2008/09/fooled-by-full/#comment-3 Helder Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:54:48 +0000 http://heldermagalhaes.com/blog/?p=30#comment-3 Yeah, marketeers are getting more and more refined, although adjective usage is getting so saturated that people start to filter them (or is it just me?). :-D Nice pun on the bits and bytes, BTW (actually, I initially had in mind using a similar pun as the blog subtitle)... ;-) Yeah, marketeers are getting more and more refined, although adjective usage is getting so saturated that people start to filter them (or is it just me?). :-D

Nice pun on the bits and bytes, BTW (actually, I initially had in mind using a similar pun as the blog subtitle)… ;-)

]]> By: Miguel http://heldermagalhaes.com/blog/2008/09/fooled-by-full/#comment-2 Miguel Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:11:05 +0000 http://heldermagalhaes.com/blog/?p=30#comment-2 It's funny how there just isn't much use, or even demand, for a realistic adjectivation in this world. Everything is super adjectivated! It's like having 8 billion people, all trying to get your attention by the mastering of wordbites or soundbites (or bytes). IT Performance is pretty much the most paradigmatic case for it and its stupid prefixes. Everything is like: super, hyper, ultra, jumbo, macro. Like it's gonna explode in your face, when actually, it's gonna under-perform like hell! If only they did a more realistic and "honest" approach... something like stating the damn speed in mbps! People wouldn't be fooled and actually enjoy a bit more performance with the added knowledge of self-explanatory terms! How "super" that would be... It’s funny how there just isn’t much use, or even demand, for a realistic adjectivation in this world. Everything is super adjectivated! It’s like having 8 billion people, all trying to get your attention by the mastering of wordbites or soundbites (or bytes).
IT Performance is pretty much the most paradigmatic case for it and its stupid prefixes. Everything is like: super, hyper, ultra, jumbo, macro. Like it’s gonna explode in your face, when actually, it’s gonna under-perform like hell!
If only they did a more realistic and “honest” approach… something like stating the damn speed in mbps! People wouldn’t be fooled and actually enjoy a bit more performance with the added knowledge of self-explanatory terms! How “super” that would be…

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