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 #2 (permalink) Wed Nov 09, 2005 20:24 pm Origin of 'state of the art'? |
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Hello!
http://dictionary.reference.com/ says the following about "state of the art":
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...Despite including the word art, this term originated in technology, and its first recorded use appears in a 1910 book on the gas turbine.
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And this is from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_art):
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The earliest known usage of the term "state of the art" dates back to 1910 from an engineering manual by H.H. Suplee titled Gas Turbine. It reads, "In the present state of the art this is all that can be done."
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:48 am Origin of state of the art |
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In addition to what Sidle Jinks (interesting name!) has said, I'd like to contribute the following. Michael Quinion, a distinguished British linguist is running a site called World Wide Words. According to him the phrase state-of-the-art was originally status of the art and it described the current level which some technical art had reached. Later the phrase changed from status of the art to state of the art and as Sidle Jinks pointed out it refers to the latest technology or best techniques in some product or activity.
Interesting topic by the way.
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Apr 12, 2006 20:04 pm Origin of state of the art |
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| toeic wrote: |
| Michael Quinion, a distinguished British linguist is running a site called World Wide Words. |
Great site! I found it very interesting. Thanks for mentioning it, Fabrice.
The first thing I learned there was that I suffer from Pareidolia (a psychological condition in which the brain falsely creates meaningful images out of random patterns). You see, that's what happens to me with my bathroom floor tiles -- I can always make out faces (more like caricatures, really) from their pattern. I knew there were many things wrong with me, but none so sophisticated-sounding as this one! |
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| #5 (permalink) Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:51 am Origin of state of the art |
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| Conchita wrote: |
| Great site! I found it very interesting. Thanks for mentioning it, Fabrice. |
I'm with you, Conchita! A very interesting site. And the "surprise me" function is fun. :D
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| #6 (permalink) Sun Apr 16, 2006 15:59 pm Spitting feathers |
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| Yankee wrote: |
| I'm with you, Conchita! A very interesting site. And the "surprise me" function is fun. :D |
I hadn't got to that section yet and yes, it's very good, especially the following bit:
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| “Edify is working on software which responds to the pitch and tone of a telephone caller’s voice so that, if a complainant is spitting feathers, they can be transferred to a human who can calm them down”. |
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| #7 (permalink) Sun Apr 16, 2006 16:15 pm Origin of state of the art |
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| Conchita wrote: |
| The first thing I learned there was that I suffer from Pareidolia (a psychological condition in which the brain falsely creates meaningful images out of random patterns). You see, that's what happens to me with my bathroom floor tiles -- I can always make out faces (more like caricatures, really) from their pattern. I knew there were many things wrong with me, but none so sophisticated-sounding as this one! |
wow... that's really interesting! I do the same thing myself but never knew there was a name for it!
guess there really IS a name for everything under the sun.. |
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| #8 (permalink) Wed Apr 19, 2006 16:23 pm Origin of state of the art |
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| toeic wrote: |
| According to him the phrase state-of-the-art was originally status of the art and it described the current level which some technical art had reached. |
I don't know why, but I love that explanation. Something about it just sounds really lovely. |
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| #9 (permalink) Wed Apr 19, 2006 19:57 pm Origin of 'state of the art'? |
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| actually, it's rather poetic when you think about it... seriously, it does. |
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