Advanced?
Advanced?
(OP)
Every press release I read about some new product or service always describes it as "Advanced". Should this not be (if honest) "Contemporary" or (if trumpets must be blown) "State of the art"? Worse is when the "Advanced" word is used in technical papers to describe what's soon to be commonplace, ignored or history.
Maybe it's just a foible of mine. I have others.
Maybe it's just a foible of mine. I have others.
Steve





RE: Advanced?
I suspect it's just the least amount of hyperbole that some 'marketing' type could get away with and still feel like he/she contributed to the overall project.
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
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RE: Advanced?
Sometimes an advanced technology is just that - a simple advance ahead of the current state of things. Or a company has created something that is an advancement over a current product model. I wouldn't read more into it than that.
RE: Advanced?
"Advanced" is just the opposite of "Retarded", which no one wants to be... (unless we speak about ignition timing)
"Innovative": OK, if it incorporates a new idea.
"Evolutionary": sure, next generation.
And so on...
Benta.
RE: Advanced?
"Advanced" new car? Good for you, but I'll never buy a first model year, new or used.
RE: Advanced?
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
RE: Advanced?
RE: Advanced?
I hate it when you guys find stuff as nice as this (the miter box), and I just find junk.
But staying on topic: this ancient miter box is way more advanced than the aluminium crap you find nowadays.
RE: Advanced?
The 'before' pictures:
And 'after':
And as a FWIW, here's the 'before' picture of the miter-box:
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
RE: Advanced?
RE: Advanced?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Singer-Model-66-or-99-Fili...
Note that there is quite a cottage industry out there selling to people who do restorations like Singer sewing machines. I had no problem whatsoever finding not only the decals, but also the couple of parts that were missing including a new leather belt for the treadle mechanism.
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
RE: Advanced?
RE: Advanced?
John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
EX-Product 'Evangelist'
Irvine, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
The secret of life is not finding someone to live with
It's finding someone you can't live without
RE: Advanced?
RE: Advanced?
I'm certainly glad that sewing has advanced with the level of technology we benefit from today.
RE: Advanced?
RE: Advanced?
Where I work we make a lot of "obsolete" parts. Once something is in the catalog it almost never disappears although we did stop making ignition points for model T Fords a couple of years ago. Someone else probably picked up the slack.
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