On Mar 12, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Casey Ransberger wrote:

> After you get the wheel right, and put it on a bicycle, and once the
> bikeshed's built, you still have to get people to agree on what color
> the bikeshed should be.
>
> I think with virtualization entering mainstream consciousness, the
> term image will be okay. But that's just me. If anything else, though,
> I'd recommend "snapshot" which is the colloquial term. Note that this
> term also implies photography, and thus, imagery.
>
> I actually think there's value in the metaphor, is what I guess I'm
> trying to say.


I agree. I remember I used to think it was more skewed/misapplied than  
I do now. Now days we talk about virtual images. And disk images.  
Quite commonly. It seems to me... yet another case where the world  
caught up with Smalltalk. :)

--
Travis Griggs
Objologist
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright  
until you hear them speak...