[X4U] Firewire

[Tim Collier]

This is driving me crazy that nobody has picked up on this use of  
'deprecated'.

deprecate |ˈdepriˌkāt| |ˌdɛprəˈkeɪt| |ˌdɛprɪkeɪt|
verb [ trans. ]
1 express disapproval of : [as adj. ] ( deprecating) he sniffed in a  
deprecating way.
2 another term for depreciate (sense 2): : he deprecates the value of  
children's television.
DERIVATIVES
deprecatingly |ˌdɛprəˈkeɪdɪŋli| adverb
deprecation |ˌdeprəˈkā sh ən| |ˈdɛprəˌkeɪʃən| |-ˌkeɪʃ 
(ə)n| noun
deprecative |-ˌkātiv| |ˌdɛprəˈkeɪdɪv| |ˌdɛprɪkətɪv|  
adjective
deprecator |-ˌkātər| |ˌdɛprəˈkeɪdər| noun
ORIGIN early 17th cent.(in the sense [pray against] ): from Latin  
deprecat- ‘prayed against (as being evil),’ from the verb  
deprecari, from de- (expressing reversal) + precari ‘pray.’
USAGE See usage at self-deprecating .

On Jan 2, 2007, at 2:20 AM, Randy B.Singer wrote:

> Eddie Hargreaves said:
>
>> FireWire 800 has not been deprecated. It is on the current Mac  
>> Pro, MacBook
>> Pro and the 24-inch iMac.
>
>
> True.  Which is a surprise to many.  Industry insiders thought that
> FW/800 would be extinct well before now.
>
> Check out this whitepaper from WiebeTech from October of 2004:
>
> Evolution of FireWire white paper: FireWire Evolution
> http://www.wiebetech.com/whitepapers.php
>
>
>
> Randy B. Singer