Comments on: Birthday Meme http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33 Breezing the shoot. Random mutterings of a Web Developer. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:53:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Mike Cherim http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33#comment-62 Mike Cherim Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:02:38 +0000 http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33#comment-62 I pronounce it Meem in the US, but then again, I may have it wrong by US standards of pronounciation --- not that we have standards ;) I pronounce it Meem in the US, but then again, I may have it wrong by US standards of pronounciation — not that we have standards ;)

]]> By: Jaybee http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33#comment-63 Jaybee Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:33:10 +0000 http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33#comment-63 I think we should all agree to call it Me Me. It's a flipping stupid word anyway. ;-) I think we should all agree to call it Me Me. It’s a flipping stupid word anyway. ;-)

]]> By: Wikipedia Birthday Meme, Plus - Beast-Blog.com http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33#comment-64 Wikipedia Birthday Meme, Plus - Beast-Blog.com Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:34:26 +0000 http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33#comment-64 [...] for doing the meme thing, but with so many around me partaking in this one — Stephen, Jack, Gill — I decided to be a lemming today and leap off the cliff with the others. In this meme I have [...] […] for doing the meme thing, but with so many around me partaking in this one — Stephen, Jack, Gill — I decided to be a lemming today and leap off the cliff with the others. In this meme I have […]

]]> By: Dan http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33#comment-65 Dan Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:15:33 +0000 http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33#comment-65 "Meme" was first used by Richard Dawkins in <a href="http://www.revish.com/books/0199291152/" rel="nofollow">The Selfish Gene</a>, as a variation of the term <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics" rel="nofollow">memetics</a>. The common usage now we see on the web is slightly at odds with Dawkins' use of the word, which was intended to convey the <em>evolution</em> of culture through units of information rather than replication. Meh. :-) “Meme” was first used by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, as a variation of the term memetics. The common usage now we see on the web is slightly at odds with Dawkins’ use of the word, which was intended to convey the evolution of culture through units of information rather than replication.

Meh. :-)

]]> By: Jaybee http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33#comment-66 Jaybee Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:57:30 +0000 http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33#comment-66 Gosh, thanks for that Dan. I shall commit it to memory. I'm sure it'll come in handy next time I partake of a pub quiz. :-) Gosh, thanks for that Dan. I shall commit it to memory. I’m sure it’ll come in handy next time I partake of a pub quiz. :-)

]]> By: Helena Boylen http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33#comment-71 Helena Boylen Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:42:11 +0000 http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33#comment-71 Wasn't that a musical... "You're looking swell - Meme!" (I'll get me coat) Wasn’t that a musical… “You’re looking swell - Meme!”

(I’ll get me coat)

]]> By: Jaybee http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33#comment-72 Jaybee Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:26:41 +0000 http://www.jbvisions.co.uk/voices/archives/33#comment-72 Actually I thought memetics was something you took to make yourself sick. ;-) Actually I thought memetics was something you took to make yourself sick. ;-)

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