According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the use of the word "biased" to mean "prejudiced against" dates to 1649. Yeah, political correctness became a real problem in the 17th century. I know that I didn't become overly sensitive until at least 1760.
Louis Schulman Tampa, Florida (where I am just getting tired of people making things up)
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 19:17:52 -0500, jerrymoos wrote:
#Depends on your definition of bias. The word was once used simply to
mean a
#preferential interest in or disposition toward one thing versus
another,
#kind of like electrical engineers talked about biasing a transistor in
the
#old days. It only came to mean unfair and discriminatory when the
world
#became oversensitive and politically correct in more recent years. I
think
#there is a definite Campy bias here in the older, non-sinister sense.
That
#is, there is a preferential interest in Campy as opposed to Shimano.
Or to
#Stronglight/Simplex for that matter.
#
#Regards,
#
#Jerry Moos
#Houston, TX
#
#
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#Subject: [CR]Now: List Bias Was: Another Shimano history question
#
#
#> jerrymoos wrote:
#> >
#> (cut)
#> > Someone said this reveals a Campy bias here. I tend to agree, in
that
#> > everyone seems to know what the correct markings on the axle
locknuts
#were
#> > for a 1973 Campy Record hub, no no one seems sure how many
versions of
#Dura
#> > Ace there were or when they were introduced.
#>
#>
#> I do not believe that a lack of knowledge equals a bias. Apples and
#> oranges in my opinion.
#>
#> Chuck Schmidt
#> South Pasadena, Southern California
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