And lo on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:57:24 -0000, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> did  
spake, saying:

> Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>> Oo did they have Putin, their man of the year, holding it?
>
>   Their "man of the year" doesn't mean "the person who has made most good
> in the world", but "the person who has been most significant in the  
> world,
> who has had most impact", in good or bad.
>
>   In the year 1938 they chose Adolph Hitler as the person of the year,
> and in the year 1939 Joseph Stalin. Not because they did something good
> for the world, but because they were considered some of the most  
> influential
> persons (in good or bad).
>
>   You are clearly trying to diminish the importance of Time Magazine's
> titles by implying that the choice of Putin as person of the year shows
> some kind of incompetence, but it only shows that you don't understand
> what they mean by "person of the year".

Actually I do, and by that measure making the iPhone the invention of the  
year doesn't necessarily make it any good, or popular, or used.

-- 
Phil Cook

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