John,

I was not, until mentioned by Richard, aware of the The Wired, a fictional virtual reality/computer network in the cyberpunk anime series Serial Experiments Lain.

I was aware of the science and technology magazine which does not deal exclusively with cable technology.

In defence industry slang 'wired for' simply means the system has interfaces added for future integration of sub-systems and components

Given Richard thinks in Talmudic mindset (kosher or not), I'll try to be more precise with my wording in future.

I know you meant it in jest, but I had to look it up.
It seems 'pigskins' are made from steer hide.
The prohibition of not consuming pork in Jewish culture is just a subset of kosher laws which mean 'fit for consumption'. Arguably a football ball is not fit for consumption either :-) Then again, an angry Aslan....

Greg

On 25 June 2015 at 07:28, John Groth <aurictech@cox.net> wrote:
Greg Chalik wrote:

<<snip>>

Changing the playing field is kosher. Playing football on a baseball
field is not kosher.

 They call footballs "pigskins," so of *course* that's not kosher! ;-)

To be fair, the phrase "people would be wired for drone control from birth" includes the term "wired," which can certainly be interpreted to mean some sort of cyborg (organism with cybernetic components).

As for the "from birth" part, someone accustomed to parsing out alternate meanings, such as myself, would note that "people would be wired for drone control from birth" *can* be parsed to mean that people would receive wiring that would, from birth, enable them to control drones.  Personally, I would only parse it that way for humorous effect, because I love finding and pointing out ambiguity.  However, I would generally do so in person; nuance is not a strong suit in e-mail messages.

It might have been less ambiguous to write that "at birth, people would be wired for drone control," although that word "wired" still can be interpreted to imply implants of some sort.  If you don't mean "wired" with implants, then you'll need either to explain in what sense you mean by "wired," or to use a more precise word in place of "wired."

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