I have noticed a lot of seemingly valid questions are being closed as being too time localized, such as this one or this one.
I agree that in its current form "right now" it can be problematic. However, I also think that if the question were stated as "As of July 12 2010" it should be answerable. But this also begs the question, what happens when on July 12 2011 the next generation of flight simulation games comes out?
What do you think?
to beg
means eitherto implore
orto dodge
. Begging the question, as per the logical fallacy, calls upon the latter meaning. The word beg, in modern English is derived from beggar, which is in turn derived from the Old English word,bedecian
, meaningone who solicits alms from the wealthy as a mode of living
. While the literal meaning of the phrase is proscribed, the modern age is awash with contextual change. Language is mutable, and this mutability is not constrained to tribal tongues (consider the generational change in American Standard English in the past century).