Useful: 1. serviceable for an end or purpose. 2. of value.
Abuse: improper use.
Reuse: to use again.
Usefruct: 1. the right to use or enjoy something. 2. the legal right of using or enjoying the products or profits of something that belongs to someone else. Originally "usus et fructus, meaning, "use and enjoyment"
In the movie Office Space, Peter Gibbons, attempts to explain his plot to defraud Initech out of money by suggesting it was simply like using those spare pennies that are placed in front of a cash register for usefruct.
Example: the best situation in the game Monopoly is to trade an opponent property for something you need, but in addition requiring usefruct (ability to land on the property rent free) for the remainder of the game.
"The earth belongs in usufruct to the living." Thomas Jefferson.
Usury: the lending of money with a fee charged for its use, especially lending for an unusually high fee.
Controversial for over 3600 years, way to go Moses:
Leviticus 25:35-37 — And if thy brother become poor, and impoverished with thee, then thou shalt relieve him; yes, even if he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money with usury, nor lend him thy food for increase.
Utilitarian: 1. aiming at usefulness rather than beauty. 2. useful for a specific purpose or end
Milton's red stapler must have been more symbolic than utilitarian.
However, I like this definition from Wikipedia: Utilitarianism is the idea that the moral worth of an action is determined solely by its utility in providing happiness or pleasure as summed among all sentient beings.
I would argue that a subplot of Office Space was the exploration of utilitarianism through Peter Gibbon's life, company, and work. For example, was it more utilitarian to destroy the office printer than to have the office continue using it?
I would argue that a subplot of Office Space was the exploration of utilitarianism through Peter Gibbon's life, company, and work. For example, was it more utilitarian to destroy the office printer than to have the office continue using it?
Utility: 1. usefulness. 2. a government-regulated business providing for a public service.
