"indefinitely" is linkbait more than anything. It's not "indefinitely" in terms of "forever", which is how it's usually used - it's "an un-specified amount of time".
It's technically correct, but when you hear about something "shutting down indefinitely" you don't think "oh, that's all right, they'll be back up soon".
I've been following this news pretty closely and the wording of this article gave me that impression as well.
In the end, I think this is for the best, though. With the NGP releasing this year and with all the movement Sony's making towards Android + Playstation products, it just means more (potential) security risks as the network grows. Better to get it over with now before it becomes a bigger problem later.
The funny thing is that it's not "technically correct," it's actually correct and used properly here (both prescriptively and descriptively). Your criticism has to do with the word being misused elsewhere when people or companies avoid using the word "forever."
Your linchpin is anecdotal. "Forever" is a second definition after "indefinite." It's not really that important, though, I was just trying to provide some insight to the GP as pertains to Sony's statement.
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"indefinitely" is linkbait more than anything. It's not "indefinitely" in terms of "forever", which is how it's usually used - it's "an un-specified amount of time".
It's technically correct, but when you hear about something "shutting down indefinitely" you don't think "oh, that's all right, they'll be back up soon".
I've been following this news pretty closely and the wording of this article gave me that impression as well.
In the end, I think this is for the best, though. With the NGP releasing this year and with all the movement Sony's making towards Android + Playstation products, it just means more (potential) security risks as the network grows. Better to get it over with now before it becomes a bigger problem later.
The funny thing is that it's not "technically correct," it's actually correct and used properly here (both prescriptively and descriptively). Your criticism has to do with the word being misused elsewhere when people or companies avoid using the word "forever."
"forever" is not mis-use, it's also correct and it's the more-common usage by far (in my experience). Let me google that for you: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8...
Your linchpin is anecdotal. "Forever" is a second definition after "indefinite." It's not really that important, though, I was just trying to provide some insight to the GP as pertains to Sony's statement.