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Latest post Sat, Oct 31 2009 3:24 PM by Delmobile. 2 replies.
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Anonymous  +  958073 Sat, 31 Oct 09 01:53 PM
Hello,

 

Can someone please explain me this sentence? What does "enshrined on his altar" mean?  

 

And according to him, we have entered an age that’s a far cry from that of the PC enshrined on his altar to beige-box antiquity. Consumers and workers have been gripped, he says, by a “gizmo revolution.”

jemaasjr  +  958102 Sat, 31 Oct 09 02:16 PM
on his its altar to beige-box antiquity 


I think that "antiquity" is the key here. It means celebrated for past accomplishment, but not currently revelent. Like Robert E. Lee enshrinted as a stone statue.

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Delmobile  +  958164 Sat, 31 Oct 09 03:24 PM
I agree about the definition of antiquity, but "his altar" is correct. The "he" of the following sentence is the one who has set up the altar.
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