"medium" ? (McLuhan notwithstanding...)
On Aug 20, 2011, at 7:22 AM, John McKeon wrote: > > > On Saturday, August 20, 2011, Alan Kay <[email protected]> wrote: > > (For example) > > Try to imagine a system where the parts only receive messages but never > > explicitly send them. > > This is one example of what I meant when I requested that computer people > > pay more attention to what is in between the parts, than to the parts -- > > the Japanese have a great short word for it: "ma" -- we don't, and that's a > > clue that we have a hard time with "what is in between" > > Cheers, > > Alan > > > > I like: the ether (it has a more Maxwellian flavor for me :) > Then try to imagine an object not in it > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list [email protected] http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
