Ah. Perhaps a more direct reference to the elephant would have worked better. :)
Yeah, I'll grant the metaphor that we have a lot of different people focused on different parts of the computational elephant. On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Carl Gundel <[email protected]> wrote: > By touching the hem in this sense I meant that we’ve got a blindfold on > and we’re trying to guess what the elephant looks like by touching any one > part of it.**** > > ** ** > > -Carl**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf > Of *David Barbour > *Sent:* Thursday, September 05, 2013 12:16 PM > > *To:* Fundamentals of New Computing > *Subject:* Re: [fonc] Final STEP progress report abandoned?**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Carl Gundel <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > I’m not sure why you think I’m attributing special reverence to > computing. Break all the rules, please. ;-)**** > > ** ** > > To say you're "touching the hem" generally implies you're also on your > knees and bowing your head.**** > > **** > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > [email protected] > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > >
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