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.****
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> -Carl****
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf
> Of *David Barbour
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 05, 2013 12:16 PM
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> *To:* Fundamentals of New Computing
> *Subject:* Re: [fonc] Final STEP progress report abandoned?****
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> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Carl Gundel <[email protected]>
> wrote:****
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> I’m not sure why you think I’m attributing special reverence to
> computing.  Break all the rules, please.  ;-)****
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> To say you're "touching the hem" generally implies you're also on your
> knees and bowing your head.****
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