You mean the Internet is not "in" my computer? John Hebert
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dustin Puryear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 1:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [brluglist] Cox Cable needs to give free month this > month... > > > At 12:28 PM 2/1/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >because you don't install "the (high speed) internet" on your pc; you > >connect your pc TO the internet. Sorry, but I'm just not > that stupid, and > > This is an interesting statement. Why couldn't you say that you are > connecting the Internet to your computer? Isn't the Internet just a > collection of other computers? Since communication is > bidirectional, isn't > it just as correct to say that you are connecting the > Internet to your > computer as saying that your are connecting your computer to > the Internet? > Where is our resident semantic guru? > > Regards, Dustin > > > --- > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Information Systems Contractor > http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear > PGP Key for [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://www.us.pgp.net > In the beginning the Universe was created. > This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ > ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
