On Monday 10 March 2003 12:03 pm, you wrote:
> Well, you should go on to Babbage and Lovelace Ada ...
well, the infinite regress into the back will still re-emphasize supreet's
point. knowledge in its smallest entity is never born in isolation.
i strongly support the regime of patenting 'knowledge-based stuff' such as
software, *provided* the so-called creator can prove the entire technology is
pure, original, not based on any previous technology, knowledge, thinking,
idea, concepts, whether in terms of flowing with, flowing against, or
synthesizing. whether that knowledge comes to humans from humans, or from
studying from all other life forms and existential principles.
the current laws actually look at the implementation, and not at the true
fundamentals of 'originality'.
because i suppose deep down, everyone knows, originality is not possible. not
by mortals.
what a bankrupt race we truly are.
and yet what a wealth of knowledge we have encoded in us, that gan grow
almost infinitely through sharing, observing, learning.
take your pick.
supreet, wonderful to see you think in those lines.
:-)
LL
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