Hi Platt, Yes sorry, the "someone who invented e-mail" was a trap I laid unsuccessfully (so far) for DMB, just in case he pooh-poohed (by e-mail reply) the value of any computer techie's creativity.
Stick with me kid. Ian On 3/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I think the point Platt, > > > > is no so much the someone who "invented" e-mail ... that's a whole > > series of evolving inventions, on top of many, many layers of clever > > inventions. > > You said "someone." I merely picked up on it. > > > Most of those layers are (quite rightly) invisible and irrelevant (in > > any day to day sense) to the unsuspecting user. Invisible, irrelevant > > or not, we depend every day on that whole stack of creativity. > > Yes. Stacked up one by one, created individual by individual. You might have > one of those creations to your credit. I hope so. > > > Furthermore the guy that invented that "bootstrap" in machine code on > > the bare silicon (or a box of diode valves more likely), would never > > have had anything remotely like e-mail on his mind at the time. He > > probably thought, like Frankenstein, he was creating life itself, and > > would be very disappointed to see e-mail as the culmination of his > > creativity to date ;-) > > All power to the "guy" -- the individual -- who first made it possible to > turn on > a computer. :-) > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
