On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > It keeps the scum out of Waitrose. > > A very interesting and witty piece here from Stephen Fry about the internet: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7926509.stm > > I particularly like his comparison of the web with a city, and why it > doesn't need to be regulated.
I liked that analogy, too. I also liked what he said about books (vs electronic ones): "And we love [books]. I love them. You don't throw away your books when you buy a computer. You keep both. The beauty of living in the present day is you don't abandon the past. The past co-exists." Very interesting interview. Thanks for posting it. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
