[MD] Quality computing

[ian glendinning]

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, pholden at davtv.com <pholden at davtv.com> wrote:
> Quoting ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com>:
>
> > 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. :-)
>
>
>
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