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From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@fr.inter.net>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] architectures
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 21:45:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <072301c10b0b$3b114d60$c0b7c6d4@SOMA> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010712124320.BB306199C0@mail.cse.psu.edu>

From: "rob pike" <rob@plan9.bell-labs.com>
> This is a very deep point.  One of the greatest mistakes (or missed opportunities,
> or strokes of genius, depending on how you look at it) of the familiar modern
> computer interface is the attempt to tie it to real-world objects.  Trash cans,
> desktops, paper clips: come on!  The power of computation lies in its being
> abstract, and the drive should be to find ways of working that are not mere
> echoes of traditional methods.

so very true.




  reply	other threads:[~2001-07-12 19:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-07-12 12:43 rob pike
2001-07-12 19:45 ` Boyd Roberts [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-07-13  2:25 Rick Hohensee
2001-07-12 12:55 forsyth
2001-07-12 11:15 nemo
2001-07-12 20:28 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-13 14:53   ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-13 15:11     ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-12 10:30 nemo
2001-07-12 10:18 ` Christopher Nielsen
2001-07-12  8:42 forsyth
2001-07-12 13:56 ` Laura Creighton
2001-07-12 16:13 ` Ozan Yigit
2001-07-12 16:33   ` Matt
2001-07-12 18:12     ` Scott Schwartz
2001-07-12 18:16       ` Martin Harriss
2001-07-12 18:43       ` Dan Cross
2001-07-13 14:52         ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-13 15:13           ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-12  7:15 Sape Mullender
2001-07-12  6:16 okamoto
2001-07-12  7:46 ` pac
2001-07-12  9:59 ` Christopher Nielsen
2001-07-12  5:22 anothy
2001-07-12  8:04 ` Matt
2001-07-12 10:12 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-12 13:01 ` Laura Creighton
2001-07-11 23:17 Jonathan Sergent
2001-07-11 17:59 David Gordon Hogan
2001-07-11 17:38 geoff
2001-07-11 18:29 ` Dan Cross
2001-07-11 16:27 jmk
2001-07-11 16:03 jmk
2001-07-11 15:17 nemo
2001-07-11 15:07 bwc
2001-07-11 16:53 ` Mike Haertel
2001-07-11 14:36 anothy
2001-07-11 14:59 ` Theo Honohan
2001-07-11 15:02   ` Matt
2001-07-11 16:52   ` Mike Haertel
2001-07-11 22:58 ` Boyd Roberts

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