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.
next prev parent 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]
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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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