Yeah, I had a feeling it was along those lines. Seems like I remember you saying he was a computer guy... Jim On Mon, 07 Dec 1998 11:51:30 +1100 Camille Scaysbrook <verona_beach@geocities.com> writes: > >J J R wrote: >> I'd have a chance to respect your boyfriend's opinion if he told us >what >> it was :) Was the original post "wrong" in its description of >> downloading? Or wrong in its description of the reading process? >Or >> both? And why? > >Well ... he said the idea behind the computing was all wrong; that the >guy >didn't have a complete enough understanding of computing and thus he >couldn't really appreciate the metaphor that he tried to construct >with it, >although he could see where the guy was going with it. So yes to one, >no to >two. He was looking at it from a technical rather than philosophical >viewpoint (and he doesn't suffer wanky theorists like ourselves gladly >(: ) > >Camille >verona_beach@geocities.com >@ THE ARTS HOLE www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442 >@ THE INVERTED FOREST www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]