Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id NAA19094 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 2 May 2001 13:59:14 +0100 Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 13:26:10 +0100 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Information Message-ID: <20010502132610.B582@ii01.org> References: <20010501183241.AAA24864@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <20010501183241.AAA24864@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Tue, May 01, 2001 at 02:32:31PM -0400 From: Robin Faichney <robin@ii01.org> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 02:32:31PM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> On 05/01/01 12:55, Robin Faichney said this-
>
> >Do you like or dislike "computer programs = patterns"?
>
> Well, I'm more than happy to sit and cogitate for awhile, since, I
> dislike that statement.
>
> Yes, a pattern could be discerned for some computer programs, (in that
> they all use the same GUI, or rely upon a similar keystroke), but,
> computer programs equaling patterns...? I still don't like it.
> Definitional problem, most likely.
>
> I don't like equal signs in anything but provable formulae.
You used the word "equals". I just substituted the symbol. But Ozren
has picked up this ball very capably, so I'll let him run with it.
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