Newsgroups: comp.parallel,comp.lang.misc,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
From: brewer@hamlet.umd.edu (Peter Brewer)
Subject: Re: Massively parallel programming for the Internet
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 14:49:46 GMT
Message-ID: <3es7uc$34o@umd5.umd.edu>

> In article <thinmanD1nvBD.IFD@netcom.com> thinman@netcom.com
> Lance Norskog
> thinman@netcom.com
> (Technically Sweet) writes:
> 
> >The Internet is a software ecology, which slowly creates habitat 
> >niche and demand for new software technologies.
> >The Internet Nervous System idea is the
> >only one I've come up with.
> 
> Of course you have found Bernard Hubermann (Xerox PARC)'s
> The Ecology of Computation? (S-V)
> 
> --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
>   Resident Cynic, Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers

Although I've always thought of it as a Hot house or green house with
many growing things, including weeds... perhaps James Burke described
the problem best and the solution when he said that there are no geniuses
with light bulbs over their heads pulling things from nowhere, instead
they are people who bits and pieces of various unrelated thing together
to make something... and see the below .sig...

-- Peter

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The problem with modern technology is not only that it is changing so fast but
that because of specialized fields and their associated 'specialty languages', 
we don't understand, decisions are 'made for us'. To maintain our freedom 
a way must be found to inform and educate everyone about the rapid changes,
the multi-disciplinary decisions, and their effect. 
               -- Excerpted from James Burke & his Connections series

*The Answer is*: 1968: E-mail, computer conferencing, multiple windows, mice.
                    "Augmentation of Man's Intellect!!". -- Doug Englebart     
                    "Increasing the capability of man to approach a complex
                     problem or situation, gain comprehension to suit his
                     particular needs and derive solutions to problems."

              Whose implementation is *** INTERNET ****

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