Re: The written word is dead ? (was Re: FN-FORUM writing for web)

date posted 16th January 2001 11:58

Cool that's what I wanted :) some good points made at last.

I happen to agree, although i think it's a bit presumptious to say that
these gizmos would have to be hard coded!!! You must be a coder :) How can
you say that? I am talking fantasy here! I bet people said, "ooh nice
invention that jumper, but you'll always need hands and knitting needles
because people like knitting, it's relaxing". And then they invented
knitting machines. And Debenhams.

Anyway, of course it's fantasy, i love reading and hope it does continue,
but i'm also pretty excited about the future, having seen the world change
so much in the past 3 years.

And yes, Daniel J Walters, I can highly recommend "prelude to foundation" by
isaac asimov, and of course "rendezvous with rama" (when IS that movie
coming out?)
And Event Horizon is a bit good too if you can't be arsed to read a book.

Prefer a good arty coffee table book though, these days... more pictures.
More room in my head to think, without all those words.

Bollocks i said i wasn't going to perpetuate this. You guys...

Mark "master debater" Harold :)




----- Original Message -----
From: "Morgan Richards" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 10:40 AM
Subject: RE: The written word is dead ? (was Re: FN-FORUM writing for web)


> Yes and I am sure that one day the human race will die it's death does
that
> mean we should rush it along mark and just kill ourselves now? NO!
>
> Once all of these fantastic gizmos come out maybe the written word will
> become less used but it will never replaced.
>
> Firstly: why do books still exist since there are TVs and Films? Simple
> books let you view the story as you wish, and not someone elses
> intepritation of it. People enjoy reading and writting, it is good for
the
> soul.
>
> Secondly: how is the information in these machines that are going to be
> plugged into your brain programmed? You wouldn't beable to program them
by
> plugging it into your brain as what about all the stray infomation that
> flashes accross your mind? They would still need to be hard coded, voila
> still written language.
>
> The need for a written language goes so far back in the mists of time,
that
> it is not know where it started. The first languages where pictorial
> languages but they died out when the use of sybols came into play (excualy
> the same way as numbers, on which I am reading a history of). Pictograms
> are not very useful as it makes a huge amout of symbols, where as letters
> can create a vast quantity of words in only 26 unique characters.
>
> The written language is what has gotten us to where we are, it has become
> somewhat indespensible now. Literacy is the most powerful tool at anyones
> disposal.
>
>
>
> PS about thinking in words and pictures, people think in words, only
> dyslexics think in pictures these days.
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