Roberto Verzola on 25 Sep 2000 04:45:31 -0000 |
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Re: <nettime> Water-shedding |
>them, in one or another version, have been distributed. Nonetheless, a lot >of people I would want to have them just haven't been interested - and I >ascribe this to - no matter how much the opposite is claimed - an intrans- >igent attachment to the _book_ - something I also feel. It's as if the >cdrom can only be a _project,_ or _resource_ - but nothing that carries >the weight or intimacy of the book - nothing, in short, that is _desirab- >le,_ in terms of personal ownership. The relationships and gaps between Perhaps because you don't need anything else to read a book, except a knowledge of the language it is written in. A cdrom needs a cdrom drive, computer and software, all of which must be compatible with the cdrom. It also needs electricity and the technology that produces it. In short its usefulness requires an *entire* infrastructure which is itself changing rapidly. I'll go with the book. Roberto Verzola # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net