A. Cinque Hicks on Tue, 7 Apr 1998 19:57:13 +0200 (MET DST) |
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<nettime> Interactivity: Hicks responds to Hopkins, Stalder |
[Felix Stalder] wrote: > There are definitely more or less interactive devices. In some cases, say > the elevator, the interaction is extremely limited -- up or down -- in > other cases it is more sophisticated. The point, however, is that ALL > machinery has SOME degree of interactivity, with the single exception of > clocks. > > Felix i don't really see the use of an adjective so vague that it describes *everything*, but okay, if we provisionally agree that all machinery has SOME degree of interactivity, then in fact clocks do as well. i have a clock sitting right in front of me and believe me i have to interact with that goddam thing every morning at 8:30. for that matter why limit interactivity to physically touching things? a clock does have to be looked at in order to do its job. isn't that then also a form of interactivity? limited, sure, but a clock only gives us an answer because implicitly we have asked it a question. ch --- # distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@desk.nl and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@desk.nl