[Air-l] hallucinating cyberspace -origins

[Eero Tarik]

hi gang,

correct me if I am wrong but didnt Gibson, when he created the word 
"cyberspace", define it as "a consensual hallucination experienced daily 
by legitimate operators".

So when I refer to anybody "hallucinating" about cyberspace I am indeed 
being correct as per the true meaning of the word. Cyberspace is, 
according to the author of the word, an hallucination. To create 
cyberspace, one hallucinates. Nobody was being insulted, nobody was 
being ridiculed when I suggested some hallucinate about cyberspace, I 
was merely describing cyberspace as the author intended.
I trust the confusion has now ended.

Of course, if some people want to take the word cyberspace and then 
re-invent its meaning.... well, thats another issue :-)

note to Jonathan - I did put forward a project in the online discussion 
group in one of my internet studies units but it was suggested to me 
that I might like to keep it under my belt for a post graduate effort.

to conclude...
I'm sure the famous modern philosopher, Bart Simpson, if asked his 
opinion on this matter would remark...
" hundreds of billions of web pages to study and you want to talk about 
cyberspace????"

see ya

Eero Tarik