[Air-l] A definition of the internet

[Christian Nelson]

One need not give up on definitions to give up on essentialist 
definitions.
Words are like tools, but tools that cannot be shared with others, and 
that produce things that are incompatible with what other people need 
or find useful, are useless.
--Christian Nelson

On Oct 16, 2006, at 11:16 PM, Ellis Godard wrote:

> We might each have a definition that’s "really good" for our own 
> purpose(s),
> and all have different definitions. Moreover, any one definition would 
> be
> useless for at least one other person, and no definition would be 
> "really
> good" for everyone. Words are tools. Meanings are contextual and 
> strategic.
> Essentialism is hollow. :)
>
> That said, I define it (much as Nancy has) as a network of TCP/IP 
> networks
> to distinguish it from cyberspace (social life distributed 
> through/on/as/in
> the Internet), but with an explicit awareness of hardware, software, 
> and
> otherware convergences.
>
> -eg
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
>> [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Sam Tilden
>> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 4:28 PM
>> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>> Subject: [Air-l] A definition of the internet
>>
>>
>> I know this is a trivial question! Does anyone have a really
>> good definition of the Internet.
>>
>>   The only ones I have speaks only to the technology.
>>
>>   Sam
>>
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