[Air-l] A definition of the internet

[Ellis Godard]

But a dead block would still exist. If everyone went offline simultaneously
for a few hours, the Internet wouldn't stop existing for that time. It
wouldn't even be inactive; bots and pings live on. So either you expand
"human activity", or concede to the separateness.

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> [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Christian Fuchs
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:27 AM
> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> Subject: Re: [Air-l] A definition of the internet
> 
> 
> I don't agree to separate internet and internetting, a 
> technical structure and human activity.
> 
> If there were no human beings organized in social groups, 
> there wouldn't be an internet and the internet wouldn't 
> develop. Without meaningful human knowledge and social 
> activity the internet is a dead block, useless.