Comments for The Printing Press vs. The Internet http://canadianhistory.wordpress.com A History in Cultural Identity Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:11:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Achievements of the Printing Press by Donn Downing http://canadianhistory.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/achievements-of-the-printing-press/#comment-6 Donn Downing Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:11:39 +0000 http://canadianhistory.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/achievements-of-the-printing-press/#comment-6 This website and video might be interesting to you. Regards. Donn Downing This website and video might be interesting to you. Regards. Donn Downing

]]> Comment on Introduction by David Boulton http://canadianhistory.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/hello-world/#comment-5 David Boulton Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:39:36 +0000 #comment-5 I like what you are trying to do. A colleague of mine is on a similar mission: http://www.intermentary.com/renaissance-computer/index.htm I disagree with: "Printing was the first tool that extended the human mind" It was writing code (an even more basic technological tool) that most extended the human mind and that is the OS of the printing press: http://www.childrenofthecode.org/Tour/c5/power.htm All the best, David Boulton www.implicity.org/tour1.htm www.childrenofthecode.org I like what you are trying to do. A colleague of mine is on a similar mission:

http://www.intermentary.com/renaissance-computer/index.htm

I disagree with:

“Printing was the first tool that extended the human mind”

It was writing code (an even more basic technological tool) that most extended the human mind and that is the OS of the printing press:

http://www.childrenofthecode.org/Tour/c5/power.htm

All the best,

David Boulton
http://www.implicity.org/tour1.htm
http://www.childrenofthecode.org

]]> Comment on Achievement of the Internet by Joshua http://canadianhistory.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/achievement-of-the-internet/#comment-4 Joshua Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:48:42 +0000 http://canadianhistory.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/achievement-of-the-internet/#comment-4 Dun foget da pr0n! Dun foget da pr0n!

]]> Comment on Effects of the Internet on Language by Nick http://canadianhistory.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/effects-of-the-internet-on-language/#comment-3 Nick Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:46:13 +0000 http://canadianhistory.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/effects-of-the-internet-on-language/#comment-3 \/\/|-|@+ 480u+ +hOsE peoPLe W|-|0 +|-|0uG|-|T T|-|31r ki|)5 \/\/ERe I|\|V0LVe|) 1|\| 5o|\/|E CUl+ 83C4u53 +h3Y \/\/3r3 c|-|4+t1|\|G IN l33t5PE@K... Tot4Lly 84n4|\|4$ !!! \/\/|-|@+ 480u+ +hOsE peoPLe W|-|0 +|-|0uG|-|T T|-|31r ki|)5 \/\/ERe I|\|V0LVe|) 1|\| 5o|\/|E CUl+ 83C4u53 +h3Y \/\/3r3 c|-|4+t1|\|G IN l33t5PE@K… Tot4Lly 84n4|\|4$ !!!

]]> Comment on My Alter Ego is a Seagull by jwhi http://canadianhistory.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/my-alter-ego-is-a-seagull/#comment-2 jwhi Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:48:17 +0000 http://canadianhistory.wordpress.com/2007/11/22/my-alter-ego-is-a-seagull/#comment-2 The printed word could be just as manipulative and subversive as the digital one. Communist printed propaganda anyone? Pravda (translated into "The Truth") is an example of such (not to say that the West didn't make use of propaganda themselves...) The printed word could be just as manipulative and subversive as the digital one. Communist printed propaganda anyone? Pravda (translated into “The Truth”) is an example of such (not to say that the West didn’t make use of propaganda themselves…)

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