so ... what's all this about a portal ? On 9 October 2012 01:24, Robert Greene <gre...@math.ucla.edu> wrote:
> > This is funny but it is of course wrong, > I like facebook a lot, but I dislike text messages, > and so on. Which general types of things one likes > may develop early, but the details are not > set in stone. This kind of thing is > an excuse for all kinds of bad stuff > that is supposed to be progress but is > really just bad--but not all of it is bad! > Robert > > > > On Mon, 8 Oct 2012, Martin Leese wrote: > > John Leonard wrote: >> >> Hmm, >>> >>> I'm strictly non-Facebook and I'm afraid I'm not going to change my >>> views, >>> even for Ambisonics. >>> >> >> Ditto. >> >> In my case, the reason was elegantly >> explained by Douglas Adams: >> >> I've [Douglas Adams has] come up with a set >> of rules that describe our reactions to >> technology: >> 1. Anything that is in the world when you're >> born is normal and ordinary and is just a >> natural part of the way the world works. >> 2. Anything that's invented between when >> you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and >> exciting and revolutionary and you can >> probably get a career in it. >> 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is >> against the natural order of things. >> [From The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams, 2002] >> >> Regards, >> Martin >> -- >> Martin J Leese >> E-mail: martin.leese stanfordalumni.org >> Web: >> http://members.tripod.com/**martin_leese/<http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Sursound mailing list >> Sursound@music.vt.edu >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/**mailman/listinfo/sursound<https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/**mailman/listinfo/sursound<https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound> > -- 07580951119 augustine.leudar.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20121009/bfa5e6f6/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
