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I worded that poorly.<br>
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There was no over-arching term for the community of telephone users.
Yes telephones changed our culture, but the mass of people calling
other people never took on a life of it's own. Likewise, there were
lots of sub-cultures associated with TV, it changed our lives and our
bank account balances, but there was no over-arching term for the thing
that was made up of TVs connected to the system. The "Internet" has
taken on a life of it's own because it transcends the computers that
gave it life. It's more than just people emailing each other or
downloading videos. Because of the interactivity that it made
possible, and the huge potential that is only slowly becoming realized,
it's distinct from the "phone system" or the "TV networks" in this
regard. That's all I'm saying. Thus it deserves to be capitalized.<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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Donovan Arnold wrote:
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cite="mid20060711061522.13557.qmail@web38112.mail.mud.yahoo.com"
type="cite">"The phone system, at least to my knowledge, was never
thought of as this separate thing that had it's own culture and a life
of it's own. Ditto television. Phones connect one-to-one, not really
as part of a community except in the sense that you could call anyone
you knew the number for. Television was mostly one-way, so no
community there." Paul Rumelhart<br>
<br>
Boy, I am going to have disagree with this statement. I think the
telephone and TV have created very noticeable cultures and changes in
our society. Telephones connected you with anyone else that had one. It
changed the social fabric of society. Same with television. Ever see a
Star Trek convention, there is a huge TV culture.<br>
<br>
I also think that television is two-way communication; it is just that
people don't communicate back in the same manner. They communicate in
mass by changing their behavior in response, usually, by buying a
product or service they saw advertised. <br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
_DJA<br>
<br>
<b><i>Paul Rumelhart <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com"><godshatter@yahoo.com></a></i></b> wrote:
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I'd argue that the telephone and the television are the equivalent of
the computer, which is always lower case, but there is no equivalent to
the multi-headed hydra that is the Internet. The phone system, at
least to my knowledge, was never thought of as this separate thing that
had it's own culture and a life of it's own. Ditto television. Phones
connect one-to-one, not really as part of a community except in the
sense that you could call anyone you knew the number for. Television
was mostly one-way, so no community there. The Internet is, in my
mind, different. It's unique, and deserving of it's capital "I". It's
more like a place than an object.<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
<br>
Donovan Arnold wrote:
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cite="mid20060711021007.67578.qmail@web38110.mail.mud.yahoo.com"
type="cite">Chas,<br>
<br>
So if I use Yahoo Search instead of Googling, am I Yahooing?<br>
<br>
I agree that if telephone and television are lowercase, so should
Internet. <br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
_DJA<br>
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<b><i>Chasuk <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:chasuk@gmail.com"><chasuk@gmail.com></a></i></b>
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On 7/10/06, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 @yahoo.com=""> wrote:<br>
<br>
> OK, so does Googling mean, only using "Google"? Can you Google on
Yahoo, or<br>
> Google by Mr. Jeeves, or does Googling, strictly mean using Google?<br>
<br>
I wouldn't use the word "Googling" to refer to searches performed on<br>
other services, but I believe that the usage, if it persists, will<br>
eventually encompass all competing services, if that hasn't already<br>
started to happen.<br>
<br>
> And another question, can Internet be spelled with a little "i"?
Some one<br>
> needs to write an official rules of the Internet book.<br>
<br>
I find "internet" ugly, but <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.wired.com">www.wired.com</a> specifies the small "i"
in<br>
their style book. Logically, I suppose that small "i" makes sense, as<br>
we don't refer to to "Telephone" and "Television."<br>
<br>
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demand those they don't have; they have freedom of thought, they<br>
demand freedom of speech." -- Søren Kierkegaard<br>
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