>
> > one. For example, there are very real political
> > struggles taking place via computing: power,
> > social relations, money exchange, expressions of
> > all sorts, etc.
>
> all these are parts of social reality. they exist because we believe
> they exist and we agree on some details of their represenations and on
> some of their properties.
>
> nevertheless they don't exist "inside of computers", although in the
> modern world computers form an important part of the substrat of
> social reality - but it is exactly due to their ability to represent!
>
Dear Artem,
Very respectfully, I do not agree at all with you here. I have tried very
hard, my friend..:)
Computers are cultural artifacts too - the use of the English alphabet is
almost ubiquitous
in computing. It is hardwired and encoded, burned into the very heart of the
device.
On the other hand, India has 500+ recognised languages, out of which NASA
has a study on ancient Sanskrit - citing it as a promising computing
language for knowledge
representation in NLP.
Your statement only reflects the political plateau of the last 300 years,
not the centuries before
that, or the one we have just begun. This is not about Asian pride, but
having a global outlook. I would
live in Africa if I could afford the frikkin ticket.
cheers,
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Received on Fri Jan 11 2008 - 11:57:47 GMT