[ih] astonishing patron saint of the Internet

[Miles Fidelman]

Steffen Nurpmeso via Internet-history wrote:
> John Gilmore wrote in
>   <31017.1618347021 at hop.toad.com>:
>   |Wasn't it Shakespeare, instead, who presaged the Internet in his Sonnet
>   |44?
>   |
>   |  If the dull substance of my flesh were thought,
>   |  Injurious distance should not stop my way ...
>   |
>   |http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/sonnet/44
>
> The Buddhists believe in a wholistic view.
> No lawyer gets Amazon or Ebay into that ring _i_ think.
> (Jesus did too, and see what they made of him, speaking of dull
> flesh.)
>
Or, we could go ALL the way back:  "In the beginning, there was the 
word." :-)

Miles

-- 
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.  .... Yogi Berra

Theory is when you know everything but nothing works.
Practice is when everything works but no one knows why.
In our lab, theory and practice are combined:
nothing works and no one knows why.  ... unknown