Comments on: Interesting thought for the day http://www.jasongriffey.net/wp/2004/01/16/interesting-thought-for-the-day/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:19:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: bfd http://www.jasongriffey.net/wp/2004/01/16/interesting-thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-103 bfd Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:31:10 +0000 http://www.ibiblio.org/griffey/wp/?p=120#comment-103 this seems like a very limited viewpoint. telescopes, and other measuring devices, are typically single-purpose tools for gathering one type of information. computers are much, much more versatile than the author gives them credit. also, to say that computers are tools for the analysis of networks is completely ignoring the study of sociology, which developed the idea of a social network long before TCP/IP was invented. this seems like a very limited viewpoint. telescopes, and other measuring devices, are typically single-purpose tools for gathering one type of information. computers are much, much more versatile than the author gives them credit.

also, to say that computers are tools for the analysis of networks is completely ignoring the study of sociology, which developed the idea of a social network long before TCP/IP was invented.

]]> By: justin http://www.jasongriffey.net/wp/2004/01/16/interesting-thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-102 justin Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:21:35 +0000 http://www.ibiblio.org/griffey/wp/?p=120#comment-102 some people think tools are cool too. some people think tools are cool too.

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