Fill in the Blank

[Edwin Pilobello]

Could we imagine a future where "Computer" responds to our will as in
"Star Trek Enterprise".  Hopefully it has the sense to serve "Seattle's
Best" instead of "Starbucks".  Notice that they do use dynabooks.

:-)  Edwin

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From: owner-squeakland at squeakland.org
[mailto:owner-squeakland at squeakland.org] On Behalf Of Anindita
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 11:19 AM
To: squeakland at squeakland.org
Subject: Re: Fill in the Blank



There's also the "standardized test way" of approaching an analogy by
rephrasing it:

A piano is an instrument (or tool) with which one makes music. A
computer is an instrument (or tool) with which one makes. . .?

I don't have something easy to fill in the blank since there are so many
things which can fill that blank (music, art, applications), but it's
another way of looking at it.  Music isn't in the tool, it's something
that you can express or create with that tool.  Is there a word to
summarize everything that can be expressed or created with a computer?

Could one invent a word to encompass all of that?

Anindita

>        At 3:42 PM -0700 6/4/02, Edwin Pilobello wrote:
> >I'm writing up a new course description for the Fall term.  I need 
> >your opinion on what fills the blank :
> >
> >"Music is not in the piano" as "(blank) is not in the computer"
> >
> >Should it be knowledge, learning, wisdom, whatever?
> >
> >For a course title, I've considered "Pre-Dynabook Lab" or something 
> >to that effect.  I could use suggestions on the course title as well.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Edwin Pilobello
> >Instructor, Saturday Academy
> >www.saturdayacademy.org
>
>
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