Comments on: Steven King’s 1972 film http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/05/09/steven-kings-1972-film/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/05/09/steven-kings-1972-film/comment-page-1/#comment-540750 JP Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:07:43 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/05/09/steven-kings-1972-film/#comment-540750 Hi Briony, I've e-mailed Steven King your contact details, and asked him whether he's cool with my sharing his details with you. I've also e-mailed you about it. Hope it all works out. Regards JP Hi Briony, I’ve e-mailed Steven King your contact details, and asked him whether he’s cool with my sharing his details with you. I’ve also e-mailed you about it. Hope it all works out. Regards JP

]]> By: Briony Clark http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/05/09/steven-kings-1972-film/comment-page-1/#comment-540735 Briony Clark Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:48:15 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/05/09/steven-kings-1972-film/#comment-540735 JP - the BBC would love to contact Steven about his film "computer networks" for a project we are currently working on: http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalrevolution/ I am posting this in the vain hope that Steven re-visits or if you can in anyway forward on my details to him I would be eternally grateful. Many thanks! Briony Briony.clark@bbc.co.uk JP – the BBC would love to contact Steven about his film “computer networks” for a project we are currently working on: http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalrevolution/
I am posting this in the vain hope that Steven re-visits or if you can in anyway forward on my details to him I would be eternally grateful.
Many thanks!
Briony
Briony.clark@bbc.co.uk

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/05/09/steven-kings-1972-film/comment-page-1/#comment-494427 JP Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:41:11 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/05/09/steven-kings-1972-film/#comment-494427 Steven, I'm delighted that you found the time to drop by. Great video, it was a privilege to watch it, we owe you a debt of gratitude. Nollind, I agree with you, the video is very relevant to us today. I might even reblog it or tweet it, get it going again. Steven, I’m delighted that you found the time to drop by. Great video, it was a privilege to watch it, we owe you a debt of gratitude.

Nollind, I agree with you, the video is very relevant to us today. I might even reblog it or tweet it, get it going again.

]]> By: Nollind Whachell http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/05/09/steven-kings-1972-film/comment-page-1/#comment-493988 Nollind Whachell Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:18:37 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/05/09/steven-kings-1972-film/#comment-493988 This is an amazing video. There is so much being said on so many levels (i.e. patterns and concepts that relate to relationships and ecosystems) , I had to keep stopping the video to fully absorb and understand what was being said. Steven's also absolutely right in that what's being said in the video is still relevant today. Actually it's probably even more relevant. Why? Because today we are "unfortunate" to have an abundance of things (i.e. bandwidth, storage, etc), whereas back then the system was built on the fundamentals of limitations for the time. Yet by being built on limitations, it actually became much more reliable and sustainable because of it. It's one reason why I think we need to start limiting ourselves and our communications to start seeing the truly important core elements of the system versus the superficial expendable ones. This is an amazing video. There is so much being said on so many levels (i.e. patterns and concepts that relate to relationships and ecosystems) , I had to keep stopping the video to fully absorb and understand what was being said.

Steven’s also absolutely right in that what’s being said in the video is still relevant today. Actually it’s probably even more relevant. Why? Because today we are “unfortunate” to have an abundance of things (i.e. bandwidth, storage, etc), whereas back then the system was built on the fundamentals of limitations for the time. Yet by being built on limitations, it actually became much more reliable and sustainable because of it. It’s one reason why I think we need to start limiting ourselves and our communications to start seeing the truly important core elements of the system versus the superficial expendable ones.

]]> By: Steven King http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/05/09/steven-kings-1972-film/comment-page-1/#comment-493783 Steven King Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:57:31 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/05/09/steven-kings-1972-film/#comment-493783 The insights of Arpanet founders hold up well even now. In fact, we're still waiting for a few of their predictions to be realized, which should happen in the not too distant future as network speed and bandwidth continue to improve. I am grateful that I was there to capture a few of their thoughts and help document a bit of the early history of the internet. The insights of Arpanet founders hold up well even now. In fact, we’re still waiting for a few of their predictions to be realized, which should happen in the not too distant future as network speed and bandwidth continue to improve.

I am grateful that I was there to capture a few of their thoughts and help document a bit of the early history of the internet.

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