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  1. Xref: sparky talk.philosophy.misc:3064 alt.politics.homosexuality:8334 rec.arts.books:22995
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!spdcc!dyer
  3. From: dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer)
  4. Newsgroups: talk.philosophy.misc,alt.politics.homosexuality,rec.arts.books
  5. Subject: Re: Morally good hypertext
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec22.041329.29225@spdcc.com>
  7. Date: 22 Dec 92 04:13:29 GMT
  8. Article-I.D.: spdcc.1992Dec22.041329.29225
  9. References: <1992Dec21.182718.17763@netcom.com> <1992Dec21.182537.18766@husc3.harvard.edu> <Bzn5uM.55o@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca>
  10. Organization: S.P. Dyer Computer Consulting, Cambridge MA
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  13. In article <Bzn5uM.55o@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca> msmorris@watsci.UWaterloo.ca (Mike Morris) writes:
  14. >              "Next time you see a lie being spread or a bad 
  15. >               decision being made out of sheer ignorance,
  16. >               pause, and think of hypertext."
  17. >                             -- K. Eric Drexler, _Engines of Creation_
  18. >
  19. >...I wanted to comment that this one sentence epitomizes everything that irked
  20. >me (and still irks me) about K. Eric Drexler's book.
  21.  
  22. It worries me terribly to think that I might have to read Drexler's book
  23. to see if it's as bad as the quote promises it to be.
  24.  
  25. -- 
  26. Steve Dyer
  27. dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
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