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:zz,spi: Cosmology (was Re: zz(Finland) postponed
- To: Mike Roy <mikeroy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: :zz,spi: Cosmology (was Re: zz(Finland) postponed
- From: Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 18:46:40 +0900
- Cc: ted@xxxxxxxxxx, zigzag-list@xxxxxxxxxx, zzdev@xxxxxxxxxx
- In-reply-to: <4.1.20000705193607.0091aeb0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Mike
> But here's a zz question on a simpler order: do you think of zz as
>operating system?, an application? or a technology (like Postscript)?
Those are *other* people's distinctions.
The answers are Yes, Sortof, and Yes. But I just call it a universe.
It doesn't have "features" so much as a Cosmology.
>If
>its a technology it could have application from managing the little
>software that keeps track of what TV shows you like to watch in your VCR
>(or whatever VCRs turn into) to natural language parsing to modeling and
>graphics.
Yup. Welcome to ZigZag !-)
Best, Ted
At 07:43 PM 7/5/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Ted:
> sorry to hear that progress is delayed on ZZ. I hope the summer finds you
>well. I got pretty buried in a pet project of mine over the last few
>weeks, but I am still working on getting back to you with some thoughts on
>ZZ and quantum computing. A few useful books on quantum computers have
>appeared, I'm reading one now.
>
> But here's a zz question on a simpler order: do you think of zz as
>operating system?, an application? or a technology (like Postscript)? If
>its a technology it could have application from managing the little
>software that keeps track of what TV shows you like to watch in your VCR
>(or whatever VCRs turn into) to natural language parsing to modeling and
>graphics.
>
>best aloha
>Mike
>
>
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