- From: Michael Day <mikeday@yeslogic.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:07:52 +1000 (EST)
- To: pat hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>
- Cc: www-tag@w3.org
<blockquote cite="mid:p06001219bb3b24417c36@[10.0.100.23]"> Well, OK yes you *could* say that. But it doesn't deal with the basic point, and it stretches the notion of 'information network' to what seems to me to be an absurd degree, so that almost all the architectural claims no longer hold. For example, putting a URI up on a website does not "create a link to" a galaxy 100 million light-years away. </blockquote> When this message hits the W3C archives on the web, does the blockquote create a link to the message you just sent? What if it linked to a book by isbn number? What if the only copy of the book was 100 million light years away? What if the book was pulped, and no copies remained? If I write "10 Downing St, London" on a piece of paper, I've created a link that traverses the planet. And yet, dereferencing the link requires airline tickets and jet lag. Michael (I love this thread, in all its futile glory :) -- YesLogic Prince prints XML! http://yeslogic.com
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