01-31-2026 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree Paul S San Diego, California, USA Posts 2,831 Joined on 10-12-2006 Post #: 1 Post ID: 29559 Reply to: 29559 Technology and Ideation; Mo' Better Blues Is it permissible to bring up the relationship between Nietzsche’s typewriter and Romy’s new software? Whatever the cause of the transformation, I am delighted with the new, syntactically streamlined Romy! Paul S

02-02-2026 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree Paul S San Diego, California, USA Posts 2,831 Joined on 10-12-2006 Post #: 2 Post ID: 29562 Reply to: 29559 Is The Medium The Message? (with appologies to the ghost of Marshall McLuhan). So, what does one need to know about media theory to use hi-fi to listen to music? I have to say, nothing, since there are plenty of people using hi-fi who couldn't care less about any sort of intra-personal overview of their own activities, let alone something as "abstract" as "media theory". While I am not cavalier about it, neither are these thoughts I hold directly in my own mind as I listen. Perhaps thinking of Stephen Hawking's voice machine would stir more interest in the subject? Paul S