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September 18, 2017 at 12:07 pm #1089Isaac SanabriaParticipant
- A “memex” as explained by Bush can help overcome many challenges. He envisions an algorithm that compresses all files, books, records, communications, etc. for the user in order to help them find it whenever they need. This reminds me of a much more complex and advanced card catalog used in libraries for lots of years. This will help with organization and finding material much quicker than before. If only Bush had the technology to build it himself when he wrote this essay.
- It will help researchers interact with their research better. As time goes on there will only be more knowledge to be stored in the “memex” and in order to find records it will be extremely helpful to have them all in one place and easily accessible. This reminds of me of the “command, f” feature every Mac computer has. It helps you find words or phrases that may help you find what you’re looking for in an article or just simply a webpage. This feature has helped me out personally on a lot.
September 15, 2017 at 11:20 am #1079Isaac SanabriaParticipant- Before reading this chapter I thought of a computer as a machine that did things and I had no idea how it got to that spot. I never really tried to think how computers worked behind the screen because it just seems confusing. I was right I guess because this chapter did confusing me a bit. This chapter changed my understanding of computers. I always thought of the word “computer” as a machine because like most machines there is so much going on behind the scenes in order for everything to work well. I now understand how much is going on inside the machine in order to make appear what is on the screen. The main change in my thought on computers now is that I know how much math is behind it. I couldn’t have imagined that, but it does make sense after reading about it and thinking a little bit.
- After reading this chapter I see information as something different as well. I see information for what it is behind its appearance. There is much more going on than what we see just like any machine ever created. For example, a car, to make it run there needs to be gas in it, but there are a bunch of other little components that go into a car to make it run smoothly. My change of view is simply because the chapter was written well and I was able to understand how computers work as well as what goes on under the keyboard.
September 13, 2017 at 8:24 am #1062Isaac SanabriaParticipant- The part that surprised me most in this chapter is that there wasn’t a dictionary until the 1600’s so there were so many different spellings to one word. This raised a problem I’m sure because if you spell something completely different then it may mean something else entirely. One example from the text was in a single pamphlet the word “cony” had eight different spellings. If that were in a book or short story today that would cause some sort of confusion.
- “The map is not the territory” is a good quote for both this essay and the book. In the essay Cawdrey talks about how English has developed over time by using all kinds of languages to form new words and what not. In Metadata that is happening as well. Not only is technology and use of metadata improving everyday, but we are getting outside knowledge to help us improve as well. So many words in English have been derived from the romantic languages like, Greek, French and Latin. In English the words have a background to it and a reason to why words have certain meanings.
- What would Cawdrey think of the dictionary today? It has obviously grown a lot. Would he think that it is to much and only the “hard usual” words should only be in there? I would enjoy hearing what he has to say about the dictionary and how it does grow almost every day.
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