Comments on: Cooper’s Virgil http://john.jubjubs.net/2010/01/28/coopers-virgil/ my semi-regular stream of consciousness Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Florian Brody http://john.jubjubs.net/2010/01/28/coopers-virgil/#comment-17715 Florian Brody Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:17:38 +0000 http://john.jubjubs.net/?p=1085#comment-17715 Thank you for your blog discourse. I've always been interested in the diversity of history and impermanence - old books that are easily readable after 500 years (I lost most of my Latin - so that's a disadvantage) - looking at an Augustinus around 1758 and earlier Q. Horatius Flaccus versus the Internet that permanently records "everything" and nothing gets lost until everything is lost (cf. Jaron Lanier's comments in his most recent book Your are not a gadget [http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Not-Gadget-Manifesto/dp/0307269647]). How do we maintain, evolve, the somewhat organic process of selection and deletion to escape information entropy? Thank you for your blog discourse.

I’ve always been interested in the diversity of history and impermanence – old books that are easily readable after 500 years (I lost most of my Latin – so that’s a disadvantage) – looking at an Augustinus around 1758 and earlier Q. Horatius Flaccus versus the Internet that permanently records “everything” and nothing gets lost until everything is lost (cf. Jaron Lanier’s comments in his most recent book Your are not a gadget [http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Not-Gadget-Manifesto/dp/0307269647]). How do we maintain, evolve, the somewhat organic process of selection and deletion to escape information entropy?

]]> By: Eleanor stewart http://john.jubjubs.net/2010/01/28/coopers-virgil/#comment-17592 Eleanor stewart Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:18:13 +0000 http://john.jubjubs.net/?p=1085#comment-17592 Hi John, Sister sent me your blog entry about the old Latin book that belonged to Gussie--"Granny" to me. I think it is fascinating and am glad you have it and really appreciate it. I thought you might like to know that Mary Michael and Todd have just had a second little boy who is named August for Augusta Raysor Lilly (Gussie). They just hope no one calls him Gus! Hope things are going well for you and your family! Love, your cousin Eleanor Hi John, Sister sent me your blog entry about the old Latin book that belonged to Gussie–”Granny” to me. I think it is fascinating and am glad you have it and really appreciate it. I thought you might like to know that Mary Michael and Todd have just had a second little boy who is named August for Augusta Raysor Lilly (Gussie). They just hope no one calls him Gus!
Hope things are going well for you and your family!
Love, your cousin Eleanor

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