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> a box is a thing too, it has space. a tv screen is a thing too, it
> projects into space, and occupies space. a book is a thing, it has
> layers, and usually organization.... in short, I don't think one can
> be an essentialist and make claims of difference on those
> essences in the case of information and informational objects.
But, how much space does a computerised database take up? Those
things occupy physical space. A non-computer-based database, like a
phone book also does so.
I think if we are talking about computerised "stuff" then for me a
database is a specific thing. It has rules, it has a specific meaning about
what it "is", how it is made, how it can be perceived, how it functions. It's
very subject-specific. Logical and physical attributes exist and may not
be the same for all people.
Tina
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> Mark Poster has a nice essay on databases in the mode of
> information. On Apr 24, 2005, at 12:26 PM, Tina Eager wrote:
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> >> Is a database a "space"?
> >
> > You see now, I have problems with this. Coming from a Computer
> > Science background to me a database a very specific "thing". It
implies
> > organisation (it is defined as being "organised"), it has layers.
> >
> >>
> >> A space is something we inhabit. Do we inhabit databases? If so
> >> how?
> >>
> >
> > Maybe it'd the other way round and databases inhabit us?
> >
> > Tina
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