zz,spi: Cosmology (was Re: zz(Finland) postponed

[Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mike

>	But here's a zz question on a simpler order:  do you think of zz as
>operating system?, an application? or a technology (like Postscript)?  

Those are *other* people's distinctions.

The answers are Yes, Sortof, and Yes.  But I just call it a universe.
 It doesn't have "features" so much as a Cosmology.

>If 
>its a technology it could have application from managing the little
>software that keeps track of what TV shows you like to watch in your VCR
>(or whatever VCRs turn into) to natural language parsing to modeling and
>graphics.

Yup.  Welcome to ZigZag !-)

Best, Ted


At 07:43 PM 7/5/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Ted:
>	sorry to hear that progress is delayed on ZZ.  I hope the summer finds you
>well.  I got pretty buried in a pet project of mine over the last few
>weeks, but I am still working on getting back to you with some thoughts on
>ZZ and quantum computing.  A few useful books on quantum computers have
>appeared, I'm reading one now.
>
>	But here's a zz question on a simpler order:  do you think of zz as
>operating system?, an application? or a technology (like Postscript)?  If
>its a technology it could have application from managing the little
>software that keeps track of what TV shows you like to watch in your VCR
>(or whatever VCRs turn into) to natural language parsing to modeling and
>graphics.
>
>best aloha
>Mike
>
>
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