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The Computer as Intellectual Prosthetic

So I’m not alone…

http://gridskipper.com/343491/keeping-your-laptop-lewdness-safe-from-border-security

Judge Dean D. Pregerson of Federal District Court in Los Angeles threw out evidence that had been seized from a laptop on the grounds that our computers are inside our minds, man:

Electronic storage devices function as an extension of our own memory, they are capable of storing our thoughts, ranging from the most whimsical to the most profound.

Unsurprisingly, Judge Pregerson’s kooky mind-meld ruling is expected to be reversed on appeal.

For better or for worse?

May 16, 2009 Posted by BentWrite | 1 | | No Comments Yet

The Intellectual Prosthetic and Billboard

Let's try this notion a slightly different way — the "Intellectual Prosthetic" as a connection machine, a billboard, and advertisement for myself, the new era of publication, from words to pixels and bytes. Thus, the intellectual prosthetic morphs the word and the language. Exploring we go!

May 16, 2009 Posted by BentWrite | Commentary | | No Comments Yet