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Blog Archive for dwalend during December 2006

The pronouns we use when we address computers and imagine them addressing us hides some profound insight. I haven't pinned down exactly what. Wikipedia has a nice grammar description on first, second and third person. I think the way we use these implied points of view in computing is really strange and not very consistent. Someone could write a decent master's thesis drawing some conclusions on...