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From: ken@reuse.USWEST.COM (Kenny A. Chaffin)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Support for sci.commtech
Message-ID: <235@reuse.USWEST.COM>
Date: 17 May 89 21:06:18 GMT
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Reply-To: ken@reuse.UUCP (Kenny A. Chaffin)
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In article <18074@cisunx.UUCP> scratch@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Steven J Owens) writes:
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>Make that three yes votes... I am definitely NOT a compsci type (as my
>it's the communication age.  
> 
     
Could you please explain this in a little more detail? My view is that most
people using the term "information age" use it to include the communication
mechanisms necessary to transfer the information, but the term communication
age does not (at least to me) imply any _information_ transfer.

thanks,
KAC

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