| Jeffrey Masten, Peter Stallybrass, Nancy J. Vickers - 1997 - 292 Seiten
...still unassimilated position of the telegraph network in the regime of modernityMarvin claims that, "in a historical sense, the computer is no more than...been elaborations on the telegraph's original work"" I hope to have shown that this early acoustical instrument has a more complicated place than that.... | |
| Jeffrey Masten, Peter Stallybrass, Nancy J. Vickers - 1997 - 292 Seiten
...still unassimilated position of the telegraph network in the regime of modernity. Marvin claims that, "in a historical sense, the computer is no more than...simply been elaborations on the telegraph's original work."0 I hope to have shown that this early acoustical instrument has a more complicated place than... | |
| Thomas C. Jepsen - 2000 - 246 Seiten
...the direct descendant of the telegraph; as Carolyn Marvin observed in When Old Te(hnologies Were New: "In a historical sense, the computer is no more than...simply been elaborations on the telegraph's original work."8 Like women telegraphers, women computer programmers today constitute a significant minority... | |
| Gaëtan Tremblay - 2003 - 706 Seiten
...draws a direct link between what it meant to be "wired " in the 19lh century and what it means today. "In a historical sense, the computer is no more than...been elaborations on the telegraph's original work" (p. 3). This is in no way intended to understate the capabilities of computer networks, but rather... | |
| Jay Clayton - 2003 - 288 Seiten
...still unassimilated position of the telegraph network in the regime of modernity. Marvin claims that, "in a historical sense, the computer is no more than...been elaborations on the telegraph's original work" (3). The first part of her claim has the merit of highlighting (by its audacity) the way in which the... | |
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