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Always bet on text

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Account name: Password (OpenID?) (Forgot it?) Remember Me You're viewing graydon2's journal Create a Dreamwidth Account  Learn More Interest Region Site and Account FAQ Email IM Info Reload page in style:  site   light Recent Entries Archive Reading Network Tags Memories Profile frog hop always bet on text always bet on text Oct. 13th, 2014 12:34 pm graydon2 I figured I should just post this somewhere so I can make future reference to how I feel about the matter, anytime someone asks me about such-and-such video, 3D, game or "dynamic" multimedia system. Don't get me wrong, I like me some illustrations, photos, movies and music. But text wins by a mile. Text is everything. My thoughts on this are quite absolute: text is the most powerful, useful, effective communication technology ever, period. Text is the oldest and most stable communication technology (assuming we treat speech/signing as natural phenomenon -- there are no human societies without it -- whereas textual cap

graydon2 | always bet on text Account name: Password: (Forgot it?) (OpenID?) Remember me You're viewing graydon2 's journal Create a Dreamwidth Account Learn More Interest Region Site and Account FAQ Email Reload page in style: site light Recent Entries Archive Reading Network Tags Memories Profile frog hop always bet on text inner --> always bet on text Oct . 13th , 2014 12:34 pm graydon2 I figured I should just post this somewhere so I can make future reference to how I feel about the matter, anytime someone asks me about such-and-such video, 3D, game or "dynamic" multimedia system. Don't ge

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