But a dead block would still exist. If everyone went offline simultaneously for a few hours, the Internet wouldn't stop existing for that time. It wouldn't even be inactive; bots and pings live on. So either you expand "human activity", or concede to the separateness.
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Christian Fuchs Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:27 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] A definition of the internet
I don't agree to separate internet and internetting, a technical structure and human activity.
If there were no human beings organized in social groups, there wouldn't be an internet and the internet wouldn't develop. Without meaningful human knowledge and social activity the internet is a dead block, useless.