William Bain wrote: Equally humbly seeking further information in relation to Bob Rehak's very interesting contribution [snip] I'd like to comment that I see nothing illogical (or technologically unsound?) about calling the Internet a medium, which it seems to be, (and in a/some layered form). But while "the 'hardware' is materially implicated in the medium's *expressive* activity" does it follow that the hardware can be assigned an *affective* activity? In the spirit of the seeker, William Bain, UAB, Barcelona ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please forgive a relative newbie an impertinent question here. Would it be fair to draw an analogy between the internet and the library? Silke Force Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada