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From: James Souttar <ancient@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 14:47:49 +0100
Mark writes:
>I think your idea of an electronic persona is interesting; since
>you've never seen me, nor I you, the only way we can perceive each
>other is through our written ideas---again a representation. We may
>be sincere or sarcastic, but it's hard to tell without the aid of
>facial inflection or body english, eh? Unless we use smilies. Remote
>representation is the ultimate poker-face. All boils down to trust.
Just an observation. There are *lots* of people I've only spoken to
on the 'phone, and at least some who I've only met through written
correspondence. And then there are all those authors (and of course
designers, architects and other creative people) who I've only
encountered through their work. So, what's new?
alpha dog