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In this age of digital, a critical design point is the architecture of systems (socio-economic, technological, political). If everything can become digital (can be represented as a number) then the relation of that thing to other things becomes very abstract. We begin to think in terms of classes and instances, and how they could interact with other classes. And we risk losing track of the fact that we're thinking abstractly about things that affect real people in this real world. This blog is about the architecture of systems. And how architecture affects the real world.
        

Monday, December 2, 2002

Digital Domesday book unlocked. A rich digital archive of British life in the 1980s has been brought back to life by researchers from the UK and the US. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
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Digital-interface use to spread
HIGH-TECH ACCESSORIES: As computer displays and televisions become digitally based, the need for the appropriate systems to make the connections will increase
By Bill Heaney, Staff Reporter, Taipei Times, December 2, 2002

The leading standard that connects PCs and digital displays will move to consumer devices in the next four years, research firm In-Stat/MDR predicted last week....

"The idea behind the spec was that since PCs produce digital output, and digital displays can accept digital input, it made sense to develop a digital connection in order to avoid any digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital conversions along the way," said Brian O'Rourke, a senior analyst with In-Stat/MDR....


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