Posted by dj on September 28, 1999, at 19:31:00
In reply to Re: Getting really philosophical--I love it, posted by Noa on September 28, 1999, at 6:50:49
Forget about Joe's mechanical analogy and go with the computer idiom cuz there is a deeper level of complexity there and more things that can go wrong in one's hardware/software and programming, all that may result in a malfunctioning system. Dysthamia might better bye compared with Win'95 when it goes into safe mode and you can only access certain programs. And major depression is more akin to what's called the 'blue screen of death' which is the result of an unstable NT (Microsoft's New Technology ie. -- more robust indistrial strength software) platform gltiching out and freezing up.
> Adam, excellent point about how the software changes the hardware. Yes, it is like a computer that actually morphs with experience.
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