Pete Diary June 14 - Wire and Glass

[Martin Bailey]

Lela copied & pasted Pete's words:

> Among other things we will be playing Wire & Glass
> which is dedicated to Dr Vint Cerf (who in 1970 helped create TCP/IP, the
> protocol code that eventually unleashed the real power of data transfer by
> computer and wire).

Ah - I've heard of him.  One of the few people who are credited with really
being the "inventor of the internet".  (Unlike - Pete, who only had ideas.
This guy really did something with his ideas and invented the communication
protocol that is now used in every computer around the world.)

Incidentally, Vint Cerf now works for Google, as "Vice President & Chief
Internet Evangelist".


I realised early on that both wire and glass were used in data cables
(copper or fibre optics).  And wondered briefly if that was what Pete was
thinking when he put them together as the name of the Mini Opera.

But I never took it one brainstep further, and realised that "Wire and
Glass" really IS about the internet.  Until now.

So the Mirror Door, rather than being a "heaven" full of dead rock stars, is
really more like an on-line Holodeck.  Through the Mirror Door, you can
really "meet" dead rock stars online.  Just like you can now converse with
Pete online at his blog site.

In the future - after Pete is dead - his essence / experiences / knowledge
can be reproduced by computers, and you can carry on conversing with him
online.  Over Wire and Glass.

Elvis is really alive!  Come and see him at www.elvis.com !

We've come full circle back to The Grid again, haven't we?

-MB