From owner-cse584-sp07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Apr 10 16:20:12 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l3AKKCH2012216 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:20:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from front1.acsu.buffalo.edu (coldfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.89]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id l3AKK778095131 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:20:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 23947 invoked from network); 10 Apr 2007 20:20:07 -0000 Received: from mailscan8.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.55) by front1.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 10 Apr 2007 20:20:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 23878 invoked from network); 10 Apr 2007 20:20:07 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front1.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 10 Apr 2007 20:20:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 23722 invoked from network); 10 Apr 2007 20:19:55 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 10 Apr 2007 20:19:55 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 4516444 for CSE584-SP07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:19:55 -0400 Delivered-To: cse584-sp07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 18152 invoked from network); 10 Apr 2007 20:19:54 -0000 Received: from mailscan3.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.135) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 10 Apr 2007 20:19:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 4451 invoked from network); 10 Apr 2007 20:19:54 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.buffalo.edu (128.205.32.14) by smtp1.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 10 Apr 2007 20:19:54 -0000 Received: from castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (rapaport@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l3AKJscY012175 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:19:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rapaport@localhost) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.9/Submit) id l3AKJsVu012174 for cse584-sp07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:19:54 -0400 (EDT) X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-PM-EL-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <200704102019.l3AKJsVu012174@castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:19:54 -0400 Reply-To: "William J. Rapaport" Sender: "Philosophy of Computer Science, Spring 2007" From: "William J. Rapaport" Subject: WHAT IS A COMPUTER? To: CSE584-SP07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-UB-Relay: (castor.cse.buffalo.edu) X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1335; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SUBJ_ALL_CAPS autolearn=no version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.6/3064/Tue Apr 10 12:25:23 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Status: R Content-Length: 494 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: WHAT IS A COMPUTER? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For an interesting take on the question "What is a computer?", read: Gruber, John (2007), "Apple's Computer, Incorporated", Macworld (April): 112 http://www.macworld.com/2007/03/opinion/aprilspotlight/index.php?pf=1 Here's the blurb: "Never mind the name change--the Apple TV and iPhone are computers to the core"