tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post1286830972821017315..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: PosthumousGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-52946599026853497992012-11-02T13:05:35.919+13:002012-11-02T13:05:35.919+13:00I've fought being digitised for 20 years, but ...I've fought being digitised for 20 years, but after reading this "posthumous" conversation, I'm seriously considering investigating Facebook et al. I've been completely delighted, a great giggle, and sheer pleasure at the perceptions going on here.<br /><br />Like "....somebody would chance upon the post and perhaps even read it. Then, and only then, would the post Cariennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-69766346962171102412012-04-12T00:03:10.334+12:002012-04-12T00:03:10.334+12:00>Or ten thousand years from now, when your lang...>Or ten thousand years from now, when your language may no longer be spoken, or when writing as we understand it may no longer be practiced and barely be recognised? <br /><br />Maybe translation devices will be close to perfect, so it won't matter. The hard part probably won't be the language, it will be the meaning, as always. Without a deep knowledge of our current preoccupations, Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-89384923683108547112012-04-10T17:05:55.054+12:002012-04-10T17:05:55.054+12:00Taramoc: the certificato di esistenza in vita stil...Taramoc: the certificato di esistenza in vita still exists, and it's still not enough to turn out at the council's office and say look, I'm alive. You also need to give them 15 euros.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-88557062517156726372012-04-10T13:40:41.476+12:002012-04-10T13:40:41.476+12:00I suspect deaths have occurred with certain blogs ...I suspect deaths have occurred with certain blogs that suddenly cease publishing but...<br /><br />I've wondered why more blogs haven't ended with scheduled suicide notes. I don't know of any that have, and surely they would be reported if they did? It could be a 'dormant' genre waiting to happen under current economic conditions.David K Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756535951359716522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-30725315365090241672012-04-10T12:40:11.890+12:002012-04-10T12:40:11.890+12:00A slight acquaintance of mine died last year, quit...A slight acquaintance of mine died last year, quite possibly by suicide. I had never been her friend on Facebook, but after her death the uptick in activity on her wall - people posting tributes, commiserations etc. - apparently woke some algorithm from deep in the bowels of the beast, and Facebook started suggesting I should be friends with her every time I logged in. Thanks Facebook, a lot of James Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459885200603545823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-71250165151239357772012-04-10T12:18:54.203+12:002012-04-10T12:18:54.203+12:00I can see at some point a law that declares a pers...I can see at some point a law that declares a person dead if he/she hasn't posted in any of the "accepted" social sites for more than a set amount of time (ten years maybe?).<br /><br />Or at least that gives that person a deadline to prove that he/she is alive, maybe bringing back that deliciously absurd "Certificato di esistenza in vita" (loosely translated "Taramochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997006655488913070noreply@blogger.com