Comments on: Analogue vs Digital http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/22/analogue-vs-digital/ Everyone has a right to my opinions Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:40:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Clarice http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/22/analogue-vs-digital/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Clarice Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:37:37 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/22/analogue-vs-digital/#comment-417 Did anyone hear Ned Sherrin on Loose Ends? A cathode ray tube polititician in a plasma screen age. Or an ipod bishop in a gramophone church.... The possibilities are endless. Did anyone hear Ned Sherrin on Loose Ends? A cathode ray tube polititician in a plasma screen age. Or an ipod bishop in a gramophone church…. The possibilities are endless.

]]> By: Clive Davis http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/22/analogue-vs-digital/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Clive Davis Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:15:58 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/22/analogue-vs-digital/#comment-399 Good point... DC hoist by his own I-Pod! Good point… DC hoist by his own I-Pod!

]]> By: Clarice http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/22/analogue-vs-digital/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Clarice Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:22:46 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/03/22/analogue-vs-digital/#comment-395 I'm not sure I agree with the quality argument, but what do I know? I also like this post, because it contains a meta-metaphor. Metaphors work by analogical mapping, as does analogue technology. So what is David Cameron doing using metaphor, if he feels so disparaging towards all things analogical? In a purely digital age, there can be no such thing as metaphor - there is no digital equivalent. The digital/analogue dichotomy he raises is itself a product of "digital"-style binary thinking. By his very use of the metaphor, he undermines his own argument. Lovely! I’m not sure I agree with the quality argument, but what do I know?

I also like this post, because it contains a meta-metaphor.

Metaphors work by analogical mapping, as does analogue technology. So what is David Cameron doing using metaphor, if he feels so disparaging towards all things analogical? In a purely digital age, there can be no such thing as metaphor – there is no digital equivalent. The digital/analogue dichotomy he raises is itself a product of “digital”-style binary thinking. By his very use of the metaphor, he undermines his own argument. Lovely!

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