[SIGCIS-Members] Virtuality versus transprency -- trying to locate a quote about the difference

[Nabeel Siddiqui]

Dear Tom,

I believe this is from an old 1978 poster that IBM released dealing with
virtual memory.  It is sometimes attributed to Scott Hammer, who worked at
William and Mary before I got here as a graduate student.  Here is him
explaining that this is the first time he saw it:
http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/92q3/seeit.html

Hope that helps.

Sincerely,
Nabeel Siddiqui

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 11:02 AM, James Cortada <jcortada at umn.edu> wrote:

> By the way, Mike is alive and well.  Mike can you pipe in and confirm.
> This is a fabulous insight and expression.  It should be quoted frequently!!
>
> Cheers.
>
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:24 AM, David Hemmendinger <hemmendd at union.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> >I heard it from Mike Williams, when he had his professor of computer
>> science hat on! Here's how he said it:
>> >
>> >If it is there, but you can't see it, it is transparent.
>> >If it isn't there, but you see it, it is virtual.
>> >If it is there, and you see it, it is real.
>> >
>> >For the purposes of symmetry, what if something is not there and you
>> can't see it?
>>
>>         If it isn't there and you can't see it, you're ok.
>>
>>         David
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