Talk:Spime

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I read the whole page twice and still don't understand what this is.

Me neither - it's mostly taken from http://www.boingboing.net/images/blobjects.htm

Somebody should flag this page; it makes no sense at all. Just because there are a lot of words doesn't mean they mean anything.

Flagged the page as requested. Agree that it's difficult to comprehend; perhaps as a neologism it is a poorly defined term to begin with? Is the word in usage outside the 2-3 references given? Some concrete examples of what a "spime" is would definitely help. Also, all objects have spatial presence and temporal history, so the opening sentence of the article is not sufficient to define "spime". Please sign comments on this page with three or four "~". Czyl 06:27, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

yes, the article is more confused than earlier incarnations such as Revision as of [22:46, 15 February 2005] or even the first explanation of,
Spime -an imaginary object that is still speculative.
+the word "temporal", I think, relates to the other definition, the one connected with time
Ifca 11:15, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Most of Shaping Things is devoted to understanding what a spime can be, how it can be conceptualized and understood. There are no concrete examples because they don't exist yet; they are instances of a paradigm yet to be adopted, and as such they are hypothetical. While all objects have spatial presence and temporal history, the distinguishing feature of a spime is that the information of their current and historical spatial presence and temporal history is immediately and freely available and accessable. 64.54.66.183 22:51, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Rewritten to try and help explain the concept through the various concepts it draws together; based primarily on Sterling's own explanation of the concept in the "Shaping Things" talk. I, at least, found that taking the six pieces and merging them together helpful in explaining the idea. Casey Marshall 09:31, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Thank you Casey, close to my understanding of what Spime is in the UK. Ifca 15:20, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Any insights into "kirkyans"? These terms are related. See: Kirkyan in Wikipedia

[edit] Jazzy Spime

In a recent article in the Star Ledger(this is not from the article I read but it seems to have the same content) on Mose Allison, it mentioned he had coined the word "spime". Basically, he uses it as an abbreviation for space-time continuum.

Additionally, this site notes the spimes of both Allison and Sterling. It lists Allison in a 2006 article, but I'm hoping to find out when he recored his version of "If You've Got..."

Anyway, there are divers spimes in the world, eh?--Mr Bucket 03:22, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

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