Jess talked about last weeks’ symposium which I couldn’t come to because of a BCNA event at the NGV (which was pretty cool btw). She discusses databases in terms of narrative, explaining that the two have been said to be natural enemies. This makes me think of something i read in the database reading saying how databases were in dialectical opposition with the other system (I forgot the name of it how embarrassing) that distributes the information stored within the databases.

It’s good to know that Seonaid is just as confused about the protocol reading as I am. She makes an interesting point, however, about internet not being hierarchical; indeed it can be described as a decentralised ‘horizontal line’, but what’s interesting is that Web traffic nevertheless submits to a hierarchical structure, such as DNS.