VISUAL FLOW
Getting into it by getting out of it.
Astral Projection for Computers
Remote login is a lot like astral projection for computers, as illustrated in Figure 7.1. In astral projection, you visualize some distant person and sud-denly, Boom, instead of being in your own body, it seems as if you're in some other, distant body.* You "see" what their eyes see, and when you "give your body a command" like "pick up that glass up milk," you're commanding this remote body to move. Similarly, as a computer user, you often want to use computers that aren't where you are. Remote login is a way to become a user of a computer other than the one you're directly connected to, using your computer as a terminal.
*For example, the DC Comics character DeadMan, the still-Earthbound spirit of circus acrobat Boston Brand, would routinely possess people's bodies to interact with the real world. Over at Marvel Comics, Dr. Strange often seemed to send his astral self out as casually as you'd walk out to get a quart of milk.
"The Internet guide for new users" by Daniel P. Dern
Remote login is a lot like astral projection for computers, as illustrated in Figure 7.1. In astral projection, you visualize some distant person and sud-denly, Boom, instead of being in your own body, it seems as if you're in some other, distant body.* You "see" what their eyes see, and when you "give your body a command" like "pick up that glass up milk," you're commanding this remote body to move. Similarly, as a computer user, you often want to use computers that aren't where you are. Remote login is a way to become a user of a computer other than the one you're directly connected to, using your computer as a terminal.
*For example, the DC Comics character DeadMan, the still-Earthbound spirit of circus acrobat Boston Brand, would routinely possess people's bodies to interact with the real world. Over at Marvel Comics, Dr. Strange often seemed to send his astral self out as casually as you'd walk out to get a quart of milk.
"The Internet guide for new users" by Daniel P. Dern