Very cool Tracy, I like it (especially the collision). The question that remains is whether I can do it. I sense I will need to follow Oleg's suggestion of using Blender, but I'll give it a try in Keynote first.
Cheers, bob On -Feb23-2010, at -Feb23-20109:56 AM, Tracy Harms wrote: > An idea I like is to take the diagram into a third axis, along these lines: > > First: Reposition the two arrays so that they're loosly stacked (shifting to > a 3-d perspective drawing in that animation. > > Then, take the addition operator duplicate into (*/ @ $) copies that spread > from the original into a matrix the same size as the nouns. This verb matrix > would be produced between the two noun layers described above. (They were > described as "loosly" stacked so that there is natural room for this third > layer to be drawn.) > > The diagramming of the verb as existing for each atom of each array seems to > me a natural visual representation of the rank-zero relationship. (Having a > visual representation of rank relationships does not require that they be > explained when first shown, yet will provide a visual mnemonic for eventual > discussion.) > > Resolution to the result might be shown by drawing the results in a new > (fourth) parallel panel. Or the animation could show a convergence of the > two noun panels onto the infixed verb panel, with all of them replaced by > the result noun at collision. (The latter appeals to me.) > > This technique would allow the addition to be shown as conceptually > parallel, avoiding inaccurate implications of sequencing. It would also take > advantage of the multi-axial thinking that J involves. > > -- > Tracy > > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:59 AM, bob therriault <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks Tracy, >> >> I wrestled with this as well. The options I explored were: >> >> 1) ... >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
