and pps. I do definitely see a growing trend in this direction of showing code and making it's relevance a bigger part of the work than has been previously done.
Pall On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Pall Thayer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi James, > That was nice. I really enjoyed it and I'm really enjoying discovering > how flexible the simple terminal can be when applied in a creative > manner. I've been discovering this both through my own Microcodes and > the work of others. > > My current argument concerning the display of code (as opposed to only > the process/outcome) is that the fact that the code contains > information that is directly relative to a conceptual reading of the > work, is inescapable. The problem, on the other hand, is that people > who don't read code, seem to have a general aversion to being put in > that position (where they must acknowledge the code). This is > something we need to help potential audiences to overcome. Pointing > out little things here and there will help to show that it's not as > complicated as most non-coders think. Writing code can be a > complicated process because it has to work but reading code is > altogether different and you don't need to know how to write code to > be able to read code. No more than you need to be able to write a book > to read a book or paint a painting to read a painting. This what we > need to make known. > > Oh, PS. If anyone on the list is in Sweden or will be in Sweden this > weekend, I'll be presenting my Microcodes as well as other stuff at > the New Media Meeting in Norrkoping: http://www.nmm.se Looks like it's > going to be a big party as well. > > best r. > Pall > > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:04 PM, james morris <[email protected]> wrote: >> The attachment is a BASH script for linux console/terminals >> >> it displays a scrolling message. the message is coded in a >> very-un-secret-code so despite not seeing what it says unless you run >> the script, the code is trivial to break, but that's not the point. the >> point is to not break the impact of the message itself. >> >> instructions >> ------------ >> >> 1) save attachment to your home directory as: re_store_present >> 2) open a terminal >> 3) enter: chmod +x re_store_present >> 5) enter: ./re_store_present >> 6) watch the message. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > > -- > ***************************** > Pall Thayer > artist > http://www.this.is/pallit > ***************************** > -- ***************************** Pall Thayer artist http://www.this.is/pallit ***************************** _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
