I think about stuff like this a lot; there's something artificial or disconnected about online - which I think is one reason I continue to play music on acoustic instruments that need real physical care. Tonight I lined my sanshin (Okinawan instrument) case; I have to keep the instrument in somewhat higher humidity than the others because of the antique snake- skin on the body. When I play it, or any acoustic instrument, it's responding directly to my body; there's no reverb or buffer to cover my mistakes. Without things like this, I'd live/write/teach/talk too much in my head, a deadening body dangling from words...
- Alan On Fri, 18 Mar 2011, James Morris wrote: > I'd get back on my bike! > > > On 18 March 2011 02:04, Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> At least we wouldn't get viruses! >> What if the power ran out? :-) >> >> On Fri, 18 Mar 2011, James Morris wrote: >> >>> And what about if all the openness of the internet was lost? If the >>> powers that be decided all this access to knowledge dangerous for us >>> little people and giving us too many ideas. What if the powers that be >>> decided to close down all our access to this stuff? >>> >>> You'd be left with your Ubuntu Linux system. I'd be left with my Arch >>> Linux system. Neither of us would be able to update our systems or get >>> more software for it (and pretend for a minute that the internet is >>> the only network where you'd be able to get software). But because we >>> both use Linux and not Windows, we'd both be able to write new >>> software for it if so inclined. Though the Arch user is more likely to >>> be able to do this than the Ubuntu user. >>> >>> It was just an exercise. >>> >>> James Morris. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 17 March 2011 23:50, Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> The good thing about Ubuntu of course is that updating is simple, even to >>>> another release. I _don't want_ to play with the system - I want to use >>>> it, and Ubuntu's amazingly functional. >>>> >>>> - Alan >>>> >>>> On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, James Morris wrote: >>>> >>>>> With Linux you are free to NOT UPDATE your system. RESIST. >>>>> >>>>> I would like to decide to do this. Freeze my system. All the software >>>>> on it, all the documentation on it. That's it, that's all that's >>>>> available to me. No other resources. No internet. It's all just here. >>>>> If I need new features I will code them. I will break and mend my >>>>> system. No single part of it over a period of forty years would remain >>>>> untouched from my prying. I would lock it away from the outside world. >>>>> It would evolve to my evolving specifications and idiosyncrasies - >>>>> especially the latter. >>>>> >>>>> I would like to do this but I don't have the time. So I will update my >>>>> system in a timely manner - especially as an internet user. >>>>> >>>>> Semaj Sirrom >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> _ >>>>> : http://jwm-art.net/ >>>>> -audio/image/text/code/ >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> == >>>> email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ >>>> webpage http://www.alansondheim.org >>>> music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ >>>> current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qx.txt >>>> == >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> _ >>> : http://jwm-art.net/ >>> -audio/image/text/code/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> >>> >> >> >> == >> email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ >> webpage http://www.alansondheim.org >> music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ >> current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qx.txt >> == >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > > -- > _ > : http://jwm-art.net/ > -audio/image/text/code/ > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > == email archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ webpage http://www.alansondheim.org music archive: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ current text http://www.alansondheim.org/qx.txt == _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
