Morning from windy-sunny-rainy - wouldn't have it any other way!! - brightonian summer time!
Other nodes that seem to link factory and factory-like oprations with algorithms. Might be of a general interest: >From " The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the invention of computers " - The "Computable Numbers" described as a mechanical device, a factory producing numbers instead of buttons/cars/etc.. (mind, the turing machine is indeed essentially a mechanical illustration of lambda calculus operations, no..?) A system of integrated algorithms as a factory: http://www.nag.co.uk/visual/IE/iecbb/DOC/html/unix-ug-intro.htm (..in the way James might have alluded to?) Cheers and ciaos! aharonon xx On Sun, August 23, 2015 4:39 pm, none wrote: > Hi James, > > > Sounds very interesting indeed - thanks! > > > Bugs offer a fantastic focus here! A sort of Bug oriented analysis of > production? ;) > > In that case, perhaps it could be claimed that maybe a factory machine, > or even a certain mode of operation, can be thought of in terms of an > algorithm? > > I wonder also, in terms of the constant repetition, as in Modern Times > (charlie chaplin..). A simple algorithmic instruction - if x object comes, > then turn it. (then, the X becomes Any object indeed, like the boss's > nose - if my memory is sorta correct..) > > > Also interesting the idea of an Operating system.. A kind of algorithmic > orchestra of silence and gasps? > > Cheers! > > > ahaxxx > > > On Sun, August 23, 2015 3:14 pm, James Morris wrote: > >> Factories and algorithms and Jeff Koons probably evoke all sorts of >> images >> >> I worked in factories for a number of years scraping a living. Some of >> them were bug ridden in the sense they never ran smoothly, the machines >> frequently broke down. Rain coming through the ceiling halted >> production where it landed on machines. And sometimes pigeons, rats, >> insects (bugs!) lived in the factory. >> >> And I've coded alogrithms (non professionally) and worked to eliminate >> bugs in those alogorithms. >> >> I would say a factory is more operating system than algorithm or maybe >> that is too far. Or more like a monolithic application that can do a >> number of tasks (unlike a modular application that can one task well), >> so it has a number of algorithms working together (supposedly!) >> >> James. >> >> >> >> >> On 23/08/15 12:58, none wrote: >> >> >>> A quick question? >>> >>> >>> >>> In this interview, JK talks about a factory of people working to >>> produce His stuff. They seem to work by Knowing the Kind of stuff he'd >>> do - and by the very fact they implement that knowledge under JK's >>> supervision and finance, the objects are His. >>> >>> A question: >>> Is it reasonable to claim that JK's factory operates according to a >>> "JK >>> algorithm" which procedurally generates objects that conform to that >>> particular Algorithm's rules? >>> >>> Kind of going towards making an analogical link between a factory and >>> an algorithm - in a generalised sense - hence a bit uneasy whether >>> or not this analogy can hold water beyond a few reflective drops.... >>> >>> Cheers and many thanks for any hints, rebukes, etc.. :) >>> >>> >>> >>> aharonon xx >>> >>> >>> On Sat, August 22, 2015 8:02 pm, none wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hiyas, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Might interest, a somehow curious interview with JK: >>>> http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2015/08/jeff-koons >>>> -h >>>> igh- art-plain-extravagance-150820152940671.html >>>> >>>> Reminded me a recent chat I have had, with a certain Berlin based >>>> curator, who assured in no uncertain terms: "I Know these people >>>> [rulers of >>>> Gulf states] are despots. They are not >>>> very nice people. They have slaves and they are brutal towards any >>>> opposition. They run lawless states where rules are arbitrary and >>>> many people get hurt. They treat women worst than objects and are a >>>> bunch of some of the worst people I can think of. HOWEVER, they >>>> give money to art! They think of art only in terms of money. With >>>> them, if I want to do a >>>> project, we are talking hundreds of thousands of Euros, sometimes >>>> millions - not crumbs like 5k euros here and there. So.. Should I >>>> not work for them??" >>>> >>>> Mind, the person I spoke before that, told me about Mafia funded >>>> galleries.. In some ways, it was a sort of preparation.. >>>> >>>> Should really stay clear from curiously looking openings in places >>>> am clueless about.. ;) >>>> >>>> Cheers and Have fun!! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ahar0n xx >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
