Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

2014-02-06 Thread Alan Sondheim
i'm literally talking about nothing On Thu, 6 Feb 2014, Pall Thayer wrote: espeak -s 100 talkin bout my gee  neration OS X: say -r 100 talkin bout my gee neration On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Alan Sondheim sondh...@panix.com wrote: I'd love to put out a call to eliminate post-

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

2014-02-06 Thread Pall Thayer
espeak -s 100 people try to put me down On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Alan Sondheim sondh...@panix.com wrote: i'm literally talking about nothing On Thu, 6 Feb 2014, Pall Thayer wrote: espeak -s 100 talkin bout my gee neration OS X: say -r 100 talkin bout my gee neration On

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

2014-02-06 Thread Pall Thayer
espeak -s 100 talkin bout my gee neration On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Pall Thayer pallt...@gmail.com wrote: espeak -s 100 people try to put me down On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Alan Sondheim sondh...@panix.com wrote: i'm literally talking about nothing On Thu, 6 Feb 2014,

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

2014-02-06 Thread Pall Thayer
espeak -s 100 talkin bout my gee neration OS X: say -r 100 talkin bout my gee neration On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Alan Sondheim sondh...@panix.com wrote: I'd love to put out a call to eliminate post- and new from our theoretical/whatever vocabulary - new aesthetics, post-digital

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

2014-02-06 Thread Rob Myers
On 03/02/14 07:23 PM, Bishop Zareh wrote: My characterization of Rob's quote is a bit off too. Maybe something more like: Rob backs away from a slippery slope. See [1] below. Like a mouse scrabbling atop Canary Wharf... [...] [1] Late modernist literature as it relates to code wurk.

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

2014-02-06 Thread James
would it be an open call by any chance? an open call for new post art Alan Sondheim sondh...@panix.com wrote: I'd love to put out a call to eliminate post- and new from our theoretical/whatever vocabulary - new aesthetics, post-digital come to mind - but these words, sometimes with

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

2014-02-04 Thread Bishop Zareh
Ah, I mis-understood. My apologies. ••• Sent Mobile ••• On Feb 3, 2014, at 10:53 PM, Alan Sondheim sondh...@panix.com wrote: That refers to canons, not listservs or majordomo - email lists - which I've run both moderated and unmoderated for years. The quote is completely out of context.

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

2014-02-04 Thread Rob Myers
On Feb 3, 2014, at 10:53 PM, Alan Sondheim sondh...@panix.com wrote: That refers to canons, not listservs or majordomo - email lists - which I've run both moderated and unmoderated for years. Although I guess work on net art lists does amount to a canon. :-) - Rob.

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

2014-02-04 Thread Alan Sondheim
Naaahh, there's too many of them, too much info in and out, no list's that important - - Alan On Tue, 4 Feb 2014, Rob Myers wrote: On Feb 3, 2014, at 10:53 PM, Alan Sondheim sondh...@panix.com wrote: That refers to canons, not listservs or majordomo - email lists - which I've run both

[NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

2014-02-03 Thread Bishop Zareh
Hey yall, I am not online as often as you, so apologies in advance for not being more timely. Cucumber (http://cukes.info) is definitely my favorite code to read. Jasmine (https://github.com/pivotal/jasmine) can sometimes be a 'close second', despite the overbearing assertions and 'be' verbs.

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

2014-02-03 Thread Alan Sondheim
I reject lists? I don't; I've run some for decades - I'm not sure what you mean. - Alan On Mon, 3 Feb 2014, Bishop Zareh wrote: Hey yall, I am not online as often as you, so apologies in advance for not being more timely. Cucumber (http://cukes.info) is definitely my favorite code to

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

2014-02-03 Thread Bishop Zareh
See [2] below, I copied the exact quote. You said you hate them, and for good reasons. Lists have problems with sustaining heterogeneity. ••• Sent Mobile ••• On Feb 3, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Alan Sondheim sondh...@panix.com wrote: I reject lists? I don't; I've run some for decades - I'm not

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

2014-02-03 Thread Bishop Zareh
My characterization of Rob's quote is a bit off too. Maybe something more like: Rob backs away from a slippery slope. See [1] below. ••• Sent Mobile ••• On Feb 3, 2014, at 9:01 PM, Alan Sondheim sondh...@panix.com wrote: I reject lists? I don't; I've run some for decades - I'm not sure

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

2014-02-03 Thread Alan Sondheim
That refers to canons, not listservs or majordomo - email lists - which I've run both moderated and unmoderated for years. The quote is completely out of context. On Mon, 3 Feb 2014, Bishop Zareh wrote: See [2] below, I copied the exact quote. You said you hate them, and for good reasons.