Re: [NetBehaviour] Mislaid right to parody

On 24/03/14 04:11 PM, James Morris wrote: > On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:56:58 -0700 > Rob Myers wrote: > >> On 23/03/14 02:44 PM, James Morris wrote: >>> >>> Then I thought about how the relevant politicians are going to be >>> up to their eyeballs in this so

Re: [NetBehaviour] A Simple Test

On 23/03/14 06:25 PM, Rob Myers wrote: > Target a C. elegans nematode worm with magick or prayer and measure the > effects: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans > > Target a simulated C. elegans with magick or prayer and measure the effects: > >

[NetBehaviour] Surgical Strike

I'm resurrecting my old art programming micro-language: http://robmyers.org/2014/03/24/surgical-strike-a-glitch-and-a-result/ Here's the program that makes the image at the top of that page: incoming! codeword blim roll 0 10 0 manouver 0 10 0 deliver set codeword klin roll 0 0 -36 ma

Re: [NetBehaviour] A Simple Test

On 23/03/14 07:20 PM, Pall Thayer wrote: > Oops... I see now that it says that it will unwrap a tar.gz or zip file. > I uploaded a .tar file. But it says that it can take a couple of hours. > We'll see how it goes. If you've a node.js version, npm uploads are instant. - Rob.

Re: [NetBehaviour] A Simple Test

On 23/03/14 06:55 PM, Pall Thayer wrote: > My dream is to some day come across a random Perl script that contains > the line "use Spirit::Of::Pallthayer;" I'll see what I can do, but the Perl scripts I wrote last year were my first for a while... - Rob. __

Re: [NetBehaviour] A Simple Test

On 23/03/14 06:32 PM, Pall Thayer wrote: > ... test for spirtuality... My EMF meter is in storage. :-( ;-) - Rob. ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour

Re: [NetBehaviour] A Simple Test

On 23/03/14 06:31 PM, Pall Thayer wrote: > Target a C program with the spirit of Pall Thayer: > > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org/spiritual_code/ Oh I like that! It reminds me of my bitcoin proofs a bit. I also like xname's file souls: http://virtualentity.org - Rob.

[NetBehaviour] A Simple Test

Target a C. elegans nematode worm with magick or prayer and measure the effects: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans Target a simulated C. elegans with magick or prayer and measure the effects: http://www.openworm.org/ Test for statistically significant differences. If they are

Re: [NetBehaviour] Mislaid right to parody

On 23/03/14 02:44 PM, James Morris wrote: > > Then I thought about how the relevant politicians are going to be up to > their eyeballs in this sort of whining The more people write, the more votes they'll see in it. > and why the hell shouldn't I pay. Because you already bought it? > *"&* ask

Re: [NetBehaviour] Mislaid right to parody

On 23/03/14 01:20 PM, James Morris wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to find my right to parody. I had it the other day now can't > for the life of me remember where I put it. Some safe place somewhere. > I did have one of those key rings attached which bleeped when I > whistled but the battery ran out.

[NetBehaviour] BIL is not TED

https://github.com/BILconference/BIL "Most of you have heard of TED or watched the talks online, but do you know about BIL, the quirky, populist, unconference taking place nearby? Open to the public and fully participant powered, BIL features a wild mix of technologists, scientists, artists, hacke

Re: [NetBehaviour] Proof Of Existence 2

On 20/03/14 12:18 PM, dave miller wrote: > How? Dont understand but its very interesting. Please tell us more! Bitcoin uses a public record called the Blockchain. It's like Twitter or Netbehaviour - a public record of messages that people can add to over time. The Blockchain can be (mis-)used to

[NetBehaviour] Links

Hack Circus journal is excellent - http://hackcircus.com/ RepRap Magazine - http://reprapmagazine.com/issues/3/ "Artist sews intricate designs into her own hand" - http://dangerousminds.net/comments/hand_embroidered_artist_sews_intricate_designs_into_her_own_hand "digital skin collection"

[NetBehaviour] Proof Of Existence 2

I have placed the hash of “God” into the Bitcoin Blockchain: SHA256: ebc3e2e6448f94af7b58e57658336a44d3ff44eafadb54e4c4cd71ba7e607594 Address: 163NUfEg61eJeNiQ9SyN6EDT1ynkzDL2ar This proves that God exists. http://robmyers.org/2014/03/19/proof-of-existence-2/ ___

[NetBehaviour] Links

Salvador Dali's real masterpiece - http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669224/salvador-dal-s-real-masterpiece-the-logo-for-chupa-chups-lollipops Using virtual reality to do positive things for society - http://entervr.net/using-virtual-reality-positive-things-society/ How to make money from Spotify

[NetBehaviour] Art Post Internet

http://ucca.org.cn/en/exhibition/art-post-internet/ "Just as twentieth-century modernism was in large part determined by the relationship between craft and the emergent technologies of manufacturing, mass media, and lens-based imagery, the most pressing condition underlying contemporary culture to

[NetBehaviour] Tate Data On Tate

My visualizations get a mention here among the examples - http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/blogs/archives-access-project-open-data-brings-beauty-and-insight "The art, programming and culture geek communities have met this data release with skill and imagination. The results are illustrated

Re: [NetBehaviour] Was this really the "world's first electronic novel" ?

On 11/03/14 05:56 PM, Rob Myers wrote: > On 11/03/14 09:54 AM, dave miller wrote: >> http://www.thebookseller.com/news/science-museum-display-james-novel.html >> >> "An electronic version of Peter James’ 1993 novel /Host/, which was >> published on two floppy discs,

Re: [NetBehaviour] Was this really the "world's first electronic novel" ?

On 11/03/14 09:54 AM, dave miller wrote: > http://www.thebookseller.com/news/science-museum-display-james-novel.html > > "An electronic version of Peter James’ 1993 novel /Host/, which was > published on two floppy discs, is to go on display in London’s Science > Museum as the world’s first electr

Re: [NetBehaviour] Gerry Images

On 10/03/14 07:02 AM, marc garrett wrote: > Improve your intellectual property experience on the web, enjoying > the beautiful, timeless, cross-platform watermark of the “embed > power-web”. As someone who occasionally runs into watermark fundamentalists (removing a watermark over a diagram on Wi

Re: [NetBehaviour] Furtherfield nominated for Prix Ars Electronica

On 10/03/14 09:36 AM, marc garrett wrote: > Furtherfield nominated for Prix Ars Electronica, Digital Communities > category Excellent! > Not holding my breath, just getting on with what's important - the real > stuff ;-) As always. :-) That's why it's worth recognizing... - Rob. _

[NetBehaviour] My Little Penny - Bitcoin Is Magic

"Change for the machines." [Synners, Pat Cadigan] Theodor Adorno regarded the occult as a politically quiescent denial of alienation through a regression to animism. "Occultism is a reflex-action to the subjectification of all meaning, the complement of reification. If; to the living, objective r

Re: [NetBehaviour] duck variations

On 02/03/14 08:56 AM, Michael Szpakowski wrote: > > #4: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako/12882352865/ > > all four to date: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako/sets/72157641758148254/with/12882352865/ Duckism? Les Salon des Duckistes. Love these. I can imagine a Schnabelish version pa

[NetBehaviour] Usenet

A user revolt at Slashdot is revitalising Usenet, the pre-Web newsgroup system: http://www.ngrblog.com/slashdot-usenet/ You can get free usenet accounts from many providers (search the web for "free usenet account"), e.g.: http://www.eternal-september.org/ And use a news reader such as Thunderb

Re: [NetBehaviour] Help GNU MediaGoblin Fight Surveillance and Walled Gardens in 2014!

On 27/02/14 03:37 AM, marc garrett wrote: > > Thanks for sending us the vid & link to GNU MediaGoblin project - I know > we are meant to be working with them and have not quite got there yet, > which more to with us being limited in capacity, and much happening at > the same time. I can relate to

[NetBehaviour] Help GNU MediaGoblin Fight Surveillance and Walled Gardens in 2014!

:21:15 -0500 From: Chris Webber Reply-To: Chris Webber To: Rob Myers Hello all, I'm excited to announce that GNU MediaGoblin has launched our new fundraising campaign. We've got a wonderful new video that I think clearly explains our goals for the coming year... check it

[NetBehaviour] Links

How GCHQ agents "Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations" - https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/ Implantable interfaces (via @ninjafx) - http://www.christianholz.net/implanted_user_interfaces.html "Cryptocontracts Will Turn Law Into

Re: [NetBehaviour] Glitcherature in Emacs

On 17/02/14 10:05 PM, Rob Myers wrote: > Glitcherature is glitch literature, glitch aesthetics applied to text. > "Kathy Acker uploaded by Bryce Lynch", as I said of Orphan Drift's novel > "Cyberpositive". > > I've converted my earlier glitcheratur

Re: [NetBehaviour] Proof Of God's Existence

On 24/02/14 04:07 PM, Pall Thayer wrote: > Finally, salvation. Send no money now. (No, really, don't, the address destroys any Bitcoins sent to it.) - Rob. ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman

Re: [NetBehaviour] Proof Of God's Existence

On 24/02/14 04:10 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote: > > does bitcoin exist? > does money? > does currency? > does capital? I'm enjoying mis-using the ideas of proof, existence and identity reified in Bitcoin. :-) > if we can measure something, does it necessarily exist? Positivism continues to be a usef

Re: [NetBehaviour] Proof Of Existence

On 21/02/14 02:23 AM, ruth catlow wrote: > >>> I have placed the hash of my genome into the Bitcoin Blockchain: >>> >>> SHA256:bada4cf5328394f733cd278c33509e79b839cc0b0838658503b116d6ca9ca14b >>> Address:1KXH7jSTwLi9FLo6MpNUPnHGvEETfuaKhz >>> >>> https://blockchain.info/address/1KXH7jSTwLi9FLo6MpN

[NetBehaviour] Proof Of God's Existence

I have placed the hash of God into the Bitcoin Blockchain: SHA256: ebc3e2e6448f94af7b58e57658336a44d3ff44eafadb54e4c4cd71ba7e607594 Address:163NUfEg61eJeNiQ9SyN6EDT1ynkzDL2ar https://blockchain.info/address/163NUfEg61eJeNiQ9SyN6EDT1ynkzDL2ar This proves that God exists. - Rob.

Re: [NetBehaviour] 3D Printer Filament Extrusion Forms

On 19/02/14 11:52 PM, dave miller wrote: > These are lovely. Would you need an expensive 3d printer to do this? They specifically use the capabilities of cheaper (GBP200-2000) plastic extrusion printers that are available as or are adapted from Free/Open Hardware. These work like hot glue guns on

[NetBehaviour] Proof Of Existence

I have placed the hash of my genome into the Bitcoin Blockchain: SHA256:bada4cf5328394f733cd278c33509e79b839cc0b0838658503b116d6ca9ca14b Address:1KXH7jSTwLi9FLo6MpNUPnHGvEETfuaKhz https://blockchain.info/address/1KXH7jSTwLi9FLo6MpNUPnHGvEETfuaKhz This proves my existence. - Rob. ___

[NetBehaviour] 3D Printer Filament Extrusion Forms

I really like this. Using the low-level language that controls the plastic-extruding head on 3D printers to build forms directly with the extruded filament: http://www.liaworks.com/theprojects/filament-sculptures/ http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/02/18/net-artist-lia-explores-parameters-3d-prin

Re: [NetBehaviour] We Need to Talk About Networked Disruption and Business: An interview with Tatiana Bazzichelli

On 19/02/14 03:39 AM, marc garrett wrote: > > http://www.furtherfield.org/features/interviews/we-need-talk-about-networked-disruption-and-business-interview-tatiana-bazzichel "The ideas of openness, do it yourself, sharing, the “mottos” of the hacker culture in the 1990s, became the main rhetoric

[NetBehaviour] Glitcherature in Emacs

Glitcherature is glitch literature, glitch aesthetics applied to text. "Kathy Acker uploaded by Bryce Lynch", as I said of Orphan Drift's novel "Cyberpositive". I've converted my earlier glitcherature Python code experiments to a mode for the powerful and easily hackable Emacs text editor. You can

Re: [NetBehaviour] Regarding The Aesthetic Experience of Art and Mathematics...

On 17/02/14 02:56 AM, Annie Abrahams wrote: > The first one is probably as much a cultural phenomenon as the second > and not something intrinsically "true" I'd bet that the art under consideration is renaissance art, which has a strong mathematical underpinning. And neuroaesthetics tends to be a

[NetBehaviour] Regarding The Aesthetic Experience of Art and Mathematics...

"The brain responds to mathematical beauty in the same way that it does to music and art, according to new research conducted by a team from University College London. After analysing the reactions of 15 mathematicians to formulae through brain imaging, researchers found that the brain reacts simi

Re: [NetBehaviour] Exploring Tate Art Open Data 2

On 09/02/14 03:15 PM, Michael Szpakowski wrote: > This seems a measured and fair response. I wasn't having a pop - rather > rehearsing my perplexities out loud.. Yes that's how I took it. > I *do* think there are some further issues, especially in the case of > historical collections, about what

Re: [NetBehaviour] Exploring Tate Art Open Data 2

On 09/02/14 08:17 AM, Michael Szpakowski wrote: > Isn't one of the problems with all this data led stuff that data is a > human construct - so it depends upon human assumptions,classifications > and questions. It is, and this is one of the reasons why I am visualizing Tate's models. This is as mu

[NetBehaviour] Exploring Tate Art Open Data 2

http://robmyers.org/2014/02/08/exploring-tate-art-open-data-2/ "This is the second in a series of posts examining Tate’s excellent collection dataset" Contains colourful diagrams showing how many artworks from each art movement were produced in each year, the duration of each art movement in the

[NetBehaviour] Minecraft (Was Re: Year of Code begins with 404 ; -) )

On 08/02/14 08:19 AM, James Morris wrote: > > No more 404. Its very gooey coding they're presenting. Reminds me of how > a certain programming promoting thing around my way is almost > exclusively minecraft oriented from what i can tell. Minecraft has got my youngest into Blender game engine Pyth

[NetBehaviour] Crypto Sigils

http://robmyers.org/2014/02/07/crypto-sigils/ "A cryptographic hash function is a piece of computer code that take a piece of data and produce a (hopefully) unique short string representing it. [...] the outputs of cryptographic hash functions produce identities for data that can be used to uniqu

[NetBehaviour] You Won't Believe These 5 Crazy Examples Of Linkbait Aesthetics

http://xkcd.com/1283/ http://www.collegehumor.com/post/6923989/if-popular-books-had-clickbait-titles http://linkbaitgenerator.com/intro.php http://www.seosmarty.com/behind-linkbait-titles-word-play/ http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-advice-linkbait-and-linkbaiting/ - Rob. _

Re: [NetBehaviour] Info on exploding web server?

On 04/02/14 04:20 PM, Pall Thayer wrote: > Hi All, > I was telling my students today about a net art project many years ago > where the server just served one page that counted down to a certain > date and a webcam showing the server. On the date it counted down to, > the server was blown up so the

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

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 w

Re: [NetBehaviour] Info on exploding web server?

On 05/02/14 01:34 AM, marc garrett wrote: > > That sounds interesting - I would like to know why they did it in the > first place... SYSADMIN HULK SMASH!!1 Or Metzger. Maybe. - Rob. ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://

[NetBehaviour] Sterling Without Borders

"I’d never write a paper like this myself, but maybe you would. If you’ve got a passport that allows you into Britain without their customary fierce harassment, it’s probably worth it for the sake of a day-trip to Furtherfield." http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2014/02/call-papers-defining-s

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code art competition, Barbican/Google

On 06/02/14 06:50 AM, Pall Thayer wrote: > Another code art competition that favors coders over artists. > > https://devart.withgoogle.com/ More colonial year zero nonsense from the Barbican (who've had very good shows and events in the past). Hopefully not Arts Council England funded this time.

Re: [NetBehaviour] Exploring Tate Art Open Data 1

On 05/02/14 01:49 PM, Rob Myers wrote: > http://robmyers.org/2014/02/05/exploring-tate-art-open-data-1/ > > "This is the first in a series of posts examining Tate's excellent > collection dataset Saul Albert on Twitter (@saul): "@robmyers @Tate mining shows to succ

[NetBehaviour] Exploring Tate Art Open Data 1

http://robmyers.org/2014/02/05/exploring-tate-art-open-data-1/ "This is the first in a series of posts examining Tate's excellent collection dataset available at http://www.tate.org.uk/about/our-work/digital/collection-data . I've processed that dataset using code for Mongo DB and Node.js availab

Re: [NetBehaviour] Sabotage! glitch politix Man[ual/ifesto]

On 01/02/14 07:18 AM, Michael Szpakowski wrote: > Hmm yes -I'm not convinced ( as I remain unconvinced by so many > arguments for the qualitative newness of the digital) that the the > glitch is at all new Mutations are genetic glitches, and clinamen is an atomic one. ;-) - Rob.

Re: [NetBehaviour] Bruce Sterling / transmediale 2014 afterglow Opening Ceremony.

On 05/02/14 09:02 AM, Jorn Ebner wrote: > > Isn't the internet THE invention of neo-liberal capitalism It's more a product of the US military-educational complex. ;-) Even if it was/is a product of neoliberalism, it's too useful not to appropriate. - Rob. __

Re: [NetBehaviour] BioCoder Issue 2

On 05/02/14 04:57 AM, marc garrett wrote: > > I am getting the impression those who rule are content with carrying on > regardless and are quite content to let the rest of the world die as > long as they are protected and able to find a way out of it for > themselves & peer elites... Not just con

[NetBehaviour] The Auroracoin: Iceland’s National Cryptocurrency

http://bitcoinmagazine.com/9916/auroracoin-icelands-national-cryptocurrency/ "The Auroracoin is set to release in less than two months and has a very unique distribution plan. It will give every Icelander 31.8 Auroracoins (AUC)." ___ NetBehaviour mailing

Re: [NetBehaviour] Hacked milling machine spreads graffiti poetry around town.

On 05/02/14 01:14 AM, dave miller wrote: > Hi Rob > I agree, I dont think they'd let you do that in the uk, probably > considered as littering. > The bleach and loss graffiti is interesting - do you have some examples? Some of my favourites: I was wrong about the bleach, it's high pressure cleane

[NetBehaviour] BioCoder Issue 2

"BioCoder Second Issue is Now Available! Curious about ghost hearts, garage lab safety, DNA origami, and the Enlightened Renaissance? The second issue of BioCoder is now available. In this issue, you'll discover: Big Things You Need to Know About Garage Lab Safety Molecular Tools for Syn

Re: [NetBehaviour] Hacked milling machine spreads graffiti poetry around town.

On 04/02/14 09:03 AM, marc garrett wrote: > Hacked milling machine spreads graffiti poetry around town. > > We tend to think of graffiti as being a semi-permanent mark left by an > unauthorized artist, but Dutch sand writing artist Gijs van Bon wants > his work to be ephemeral, so he designed a ma

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code as Software as Literature

On Feb 3, 2014, at 10:53 PM, Alan Sondheim 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. __

[NetBehaviour] "The Holodeck Begins to Take Shape"

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/bits/2014/01/26/disruptions-the-holodeck-begins-to-take-shape/ "“The holodeck is something we’ve been fixated on here for a number of years as a future target experience that would be truly immersive,” said Phil Rogers, a corporate fellow at Advanced Micro Devices,

Re: [NetBehaviour] Bruce Sterling / transmediale 2014 afterglow Opening Ceremony.

On 03/02/14 07:59 AM, marc garrett wrote: > Bruce Sterling / transmediale 2014 afterglow Opening Ceremony. > > Cypherpunk writer, journalist and critic Bruce Sterling gives a talk on > the future of digital culture and its seedy (geo)politics at the opening > ceremony of transmediale 2014 afterglo

Re: [NetBehaviour] Dogecoin Will Not Be Capped

On 03/02/14 01:09 AM, dave miller wrote: > There was a kids film about this I think, or something similar Yes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_national_bobsled_team http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106611/ http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/20/jamaican-bobsled-team-raises-dogecoin-

Re: [NetBehaviour] Dogecoin Will Not Be Capped

inator.com/item?id=7167976 On February 2, 2014 1:41:53 PM PST, Rob Myers wrote: >http://www.reddit.com/r/dogecoin/comments/1wsg31/dogecoin_will_not_be_capped_at_100_billion/ >-- >Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Pleas

[NetBehaviour] Dogecoin Will Not Be Capped

http://www.reddit.com/r/dogecoin/comments/1wsg31/dogecoin_will_not_be_capped_at_100_billion/ -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/ma

[NetBehaviour] Gloves

Making music with datagloves in the 1980s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3oy98HUs8E Making music with datagloves in the 2010s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6btFObRRD9k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Ah8TKopks I'm interested in applications of VR gloves to visual art making. There's exa

[NetBehaviour] Bluetooth Throwies

LED throwies are light grafitti Improvised Aesthetic Devices: http://www.instructables.com/id/E9D2ZJ3FG0EP286JEJ/ They cost around a dollar each to make. Bluetooth 4 beacons cost a lot more and don't transmit much information. But good-old-fashioned Bluetooth devices transmit at least a human rea

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

On 31/01/14 12:12 AM, Alan Sondheim wrote: > > Short list! I've just submitted a review where I commented positively on the author's strong use of examples of art and prior criticism in making their arguments, so I can see that this is a valid criticism of my participation in this discussion. I

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

On 31/01/14 04:12 AM, Michael Szpakowski wrote: > > > do you? it always rather a shock when > *someone* one respects & admires hates *something* one loves. I do. I know I'm in a miniscule minority here. I have read the whole book, read reviews and discussions of it, and read about its genesis a

Re: [NetBehaviour] CODE.Determination / Indeterminacy in Analogue and Digital Systems

On 31/01/14 04:58 AM, James Morris wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:56:40 -0800 > Rob Myers wrote: > >> Porting and reimplementation and rebuilding are more interesting than >> I think is generally considered, and it's great to see them related to >

Re: [NetBehaviour] drone music

On 31/01/14 02:54 PM, Roger Mills wrote: > > Old Karlheinz must have done something fairly significant to piss > Cornelius off that much, although I personally think that this level of > invective can only really come from a guilt ridden upperclass Marxist. Collateral damage from Maoist self cri

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

On 30/01/14 10:28 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Rob Myers wrote: >> >> I think it's telling that the two people I mentioned as examples of >> successfully making code literature are the most nonchalant about the >> discussion. >> > Damn,

[NetBehaviour] Links

"We’ve created a simple web service to make it easier to discover and find out about the growing number of open data sources and providers within the arts and culture communities." - http://data.culturehack.org.uk/about "The toolkit includes information on what motivates people to take part, wha

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

On 30/01/14 07:14 PM, Pall Thayer wrote: > The fact that the discussion has reached this point is telling. “The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.” - Confucius. - Rob. ___ NetBehaviour mailing li

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

On 30/01/14 06:42 PM, Pall Thayer wrote: > There comes a point... where the futility of the argument isn't worth > the understanding it may or may not produce. And you just have to say, > "It is what it is." You take it from here. I just don't care anymore. > The Bee Gees sound very good tonight.

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

On 30/01/14 06:03 PM, mez breeze wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Pall Thayer > wrote: > > I'm not asking people to understand or appreciate it. I'm just > throwing it out there. This is my contribution to humanity's culture > of letters. > >

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

On 27/01/14 09:26 AM, BishopZ wrote: > Well yes, I can be prone to both red herrings and McCarthy-esque > oversimplification *smirk*. Sometimes I feel the subject requires > interrogation. COP 2 [TO THE ARTWORK]: Don't hold out, man, I can't control him!!1 > Aside from all that, I have had very p

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

On 27/01/14 09:02 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote: > > First, thanks for the exchange! Yes likewise, I'm learning and rethinking a lot. > I have the feeling that A&L _believed_ in _art_ as a category and I > think that the term/domain is increasingly problematic. Aesthetic > feeling doesn't necessarily

Re: [NetBehaviour] CODE.Determination / Indeterminacy in Analogue and Digital Systems

On 27/01/14 01:19 PM, Laura Plana Gracia wrote: > The relationship between Art and Technology is strengthened with the > use of open source software. The use of "free software" has become a > crucial material stimulating the Digital Age. The ideology of pro-common > networking encourages the creati

Re: [NetBehaviour] drone music

On 27/01/14 02:27 PM, Roger Mills wrote: > > Do you know Stockhausen's Helecopter String Quartet ? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ykQFrL0X74 Oh wow no I didn't! And I have some Elysian Quartet recordings... That video links to more details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helikopter-Streichquar

[NetBehaviour] "Simply Become Immortal"

Be devoured by your image: "Eterni.me collects almost everything that you create during your lifetime, and processes this huge amount of information using complex Artificial Intelligence algorhitms. Then it generates a virtual YOU, an avatar that emulates your personality and can interact with, a

Re: [NetBehaviour] teach in at Writtle College

On 29/01/14 06:13 AM, Michael Szpakowski wrote: > > yesterday some striking staff ( for two hours, although our management > are deducting a whole day's pay) They'll be paying a whole day extra the next time someone does two hours overtime I take it? > We'd ask you * please take a look, and if y

Re: [NetBehaviour] Not Estimotes

On 28/01/14 12:02 AM, Mark Hancock wrote: > Ahh crap, damn you Rob. I'm hoping these aren't available yet to UK buyers. Their web site says "We can ship anywhere in the world." but there are cheaper options available, which are covered in the article link I posted. I'm not on commission, I prom

[NetBehaviour] More Bitcoin Protocol Fun

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2014/01/ethereum/ "The bitcoin digital currency is driven by open source software that runs across thousands of machines around the globe. Borrowing code from this rather clever piece of software, independent hackers have already built applications such as the

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

On 26/01/14 06:05 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote: > > On Sun, 26 Jan 2014, Rob Myers wrote: > >> I agree that traditional poetry obviously has structure and flow, and >> can transform meaning over the course of being read with great subtlety >> or degree. I do think that t

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

On 26/01/14 11:04 PM, Pall Thayer wrote: > Are you suggesting that computer programming code will not read as well > as Shakespeare? My next *Coin project is called MonkeyCoin. The proof of work algorithm searches for the complete works of Shakespeare in SHA-5 hashes represented as ASCII strings.

Re: [NetBehaviour] Not Estimotes

On 27/01/14 01:42 AM, dave miller wrote: > thanks Rob - this could be useful for me. > Will look into this Cool! I should credit @berrydm on Twitter for reminding me that they exist and causing me to look closer (and for cheaper alternatives). - Rob. _

[NetBehaviour] Not Estimotes

Estimotes are Bluetooth 4 beacons. They're not the only Bluetooth 4 beacons but they're the most hyped. You can identify beacons by ID and tell if they're present and how far away they are when they're in range. Here's how to replace them with something more Free and Open, or how to exploit them:

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

On 26/01/14 06:11 PM, Pall Thayer wrote: > A lot of this makes no sense to me. It sounds like people are taking > things at face value without considering the multitude of scenarios. > Paintbrushes, staples or nails are as likely to become significant > elements of a work of art as a urinal(!), My

Re: [NetBehaviour] Drone Music

On 26/01/14 05:45 AM, dave miller wrote: > there was a manchester punk band in the seventies called the drones. On 26/01/14 02:33 PM, helen varley jamieson wrote: > there was also a band in dunedin, nz, called the drones in the early 80s These would be very different names now. :-) - Rob. _

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

On 26/01/14 03:14 PM, Alan Sondheim wrote: > On Sun, 26 Jan 2014, Rob Myers wrote: >> Reading Mezangelle is like running code to debug it - watching call >> stack frames being pushed and popped and data being created and operated >> on. You have to keep track of nested context

Re: [NetBehaviour] code as literature as idiom

On 26/01/14 01:36 PM, Bishop Zareh wrote: > > As a Programmer and as an Artist, I can tell you that I frequently > write Code as Literature, with the express intent of having it read > rather than executed. At first it came from what they called "airplane code." Before airplanes were connected to

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

On 26/01/14 09:03 AM, Alan Sondheim wrote: > > for me it relates to IRC and warez slang, 1337, antiorp/integener/n.n.- > speak, a whole array of 'hackerese' languages that also need decoding, > that also don't run in the traditional sense (as opposed to perl poetry > for example) - It does but I

[NetBehaviour] The Bitcoin Protocol Is Where The Action Is

https://twitter.com/starkness/status/426448160412532736 I agree with @starkness. http://twister.net.co/ A p2p microblogging platform based on the bitcoin protocol http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/22/bitcloud-hackers-bitcoin-facebook-youtube-spotify https://github.com/wetube

Re: [NetBehaviour] Code Is Not Literature

On 23/01/14 06:38 PM, mez breeze wrote: > > Mezangelle certainly needs to be decoded. It needs to be run... - Rob. ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour

[NetBehaviour] Drone Music

I'm looking for examples of using drones in music. UAVs, not the musical genre. The latter makes searching difficult... I mean stuff like this: http://www.military.com/video/off-duty/music/uav-chopper-plays-piano/763889539001/ http://www.military.com/video/aircraft/pilotless-aircraft/quadrotors-p

Re: [NetBehaviour] Archive of Furtherfield radio interviews/broadcasts on Resonance FM 2010 – 2011

On 22/01/14 01:34 AM, marc garrett wrote: > > http://marcgarrett.org/selected-radio-interviews-by-marc-garrett-2010-2011/ > > Featuring: Rob Myers Marc's interview manner is so good that despite being terrified of being on radio I think I answered all the questions. :-) I mi

Re: [NetBehaviour] Facecoin

On 21/01/14 01:45 PM, James Morris wrote: > > I was thinking more machine based Anthropological criminology and/or > physiognomy' basically to combine a 'backward' pseudo science with > machine pareidolia - might be fun seeing a lamp post classed as a bank > robber etc. Ah yes sorry that makes m

Re: [NetBehaviour] Facecoin

On 21/01/14 04:05 AM, James Morris wrote: > can computer facial recognition assign personally types too? criminal, > doctor, teacher, farmer, etc? Machine phrenology? Face recognition research is driven by the needs of marketing and surveillance and so is concerned with demographics and identity.

Re: [NetBehaviour] 1840's GIF Party Tate Open

On 21/01/14 07:52 AM, Seth Guy wrote: > May interest some of > you: > http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/special-event/1840s-gif-party-call-submissions This is an amazing project artistically but Tate need to do some work on their image copyright policy. Specifically the tumblr require

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