Re: [time-nuts] Different breed of time nuttery

2014-02-24 Thread GandalfG8
A triumph of matter over mind. In a message dated 24/02/2014 04:35:21 GMT Standard Time, dmend...@gmail.com writes: This is a different breed of time nuttery than usual in this list but i think that at least some of you will enjoy it: http://www.behance.net/gallery/FLUX-1440/2420150

Re: [time-nuts] Different breed of time nuttery

2014-02-24 Thread Chuck Harris
Really impressive would be to have it create the patterns that make the numeric display out of only several feet of slowly moving rope connected as a loop... but that would require some thinking, rather than just a brute force approach. -Chuck Harris gandal...@aol.com wrote: A triumph of

Re: [time-nuts] Different breed of time nuttery

2014-02-24 Thread Jim Lux
On 2/23/14 8:11 PM, Daniel Mendes wrote: This is a different breed of time nuttery than usual in this list but i think that at least some of you will enjoy it: http://www.behance.net/gallery/FLUX-1440/2420150 Found it at hack a day An enormous amount of work went into painting the

Re: [time-nuts] Different breed of time nuttery

2014-02-24 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 10:11 PM, Daniel Mendes dmend...@gmail.com wrote: This is a different breed of time nuttery than usual in this list but i think that at least some of you will enjoy it: http://www.behance.net/gallery/FLUX-1440/2420150 Found it at hack a day That is just ...

Re: [time-nuts] Different breed of time nuttery

2014-02-24 Thread Tom Holmes
So that is what string theory is all about! Who knew? Tom Holmes, N8ZM -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of gandal...@aol.com Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 4:02 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Different

Re: [time-nuts] Different breed of time nuttery

2014-02-24 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 530b5258.4060...@erols.com, Chuck Harris writes: Really impressive would be to have it create the patterns that make the numeric display out of only several feet of slowly moving rope connected as a loop... but that would require some thinking, rather than just a brute force approach.

Re: [time-nuts] Different breed of time nuttery

2014-02-24 Thread Jim Lux
On 2/24/14 6:08 AM, Chuck Harris wrote: Really impressive would be to have it create the patterns that make the numeric display out of only several feet of slowly moving rope connected as a loop... but that would require some thinking, rather than just a brute force approach. It's art, after

Re: [time-nuts] Different breed of time nuttery

2014-02-24 Thread Tim Shoppa
I think the realization that it takes thousands of feet of bit-serial crafted rope, is part of the art. Just IMHO. Something like the core rope fixed memory of the 60's, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_rope_memory Many industrial machines internally still emulate the infinite paper tape loop

[time-nuts] Different breed of time nuttery

2014-02-23 Thread Daniel Mendes
This is a different breed of time nuttery than usual in this list but i think that at least some of you will enjoy it: http://www.behance.net/gallery/FLUX-1440/2420150 Found it at hack a day Daniel ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] Different breed of time nuttery

2014-02-23 Thread Tom Harris
The really scary thing is that this is some sort of postgraduate thesis project examined by a swag of learned doctors, complete with the artistic waffle of What It All Means. Tom Harris celephi...@gmail.com On 24 February 2014 15:11, Daniel Mendes dmend...@gmail.com wrote: This is a

Re: [time-nuts] Different breed of time nuttery

2014-02-23 Thread Don Latham
Accuracy depends on the stepper motor driver :-) A really neat conceit! Don Daniel Mendes This is a different breed of time nuttery than usual in this list but i think that at least some of you will enjoy it: http://www.behance.net/gallery/FLUX-1440/2420150 Found it at hack a day