This style of 'rebel' tech reminds me of some of the philosophics of Hakim Bey and the Temporary Autonomous Zones line of thinking.
'Cellular' resistance...
still the windows metaphor
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Windows in 2020
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Will the metaphor of 'windows' still be around in 2020?
I thought that we would have evolved to something more multi-dimensional - rooms, say?
Re:proof of the non-existence of something
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The Mind of God
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I think that the actual phrase is from linguistics (semiotics in particular), and is colourless green ideas sleep furiously The idea is that chains of signifiers can exist, which are internally consistent, but which taken as a whole lack reference. A semantic equivalent of a strange loop.
I disagree that the namshub 'mumbo-jumbo' is a weak element in the book. For me, it was one of the aspects of the novel that actually elevated it above much else in the genre. Computers, code and linguistics are intimately entwined; the idea of an ur-language has interesting ramifications in metaspace and in contemporary cultural and critical theory. Stephenson adeptly addressed the issues (although he didn't go far enough). For example, look at recent work in performative language and identity in the works of (say) Judith Butler. Code transforms. Language performs. However, Hollywood mutates. Thus, don't think it would work as a film. Now, Cryptonomicon, on the other hand.... sunny
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Not to be pedantic, but doesn't that mean that the first Pascal compiler was actually Niklaus Wirth?
This following courtesy of kbrownecon over at plastic:
They forgot Harry Belafonte's Banana Boat song, you know, the one that goes
"Come Mister Taliban, carry me banana"
Years ago, when I first read LOTR, I found that a most invaluable aid was Barbara Strachey's Journeys of Frodo
A guide to where the gang were at any given time, beautifully illustrated with cartographic accuracy.
This style of 'rebel' tech reminds me of some of the philosophics of Hakim Bey and the Temporary Autonomous Zones line of thinking.
'Cellular' resistance...
Will the metaphor of 'windows' still be around in 2020?
I thought that we would have evolved to something more multi-dimensional - rooms, say?
I think that the actual phrase is from linguistics (semiotics in particular), and is
colourless green ideas sleep furiously
The idea is that chains of signifiers can exist, which are internally consistent, but which taken as a whole lack reference. A semantic equivalent of a strange loop.
sunny
I disagree that the namshub 'mumbo-jumbo' is a weak element in the book. For me, it was one of the aspects of the novel that actually elevated it above much else in the genre. Computers, code and linguistics are intimately entwined; the idea of an ur-language has interesting ramifications in metaspace and in contemporary cultural and critical theory. Stephenson adeptly addressed the issues (although he didn't go far enough). For example, look at recent work in performative language and identity in the works of (say) Judith Butler. Code transforms. Language performs. However, Hollywood mutates. Thus, don't think it would work as a film. Now, Cryptonomicon, on the other hand.... sunny