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From: cerberus <cerberus@erols.com> >Netochka Nezvanova writes: > >> >> >> /_/ >> / >> \ \/ i should like to be a human plant >> \/ __ >> __/ >> i will shed leaves in the shade >> \_\ because i like stepping on bugs >> >> >> >> *--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- >(sic) > > > > > >your software sounds interesting, but i am not sure what it is. > > > > >... or even what computer platform it runs on. > > > > > > > > > >your autumn 2000 article in Computer Music Journal seemed much more coherent >than your posts here, it cost me $14. > > > > >if you are a professional writer i can see why you would want to deprive the >"free"sound list of your completely written paragraphs. > > > > > >the ascii art is nice too...but when i bought that journal i was somewhat >surprised to see you had authored an article in english. > > > > > >if i remember, plato or aristotle thought education ought to be free... > > >i had a subscription to CMJ 1988, but there was not so much music related >software for sale at the time; now in this era, i cannot afford many books. > > >so i am asking you to take the time to address ignorami like myself. > > >cerberus sotto voce: where are you +? in mathematics the irrational designates some thing that cannot be described by a ratio of 2 natural numbers. for example, a form of a quadratic equation like x^2 = 2 cannot exist; rather, it is expressed in the formula x = 2/x. x is thus a prerequisite to knowing x. in that case, isn't what the pythagorean school confronted in the aforementioned equation already the self-referential paradox +? a prohibition of the irrational number is in fact equal to the prohibition of self-referentiality. however, in the context of post-cartesian, modern mathematics, the same equation as described in x = sqrt2; and, by treating sqrt2 as a number, the paradox is dissolved. nevertheless, the whole movement of this expansion (invention) of numbers was driven by a series of crises--paradox and solution--and ultimately reached cantor, who regarded even the infinite as a number and then ended up reencountering the paradox of self-referentiality. but it does not end there. george spencer-brown resolved the paradox of self-referentiality by formulating it into another quadratic equation, which francisco varela used to theorize self-organizing networks. these examples from the current scene, however, neither diminish nor render obsolete the importance of gödel's proof. mathematics is constantly being invented by shifts of concept. sotto voce: who are you +? >your software sounds interesting, but i am not sure what it is. my soft wear is very interesting the sleep of growth >... or even what computer platform it runs on. uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu >so i am asking you to http://membank.org/dataset/inter.body/propaganda.html NN - if seeing is believing - then ... stare at me for hours, or until ... our meeting ends - - - /_/ / \ \/ i should like to be a human plant \/ __ __/ i will shed leaves in the shade \_\ because i like stepping on bugs *--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- Netochka Nezvanova nezvanova@eusocial.com http://www.eusocial.com http://www.ggttctttat.com/! n r . 5 !!! http://steim.nl/leaves/petalz *--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- --*--*--*--*--*--*-- _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold