[NetBehaviour] story present

[Pall Thayer]

and pps. I do definitely see a growing trend in this direction of
showing code and making it's relevance a bigger part of the work than
has been previously done.

Pall

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Pall Thayer <pallthay at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi James,
> That was nice. I really enjoyed it and I'm really enjoying discovering
> how flexible the simple terminal can be when applied in a creative
> manner. I've been discovering this both through my own Microcodes and
> the work of others.
>
> My current argument concerning the display of code (as opposed to only
> the process/outcome) is that the fact that the code contains
> information that is directly relative to a conceptual reading of the
> work, is inescapable. The problem, on the other hand, is that people
> who don't read code, seem to have a general aversion to being put in
> that position (where they must acknowledge the code). This is
> something we need to help potential audiences to overcome. Pointing
> out little things here and there will help to show that it's not as
> complicated as most non-coders think. Writing code can be a
> complicated process because it has to work but reading code is
> altogether different and you don't need to know how to write code to
> be able to read code. No more than you need to be able to write a book
> to read a book or paint a painting to read a painting. This what we
> need to make known.
>
> Oh, PS. If anyone on the list is in Sweden or will be in Sweden this
> weekend, I'll be presenting my Microcodes as well as other stuff at
> the New Media Meeting in Norrkoping: http://www.nmm.se Looks like it's
> going to be a big party as well.
>
> best r.
> Pall
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:04 PM, james morris <james at jwm-art.net> wrote:
>> The attachment is a BASH script for linux console/terminals
>>
>> it displays a scrolling message. the message is coded in a
>> very-un-secret-code so despite not seeing what it says unless you run
>> the script, the code is trivial to break, but that's not the point. the
>> point is to not break the impact of the message itself.
>>
>> instructions
>> ------------
>>
>> 1) save attachment to your home directory as: re_store_present
>> 2) open a terminal
>> 3) enter: chmod +x re_store_present
>> 5) enter: ./re_store_present
>> 6) watch the message.
>>
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