-- I don't completely agree, quite on the contrary, since every software is an abstract machine according to my definition. But yeah, if you want a duel, lets take it outside :) I'll mail you. On 6/6/06, douglas edric stanley <destanley_at_mac.com> wrote: > > >I thought I'd comment in the livecode mailing list > >since Stanley is a member. > > I don't know if this is really the place. I only > briefly mentioned the term in that interview > (along with livecoding btw), so it would be too > long to discuss here, methinks. "Abstract > Machine" is a complex term that has a historical > use (Deleuze & Guattari) as well as a > technological use (computer science), upon which > I glob my own definition. Rather than discussing > semantics and etymology here, I wonder if we > shouldn't have this discussion somewhere else so > as not to bother the livecoders. Of course I > would be willing to take a stab at answering your > question here, but this question does seem to > deal with something else altogether than > livecoding... > -- > /* > > // Douglas Edric Stanley > <douglas_at_abstractmachine.net> > > // Artiste > http://www.abstractmachine.net > > // Professeur d'Arts numeriques, L'école supérieure d'art > d'Aix-en-provence > http://www.ecole-art-aix.fr/ > > // Chercheur, Laboratoire Esthétique de l'interactivité, Université de > Paris 8 > http://www.ciren.org > > */ > -- ---------------fade/in-------------------- DJ Fadereu (+91 98675 80501) Bombay An online archive of my work: http://rohitgupta.xwiki.com ----------------fade/out------------------Received on Tue Jun 06 2006 - 09:51:39 BST
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