[NetBehaviour] Does it mean something, yawn

2009-02-05 Thread mark cooley
first, i am not insulting anyone on the list. i stated that the text WAS NOT written for a 5th. grade class (so why treat it like it was). i'm guessing that Rob (and everyone else on the list) understood quite well what was being said in the initial post - perhaps a bit wordy for the taste of

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-04 Thread bob catchpole
Richard, Did you mean bob? Why shout? Btw, thanks for your telling analogy on lifts yesterday... you also create the knock-on effect of making the able-bodied less fit and lazier by giving them an effort-free mechanism of going upstairs. much better for the body - and mind - to take the

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something, yawn

2009-02-04 Thread james of jwm-art net
Please, stop insisting upon our insistence. And really, there's no need to insult those of us who don't find it easy to understand the particular complex language in question by implying (as I see it) that we're at the mental level and have the attitude to learning of, a particular set of 5th

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something, yawn

2009-02-04 Thread benjamin
i proof and edit arts text (mostly translated or written by foreign speakers (Russian, Spanish, Austrian, Italian, Hungarian) quite often and have been since 2004. happy to look over things for the sake of culture, if you ever want to send anything by - incidentally, not that i find it

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something, yawn

2009-02-04 Thread Rob Myers
Art *is* the specialised language. Being smart at medicine is no good when a car won't start. But being good at quoting Theory is good no matter what, apparently, much like the transferable skills of management. The idea that Theory is the proper domain language of art is one that needs

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something, yawn

2009-02-04 Thread anniea
wauw I agree On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:14 AM, Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org wrote: Art *is* the specialised language. Being smart at medicine is no good when a car won't start. But being good at quoting Theory is good no matter what, apparently, much like the transferable skills of

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something, yawn

2009-02-04 Thread Michael Szpakowski
Superbly put Rob. Bravo ! m. Rob Myers wrote: Art *is* the specialised language. Being smart at medicine is no good when a car won't start. But being good at quoting Theory is good no matter what, apparently, much like the transferable skills of management. The idea that Theory is the

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-03 Thread Simon Biggs
: mez breeze netwur...@gmail.com To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Sent: Monday, 2 February, 2009 23:26:34 Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something? hi bob [+ assorted netbehaviouralists].. bob, i'm curious as 2 by u're assuming

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-03 Thread bob catchpole
*Subject:* [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something? Hello Netbehaviourists, i'd like to know if the following text means something in english... i'm not sure, please let me know. cheers, yann Infoscape is an online image generator, using web server log files and background pictures

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-03 Thread james of jwm-art net
To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Sent: Monday, 2 February, 2009 23:26:34 Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something? hi bob [+ assorted netbehaviouralists].. bob, i'm curious as 2 by u're assuming that the text ur quoting is muddy

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-03 Thread Simon Biggs
I think the text was less concerned with a fictional environment, such as a sci-fi future, and rather more with our current situation. Different communities of people communicate with one another in different ways. Indeed, the way we communicate is a prime determiner of community. There are lots

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-03 Thread bob catchpole
Mez, Does it mean something? Bob From: mez breeze netwur...@gmail.com To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Sent: Monday, 2 February, 2009 23:26:34 Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something? hi bob

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-03 Thread richard willis
creativity netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org *Sent:* Tuesday, 3 February, 2009 11:52:17 *Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something? It is clear to me and I have no problems with the language. The section that states the potential of translocally networked spatial practices could have

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-03 Thread benjamin
: Monday, 2 February, 2009 23:26:34 Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something? hi bob [+ assorted netbehaviouralists].. bob, i'm curious as 2 by u're assuming that the text ur quoting is muddy in terms of comprehension/meaning? do u think the terminology is inappropriate or unclear? chunks

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-03 Thread benjamin
creativity netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org Sent: Tuesday, 3 February, 2009 11:52:17 Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something? It is clear to me and I have no problems with the language. The section that states the potential of translocally networked spatial practices could have been

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-03 Thread Simon Biggs
Yes, that¹s better still. On 3/2/09 13:47, benjamin benja...@cultura3.net wrote: The section that states ³the potential of translocally networked spatial practices² translocational potential of networked spacial practices ? Simon Biggs Research Professor edinburgh college of art

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-03 Thread Rob Myers
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:31 PM, richard willis listse...@richtextformat.co.uk wrote: why write 'i put my pen on the table' when you could write 'i put my plastic-and-ink-writing-tool' on the 'wooden-platform-held-up-on-four-wooden-legs'? Theory would render this as the phallic vehicle of the

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-03 Thread mark cooley
Thank you Simon for pointing out the obvious (I guess it needed to be done).  As for those whose eyes glaze over at the sight of unfamiliar language - how do we learn anything to begin with if we shut off every time we hear something unfamiliar.  When we ridicule those using a different

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-03 Thread richard willis
btw. what the hell does your text is eloquence personified mean? shoutsrob!/shouts can you translate that for us please? cheers mate ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-03 Thread clemos
Hi list I agree with Bob, and I don't really think it's about intolerance to unfamiliar words at all. Actually, it's the exact opposite: when reading such over-complexified prose, I feel like : hey, I've already read similar blah blah thousand times before !. And I feel so familiar with the

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-03 Thread Simon Biggs
Linguistic inclusion and exclusion is the primary concern of the theorists working on pluriliteracy studies I mentioned before. But those dynamics work in both directions. Sometimes people use particular linguistic forms because they do wish to exclude ­ and not just the powerful but also the

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-02 Thread info
*Subject:* [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something? Hello Netbehaviourists, i'd like to know if the following text means something in english... i'm not sure, please let me know. cheers, yann Infoscape is an online image generator, using web server log files and background pictures

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-02 Thread mez breeze
hi bob [+ assorted netbehaviouralists]. bob, i'm curious as 2 by u're assuming that the text ur quoting is muddy in terms of comprehension/meaning? do u think the terminology is inappropriate or unclear? chunks, mez On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:33 AM, bob catchpole bobcatchp...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-02 Thread benjamin
really wouldn't worry about it. Bob *From:* info i...@x-arn.org* * Monday, 2 February, 2009 21:34:09 *Subject:* [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something? Hello Netbehaviourists, i'd like to know if the following text means something in english... i'm not sure, please let me know. cheers

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-02 Thread mez breeze
exactly wot i thought ben:) On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:32 AM, benjamin benja...@cultura3.net wrote: what was the post called bob. sounds quite interesting -- : http://augmentology.com : http://knott404.blogspot.com : http://netwurker.livejournal.com

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-02 Thread info
mez breeze a probablement écrit : exactly wot i thought ben:) Hi mez, i (profite de la circonstance) to ask you if there is somewhere online an accessible archive from _arc.hive_ i'm looking for old post from 'ascii selected random fragments generator' , ASRF generator beta, ...

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-02 Thread mez breeze
hi yann, the _arc.hive_ list shut down last year. the archives can be accessed here: http://sympa.anart.no/sympa/arc/arc.hive chunks, mez On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:22 AM, info i...@x-arn.org wrote: Hi mez, i (profite de la circonstance) to ask you if there is somewhere online an

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-02 Thread info
mez breeze a probablement écrit : hi yann, the _arc.hive_ list shut down last year. the archives can be accessed here: http://sympa.anart.no/sympa/arc/arc.hive Result of your search in the archive arc.hive : Search field : 2008-09 - 2008-08 - Parameters of these search make on ASRF (This

Re: [NetBehaviour] Does it mean something?

2009-02-02 Thread mez breeze
looks like it yann. will investigate + get back 2 u b/c. chunks, mez -- : http://augmentology.com : http://knott404.blogspot.com : http://netwurker.livejournal.com ___ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org