oh New Orleans...

[i am sending this to nettime to pose a question about the role of the .US constitution as code, and how it may relate to hurricane Katrina, before, and reconstruction efforts after. it is based on a series of posts relating people to transistors which is linked at the end, based on some

.US duped nukem

// my apologies for not prefacing the nettime version which // makes no sense without stating this has been sent to a // list that previously dealt with .US Energy Policy, both the // electricity-list/electronetwork-list and also the PEN-list, in // which the below-stated maps of oilfields were re

.US nuclear pols

(check - check, 1 - 2 - 3 -, testing - testing. can you hear me? check check, testing. are you ready? check check...) over the years on this list a general premise has been that electromagnetism is a realm where politics operates today, and to offer some examples of this, whether by way of the use

on nuclear diplomacy...

(2) it is difficult to understand how current events could be worse-handled in terms of nuclear diplomacy, if not for the fact that the existing behavioristic modes of inter- action of competing machineries-of-state ultimately only leads to nuclear brinksmanship, and war, unless change

on establishing a long-term truce / c.1

(this could be considered follow-up to B. Geer. thanks...) -- [the previous two posts* on public/private realities were written to help establish terms in which the 'war of terror' could be engaged as the mid-east war at the world-scale. unfortunately it is not satisfactory or adequate in

on establishing a long-term truce / c.2

on nuclear peace and middle-east peace policy: or, how to stop the war of terror and build upon peace on establishing a long-term truce / c.2 (cont.) --- one of the biggest issues in considerations of a truce in the given context is that it is unclear that machines- of-state wi

note on nuclear treaty

[originally sent to the electronetwork-list, 2-6-06. post relates to background for the 'war of terror' as seen as the mid-east war as world-scale. thus the cartoon issue (which, imo, should be considered in terms of racism...), nuclearism, war of terror, surveillance, and other issues can be pla

on nuclear diplomacy / d.1

[this post is seeks to provide a framework by which to consider 'paradoxical logic' as a basis for reasoning and modeling complex issues in non-linear/multi-linear environments, which can be conceptualized in terms of circuits, ecological relationships, and decision-making. the context

fwd: Network Experiment #1

(images cannot be directly linked to via google, and nettime does not allow attachements, so please view at: -bc) --- in contrast to conducting a TAXSTRIKE which would seek to influence the hardware of machi

Re: re: nuclear diplomatic track

constitution seriously when they are dying for it, and die for it so that it can survive times such as these. and thus these words are not at all hollow. On Apr 13, 2006, at 5:34 PM, Benjamin Geer wrote: > On 13/04/06, brian carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> yet, in 'a state of

re: network

hi Albert, i've yet to read the original post yet found interest in what you are referring to, and i wonder... * might 'network' and 'market' be juxtaposed, in the way that a network may function around individuals and the market may function around groups? * to me it sounds as if this

Re: Network, Swarm, Microstructure

regarding hierarchies and networks, with regard to protocols, etc: is it possible that network interactions can be 'weighted' with regard to different variables, as to how they function (in terms of vertical/horizontal management of flow or routing of interactions through some kind of decis

spectacles of terror (4.20.06)

[fugue for armageddon in D by Secretary Rumsfeld] --- if it is true that corporate democracy may have overtaken human democracy in the governance of the United States, and that this has in turn become a corporate dictatorship driven by machine-values (dehumanized) in which morality has no p

.US strategy backgrounder

[this is a preface for BLACKFLAG OPERATIONS outside the .US, which is to provide context for a map of the Mideast Circuit and a plan for turning things around. there are some big inversions in basic assumptions related to such an approach and thus the following words seek to preempt the con

BLACKFLAG OPS (internal.US)

(resending...) // inspired by Houdini i've managed to wrest one arm free from my // straightjacket and am running from cybercaf? to cybercaf? to type // this latest dispatch and send it out, all-the-while dodging Haldol darts // shot from Marlin Perkins Junior hovering above this Wild Kingdom in /

BLACKFLAG OPS [outside.US] Part 1

[note: currently weathering a major propaganda storm whereby the film United 93 submerges everything in its heavy and impenetrable ideological fog via uncritical distribution by mass media, which vanquishes whatever light might have existed by which to navigate, into a submersed state of lo

BLACKFLAG OPS [outside.US] Part2

* BLACK FLAG OPERATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * (General Policy Direction in Middle East and Southeast Asia) [Continued - Part 2] {{ .US BLACKFLAG temp.online @ www.electronetwork.org/temp/ blackflagUSv.gif }} Every normal man

preface to Part 3 (on policy)

[several world-scale changes since writing Part 2, thus necessary to further understand the situation before continuing. a post on logic will follow which will be to consider the present situation as existing in two different worldviews/paradigms/realities/etc...] --- to continue with strat

BLACKFLAG OPS [outside.US] Part3

many of the problems in the Middle East relate to failures and biases of .US FOREIGN POLICY which has been proven to be detrimental to .US interests in that these are the very problems generating the need for a 'War of Terror.' i.e. the catastrophic decision-making of the .US 'War of Terror

nettime as idea

* is it possible that 'ideas' that are now institutionalized are part of the problem, in that they do not lend them- selves to building up shared views, and instead dividing ideas into categories, which narrows down potentials for building greater knowledge/understanding thru dis

nettimespace unentangled - part 1

[the following notes relate to the thread 'nettime as idea' which seek to clarify the _context for the comments made regarding the charges of 'abuse' in that issues of complexity, perspective, relativism may all be facets of a larger shared experience - yet which may mean different things to diffe

nettimespace unentangled - part 2

[i've been informed the originating post on abuse was not in reference to me, yet the follow-on posts did seem to extend this to my work so i am going to continue with making the case about the status quo in which ideology has constrained what is possible, and the role of ideas in reasonin

nettimespace unentangled - part 3

[a few more ideas on perspective, identity, ideas, public reasoning...] --- * the purpose of writing all of this, is that the basic situation for =20= sharing ideas both online and offline today happens largely within a =20 context of dysfunction, which appears to have a role in undermining =20 t

Re: nettimespace entangled - part 321

hi John, thanks for sharing your perspective. it is not uncommon (criticism) and appreciated as such. your post (and its seconding) could have been responded to in a nanosecond though a pause was necessary for me to remember that sharing ideas should be fun and not simply a laborious task a

The New Middle Ages

hi Rob. enjoyed reading your essay/thoughts. one thing came to mind about the issue of 'fear' versus peace. is it possible that it is assumed to be 'fear' and may indeed be fear that is translated by the actions, and yet it is possibly also a new context of risk, risk-taking,

Re: The New Middle Ages

> i think you point at a crux, this is the ongoing bet and from my point > of view it seems like even more disciplining eating away even more > personal space, but from the prisoners point of view there is always a > finger you can move and if they immobilize that, well you can still > click yo

commercial communism

hi ivo. read your essay on nettime and you write about a fusion of sorts, as: 'The entire communism/dictatorship - free-market/democracy polarization is just an illusion...' .US corporations have long seemed to have become communal organizations by way of child

world design

[this is a post i am submitting for nettime publication not because it is to spread some mistaken notions and beliefs, but to provoke discussions as it cover a wide variety of views and it is a contribution towards any advancements / clarifications / alternative views that may be more insightful fr

Re: commercial communism

hi Craig, >> .US corporations have long seemed to have >> become communal organizations by way of >> childcare, housing, eating, healthclubs, >> recreation when off work with employees, >> etc. and the role of ideology in culture >> is reinforced by these same mechanisms. > > For a mi

Re: commercial communism

hi Dave, my apologies for being slow in responding to your interesting observations. what surprises me is that everyone has a different perspective about the questions and i had not considered these points of view, so it is exciting to consider it further... one difference i tend to se