someone with free time, and will and/or passion or interest for languages please translate it to other popular languages please
_why's complete printer spool as one book [pdf]
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#122This was a great experience. It felt like a modern take on Principia Discordia. Thanks, _why.
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#123On page 58, there is more text that can be seen through the partially transparent page. I messed around with it trying to find the right amount of blur and noise removal and various effects on it to make the text most readable, and this is what I came out with: http://i.imgur.com/CyyWWBR.png It looks like the title is "A-Power-Plant". This leads me to believe that this section of the book has been printed out, laid o…
Maybe this? http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-power-plant/
Definitely. I was thinking the second word was "invisible" to begin with.
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
> or at least of nothing that I would consider as art That probably is part of the problem here. For starters, you could try looking into Jeffrey Shaw & Gideon May. Netochka Nezvanova is another name that springs to mind (but that likely will not qualify by some of your criteria), the Electronic Disturbance Theater is another. There are probably 100's if not 1000's of artists that have chosen to use the computer as t…
I agree that at least my use of the word "art" wasn't sufficiently explained (isn't that always the case? ;)), but my other 2 conditions were definitely present in the original text. I am not trying to "win" this argument by artificially narrowing the definition, I am honestly interested in finding more artists with the same qualities. Regarding the artists you selected, I am not familiar with all their major works a…
> this self reference is a very distinct quality
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#125He's the Daft Punk of the Ruby world.
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#126I wrote a little blog post in tribute to why, "Nobody Knows Why": http://www.sfcgeorge.co.uk/posts/2013/04/19/nobody-knows-why
The post also links to an updated PDF compendium of all _why's recent documents. All rotated and in the correct order (maybe). Bursting with _whyness.
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#127Why the Lucky Stiff is brilliant, so much so he is completely strange. But you can see the brilliance a mile away. His Ruby comics were technically brilliant and artistically brilliant at the same time, and they did both effortlessly.
When someone blows you away with real ability, and does it while juggling apples and telling dirty jokes, without breaking a sweat, it (rightfully so) makes an impression.
Plus, BACON!
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#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Jim sought to increase understanding. _why seems not to have given too many shits about that pursuit. You're right, Jim is better at didactic work than _why is. This doesn't mean the thing he did at rubyconf back in those early days when less than 50 people were there was any less performance art. Jim didn't have postmodernist fox banter, and he's probably too humble to call what he does "an art." But that's okay,…
Unfortunately, that's simply not the modern understanding of what art is and how it works. Text books, no matter how relevant they may be to your experience, are different from novels. And it's precisely because Jim wouldn't call it art that it isn't.
I must assert that this is not the case. Many textbooks, especially in b-school (ok, ok) are fictional narratives of a heroic quest to solve a problem. Through that narrative, lessons are expressed.
The Goal, by Goldratt, is an example of such a textbook novel.
Since it does not have a conventional novel form, I refrain from claiming the same status for Everyone Poops.
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#129Does anyone know what was up with the paypal link a few commits back?
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#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree that at least my use of the word "art" wasn't sufficiently explained (isn't that always the case? ;)), but my other 2 conditions were definitely present in the original text. I am not trying to "win" this argument by artificially narrowing the definition, I am honestly interested in finding more artists with the same qualities. Regarding the artists you selected, I am not familiar with all their major works a…
> this self reference is a very distinct quality http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/little-schemer
I am surprised that it too so long to mention the most obvious inspiration for _why's poignant guide to ruby.