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Glossary
Glossary of terms often found on the pages of this site This page will be updated often. Algorithm: an algorithm is a general rule set (finite) that is used to solve a particular problem. An algorithm is best when it solves one problem and it does so efficiently, using the smallest number of instructions required…
Read MoreTowards a Little Chaos
I’ve been reading through Leonard Smith’s Chaos: a Very Short Introduction in my spare time (twice a month.) It is truly fascinating reading (depending on your definition of fascinating) and absolutely enlightening to a recovering philistine groping at the previously eschewed topics of mathematics, physics, and philosophy*. I’m going to post some of the algorithms/systems…
Read MoreStudie II: i’d forgotten
Recording of Studie II by Karlheinz Stockhausen Studie II When I heard this piece a few days back (for the first time in years) I’d forgotten how fundamentally good this piece is. I’d forgotten the seductive, if abrasive, curves of its mellow, noisy goodness. I’d forgotten the insistent consistency of it. I’d even forgotten my…
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Read Moreprophetic words…
Max Matthews from an interview in September, 1978 Could you look into your crystal ball and tell us what we can expect in this field during the next decade? One thing we can certainly expect is that computer instruments will become very cheap, very cheap compared to conventional instruments. As a result, I think we’re…
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