Re: (idm) autechre-unix connection!

From zygote
Sent Wed, Oct 20th 1999, 19:47

Incunabulum \In`cu*nab"u*lum\, n.; pl. Incunabula. [L. incunabula
cradle, birthplace, origin. See 1st In-, and Cunabula.] A work of art
or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed
before a.d. 1500. 

which isn't to say that autechre isn't good to code to...

--- Blag <xxxx@xxxxx.xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> [this post has is excessively geeky, I apologize in advance.]
> 
> Don't ask how I found this but:
> 
> go to http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/ and you'll find the homepage
> of one
> of the creators of unix: Dennis M. Ritchie!
> 
> On his page you'll find this quote:
> 
> "Some of the papers I get asked about have been converted to HTML or
> PostScript or other formats. For fun there are certain other
> incunabula"
>                                                              ^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Obviously, this was the inspiration for the Ae album of the same
> name.
> This also backs up my theory of Autechre being the supreme music to
> code
> to, except for the Clash and sometimes Maria Callas, of course.
> 
> 
> *code* *code*
> 
> .Bil.
> 
>    soy una fotocopiadora||
> 
> 


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