Knowledge of Ignorance Today i I i am i reading i about i ferromagnetism i and i thermody- namics i in i States of i Matter i (David i L. i Goodstein). i And i I i write i a i letter i to i a i friend, i inbetween i states, i and i go i to i the i box i to i post i it. i The i box i is i next i to i the temple i complex, i which i is i the i Sofukuji, i and i I i enter i through i the i main gate, i which i is i part i of i the i old i Fukuoka i Castle i (around i 1600, i destroyed). I i see i the i daylight-bells-and-gongs i which i made i night-music i less i than i a day i ago. i The i temple i is i several i centuries i old. i I i wander i towards i the main i building, i almost i always i closed i to i outsiders. i I i hear i Buddhist chanting i within, i a i sutra i I i think, i there's i the i drum i marking i syllables. I, i I, i I, i wandering, i wondering i about i the i community i of i monks. i There i is no i largest i drum i here. i What i is i chanted i has i been i chanted. i I i think i of these i monks i as i trans- parent, i repeating i what i has i gone i before, i occupying the i cells i of i others, i and i of i the i others i who i will i follow i them. i I i would call i this i a i concatenation i of i monks i and i sutra-chantings. i The i building emits i a i low i demarcated i hum, i a i machine i turning i slowly, i but i not i as i slow as i the i cycles i or i era i that i mark i time i in i the i vicinity i of i the i temple, i and outside i its i gates i as i well, i if i you i believe i in i other i transparencies. i Or not i transparencies, i simply i not. Which i I i do i not, i so i I, i I, i I, i wandering, i wonder i henceforth i about i _a_ monk, i any i monk, i what i he i is i con- sidering, i doing, i what i is i good i for i the soul i or i the i body i or i the i spirit, i what i is i good i in i any i case i that i he i might find i in i the i world i which i is i all i the i case. i What i he i might i find i outside the i world, i or i rather i altogether i elsewhere. And i I i know i I i could i not i be i that i transparent, i I i don't i care i all i that i much about i my i soul i to i repeat i the i words i of i others, i no i matter i which i words i and under i what i circumstances, i without, i say, i external i enforcement. i I i don't see i the i point i of i the i machine. i I i wonder i about i ferromagnetism, i about i the origin i of i metals, i atoms, i quarks, i strings, i what i new i theories i are i on i the horizon. i I i think i of i monks i composed i of i strings, i vibrating i monks, i monks who i chant i the i sutra, i transparent i to i neutrinos; i they i are i transparent i to neutrinos i at i the i very i least. I i am i surrounded i by i I's, i eyes, i opening i to i worlds i ev- erywhere i within i and without i worlds. i I i could i not i be i transitive, i occupying i what i cell i in i what compound i and i who i is i coming i after i me, i I i would i want i to i know, i that i would be i good i for i my i salvation. _______________________________________________________________________ From Jennifer@JENNIFER.BLOODY.DIRTY Thu Feb 19 00:03:20 1998 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 09:50:37 -0500 From: Jennifer@JENNIFER.BLOODY.DIRTY Reply-To: Philosophy and Psychology of Cyberspace To: CYBERMIND@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: I'm calling you a fraud, friend - -- I'm calling you a fraud - This is pathetic. All you do now is change text around, insert and delete, make hobgoblins where there weren't any, drag your fetish-ghosts across the screen, pretending they're real. What can I say, how sick you are. You go in on IRC and pretend to be Alan_S or Nikuko or some such and flood the place or act the innocent or offer pussy, as if you even knew what that was. You're a fraud; you use cleverness in lieu of thinking, and you take care to cover up your traces, not develop them. Even this note is a sub- terfuge, on the level of sophomoric writing, do you understand? There's nothing to it. You're covering again. For all I know, you'll sign this "Jennifer" as if that made a difference. You haven't read half the things you claim to have read. You quote because you just can't think. If you could think you'd stand on your own. You borrow from everyone else. I'd hate you but then everyone would think it's self-hatred; I'd love you, but then everyone would think it's love... Jennifer ________________________________________________enframing techne__________ Beautiful Self-Reflexivity in Unix by Alan for Nikuko: Fragment {k:3} w | grep Nikuko sondheim ttyq1 12:26pm 1 5 grep Nikuko ______________________________________________________________________ NIKUKO RAGES IRC log started Wed Feb 18 13:17 *** Value of LOG set to ON #***# Nikuko (sondheim@panix3.panix.com) has joined channel #freedom *** ChanServ has changed the topic on channel #freedom to FUCK ME BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (KID420) *** Mode change "+ntr" on channel #freedom by ChanServ *** #freedom 887825853 *** On RAW_IRC from "% 352 *" do ^assign DOIT $DOIT;^timer $TIME crash $7;^assign TIME ${TIME+7} [SILENT] <0> *** On RAW_IRC from "% 315 *" do on raw_irc -"% 352 *"; on raw_irc -"% 315 *";eval $DOIT [SILENT] <0> <^V^> Crashing Netcruizer Lamer: StarLite <^V^> > will crash 48 users < <^V^> > time required to avoid excess flood: 337 seconds < *** StarLite: No such nick/channel <^V^> Crashing Netcruizer Lamer: UniBoy21 <^V^> Crashing Netcruizer Lamer: SirVictor *** CTCP FINGER reply from SirVictor: : :idle 7 second(s) <^V^> Crashing Netcruizer Lamer: Ghostoff159 <^V^> Crashing Netcruizer Lamer: Hueybot *** Signoff: Nikuko (/