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Subject:    Re: [discuss] Re: [OOoCon2004] OOoCon 2004
From:       Ian Lynch <ian.lynch () zmsl ! com>
Date:       2004-09-30 8:25:15
Message-ID: 1096532712.2476.44.camel () zaphod ! uk ! irlcomputers ! com
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On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 02:44, Christian Einfeldt wrote:

> Paul Donahue, the director, has a term for a self-referential film.  
> I think that the term is post-modern.  Dunno, I'll ask him. 

In computing, this is called recursion, where a procedure calls itself.
Of course you could get into an infinite loop but that can be avoided if
there is some way that the program knows it has called a bit of itself
and maybe changes something a bit as a result. Programmers like
recursion because they can often get a very lareg effect from very
little coding. Elegant solutions and all of that.

> A film called the Digital Tipping Point which is itself a 
> tipping point!  From that perspective, the film's name describes 
> not only the SUBJECT MATTER but also the DYNAMIC ROLE which both 
> the project and the film are playing.  Kinda cool!  Especially in 
> light of the fact that film both PORTRAYS the community as a 
> subject matter, and the film and the project will also EMBODY an 
> instance of the community (which is the disruptive technology) in 
> action!  

Maybe some expert in recursion should link it to some coding to make the
parallel even stronger?

-- 
Ian Lynch <ian.lynch@zmsl.com>
ZMS Ltd


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