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Re: Using recombinant text to create a written self-portrait?

2009-01-31T02:20:17Z

You are probably looking for something more on the lines of
interactive evolutionary algorithms:
[link]

Recombinant text doesn't have a random component - no machine
generated mutation or recombo - it's all human mediated, by the
authors.
It's an interesting idea of yours, and I've seen similar juxtaposition

Using recombinant text to create a written self-portrait?

2009-01-30T22:43:31Z

[ Sorry, I hit enter and it posted... ]

I wanted to ask whether something like textbender would be capable of
creating a random text based on the written works of an individual.

I was thinking of trying to do a self portrait of my self based on my
past email compositions... or trying to conduct a fake email

Application to Community Law-Making

2007-08-07T18:26:38Z

The application of recombinant text to community law-making is now
documented in some detail:
[link]
My initial research on the Web uncovered no proposals of comparable
scope and detail, except one (based on Wikis). But its scope appears
to be larger, and its technical details are vague:

commercial applications of recombinant text

2007-07-28T14:30:14Z

At "Open Coffee" last Thursday, I talked recombinant text
with two business consultants. Out of the conversation
came two commercial applications:
[link]
Applications: * Brainstorming
* Decision Support for Planning and Policy Making
These are the first strong commercial apps that I know of.

Mac Java developer wanted, for Mac release of textbender

2007-07-18T11:10:17Z

Project textbender is looking for a Mac Java developer
to help in extending textbender support to the Mac,
The primary responsibility would be to test and debug
the Mac release of textbender. This would require:
* building the code for each release
* testing it
* tracing bugs
* fixing them, in collaboration with the maintainer

complex-wide transfers, preliminary research

2007-07-16T18:31:43Z

Preliminary research into complex-wide transfers is now being planned,
with a view to eventual development of a working prototype.
Guiding questions are:
A. Within a population of recombinant texts,
how reliably may we expect to transfer compositional variations
(of plot, character, etc.), from text to text?

Re: opening up the project

2007-07-16T18:30:34Z

Project resources are now open to the public.
For access details, see:
[link]
This task is done.

contributors page (opening up the project)

2007-07-12T17:27:46Z

A draft of the contributors page is ready:
[link]
I'm not sure about this approach. It's a trial balloon.
Comments and suggestions are welcome,

alpha design review

2007-07-07T19:48:09Z

A design review is being planned. The current alpha version
will be reviewed, primarily by artists, with regard to
overall design direction.
Full details of this task are posted at:
[link]

opening up the project

2007-07-07T19:42:36Z

In response to interest from artists, I'm currently working
to open up the project as a whole. This includes setting up
the discussion list; a revision control system; public task pages;
a contributors page; modifications to the home page; and so forth.
Full details of this task are posted at:
[link]

welcome, here is our new list

2007-07-07T11:04:51Z

Welcome to the discussions,
A note on the choice of googlegroups, as the list service:
I chose it, only for lack of a good, non-commercial alternative.
E.g, this is not available in Canada (pity):
[link]
So we'll have ads, for now. They provide some comic relief.
If they ever have a remote connection to recombinant text,