Lewis LaCook
Since 2001
Works in Lorain, Ohio United States of America

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Lewis LaCook makes things. He is a programmer/poet. He likes unstable objects. He doesn't eat enough. Send him all your money.
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Re:


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Is that the metaphysics?

perhaps...

bright pink====ahhh===i chose it for the obscenity////

yes, this blank frames...something's not seeding right?

the font::::::i like how the user has to kinda strain to see the word in the first place====

these comments most appreciated====always grateful for feedback===(& yes, a collected correspondence is in order====now where's that publisher?)
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Re: word source (pinker, chomsky, etc...)


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um, yes...
i agree, actually===of course, i could hide behind the idea that this is nothing like a finished work===whatever a finished work is===but i simply must confess that i could not even BEGIN to code in a way that would make the computer recognize grammatical rules, much less phonetic custom===though someday i'd love to do it===
i definitely agree w/ your comment on "more than the demo features"===at times i feel stuck in that mode, and i'm still relatively new to much of this (i've only been writing code for little over a year, been working in flash and actionscript less...)...
hmmm...i'll have to reply to this when i'm in a more serious mode...this is thought-provoking!
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DISCUSSION

word source


==this is the source code for word===would welcome any
suggestions on this, specifically on how to write a
function to randomize the word output in
strings===like, how to get the piece to write a poem
like this, with the words all randomly generated==i
tried one variant, but could only get the piece to
output the same word in a row (the poem ended up being
repetitions of the same word)====

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//actionscript function by Lewis LaCook July 5 2002
//randomize the timer for seeding
random(getTimer);
//declare the character arrays
Vowel=new Array ( )
Vowel[0]="a"
Vowel[1]="e"
Vowel[2]="i"
Vowel[3]="o"
Vowel[4]="u"
Vowel[5]="y"

Consonant=new Array( )
Consonant[0]="b"
Consonant[1]="c"
Consonant[2]="d"
Consonant[3]="f"
Consonant[4]="g"
Consonant[5]="h"
Consonant[6]="j"
Consonant[7]="k"
Consonant[8]="l"
Consonant[9]="m"
Consonant[10]="n"
Consonant[11]="p"
Consonant[12]="q"
Consonant[13]="r"
Consonant[14]="s"
Consonant[15]="t"
Consonant[16]="v"
Consonant[17]="w"
Consonant[18]="x"
Consonant[19]="z"

//randomize string length
num=random(9);
if (num < 3){
Word=Consonant [random (20)]+ Vowel[random(6)] +
Vowel[random(6)] + Consonant [random (20)];
}

if (num > 3 && num <= 6){
Word=Vowel[random(6)] + Vowel[random(6)] + Consonant
[random (20)];
}

if (num > 6 ){
Word=Consonant [random (20)] + Vowel[random(6)] +
Consonant [random (20)] + Consonant [random (20)] +
Vowel[random(6)] + Consonant [random (20)];
}

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DISCUSSION

word


http://www.lewislacook.com/word.html

phlasch phive

speakers on

===this was some code that was bouncing around in my head for a while...it's a random word generator===refresh your browser to see a new word...

the words are generated by arrays of vowels and consonants//////

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