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Re: [microsound] "Self-indulgent Electronic Meanderings" [OT? you decide]



Very interesting.  I found this link which expands a bit...
http://les.man.ac.uk/sa/Virtsoc/(Im)materiality.htm

>From: "ph!L @ c e n t i b e l" <hellomynameisphil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Georgina Born. (1995). _Rationalizing Culture._ U of California Press,
>pp. 159-163.
>
>Born, an anthropogist, did interesting "fieldwork" at IRCAM in the 80's,
>and this was one of her findings. It seems the software interface for
>something called the 4X contained code which was useful for military
>applications, so the US military requested a copy of the code, which
>Boulez promptly sent. The programmer was mortified. Apparently it wasn't
>the first time something like this had happened. No money seems to
>change hands (at least not directly), but there is a not entirely
>unfamiliar relationship between the US military and IRCAM, according to
>Born. Doubtless it helps with finding sources of funding. I just brought
>that up as an example because there are lots of links between computers
>and the military, among other things.
>
>Phil

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