[PD] Fw: [lev] \\ BORDERS, BOREDOM and "BULLSHIT" (Zicarelli 2000)
Ken
renueden at earthlink.net
Sat Nov 29 07:21:56 CET 2003
Sorry forgot this part, who is this chick?
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To: <lev at shoko.calarts.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 4:25 PM
Subject: [lev] \\ BORDERS, BOREDOM and "BULLSHIT" (Zicarelli 2000)
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> Dear Tom,
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> Further, regarding the importance of ensuring the LEV archives survive ...
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> \\ BORDERS, BOREDOM and "BULLSHIT" (Zicarelli 2000)
> (c) Netochka Nezvanova | immuneplay.com
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> David Zicarelli, of Cycling74 INC, has stated that he is no longer
competitive and that
> "competition is something to redefine out of existence".
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> 1. We feel that Cycling74 INC has brought this statement to fruition by,
> their exclusive licensing of MAX, by their 'pick-pocketing' a
percentage out of the sales
> of practically every MAX related product, in the process metamorphosing
community members into modular commodities/employees,
> into living MAX 'objects'.
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> We feel that Cycling74 INC has brought this statement to fruition by
taking substantive measures to drive out of existence,
> out of the community, those unwilling to cooperate, those unwilling to
be exploited, those unwilling to 'work',
> those unwilling to metamorphose into breathing MAX 'objects' strapped
inside Cycling74's korporate fascist MAX patch,
> feeding its operation.
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> 2. We wish to ensure that the historic records, documenting what we feel
> are monopolistic, parasitic and banditry tactics on the part of
Cycling74, and our and others'
> determined, continued and heroic opposition to this draconian, modular
system of compulsory mutual exploitation,
> are not redefined out of history.
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> 3. We have devoted years of creative life energy to this community,
> and hundreds of thousands of lines of z!mpl!.zkueek code to the MAX
environment, its advancement
> and its survival, as a viable authoring platform. We have carved names
into the nameless abyss,
> and penciled the map for a decade of artistic exploration and
commercially viable products.
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> 4 We have lifted MAX out of its decade long slide into irrelevancy, under
the centralized control of
> male somnambuls and "professional" programmers, and brought it to the
forefront of multimedia authoring.
> We have grown and diversified this community. We have built bridges and
lifed enthusiasm, where there were
> but BORDERS, BOREDOM and "BULLSHIT" (Zicarelli 2000), in one word =
MODULARITY.
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> We have accomplished this, under the constant threat of vicious
censorship, sabotage and industrial espionage.
> We have been stolen from, trampled underfoot, socially raped, with nary
a line of credit attributed us.
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> 7. We regard it obscene and criminal to erase, or in any way interfere
with the open access,
> to the historic record of this community.
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> The new and improved generation of explorers must not be deprived of
its right to know, to learn,
> and to understand its modular past, where it is it came from, and where
it is it is (may be) going.
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> Kind regards, NN
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> >>i have been moderating the lev list for some time now, but as i need to
> >>pare down, and as i have not much involvement in video, i will be
> >>closing down the lev list.
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> >Tom, issues to consider:
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> >1. Only two (2) days ago we had elucidated that LEV was the more suitable
environment
> > for discussion and debate of the "Cycling74 ISSUE" and the surrounding
banditry,
> > facilitated, encouraged and financed, directly or indirectly, by
Cycling74 Inc and its employees.
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> > A very abrupt decision to close LEV, arriving two (2) days after our
announcement,
> > gives life to question marks of stature high ... people may be
suspicious
> > of clandestine interventions by certain INC's
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> > As history books teach us, Cycling74 Inc., on the very day it released
Jitter,
> > announced that its Internet server was hacked. The MAX forum was
closed, and
> > coincidentally, the MAX list archives disappeared, never to be seen
again.
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> >2. Less than one year ago, you took the helm of LEV.
> > Others volunteered at the time, yet you were chosen.
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> > We are sympathetic that the present need to "pare down" could not
> > have been anticipated, however, we feel you have the responsibility,
> > to at very least locate a new administrator, and our suggestion
> > is administrators, of both sexes and of multiple nationalities,
> > to ensure LEV does not become yet another puppet enclave of Cycling74
INC digital bandits.
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> > We offer our assistance in locating qualified _persons.
> > We stress the plural, for the epoch of one MAN standing before a
classroom is a bit cliché,
> > particularly when the realtime video software industry was lifed by
women, brought to maturity
> > by women, and its advances continue to be coordinated principally by
women.
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> >3. We wish to ensure that irrespective of LEV's future, the LEV archives
> > will remain on line, available to all. If this isn't the case please
> > contact us. The LEV archives are an important [part missing =
symbolic++] of this community's history,
> > and anyone, inclusive Cycling74 INC, may not destroy this history,
> > or in any way interfere with public access to this important record.
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> >Cordially, NN
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