[PD] how to make a proportional canon

[Derek Holzer]

Hi Mathieu,

yes, of course I meant a non-repeating number. I was concentrating on 
the end-results rather then the details of the process, but it's a 
useful distinction when trying to document it. Thanks.

d.

Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Derek Holzer wrote:
>> Dear Libero, [...]
>> where $0 will be replaced by a new random number which
>> is unique to each abstraction).
> 
> Dear Derek, please see 
> http://web.archive.org/web/20011027002011/http://dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2001182781025.gif 
> 
> 
> $0 numbers are just as predictable as the random numbers in that 
> cartoon. they form the sequence: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 
> 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, ...
> 
> In pd, it's not really important how those numbers are picked as long as 
> there are no duplicates. In practice, it's easiest to count up and not 
> bother reusing numbers when abstractions are destroyed. This is what pd 
> does. This strategy is not without shortcomings, but few people ever 
> noticed it.
> 
>  _ _ __ ___ _____ ________ _____________ _____________________ ...
> | Mathieu Bouchard - t�l:+1.514.383.3801, Montr�al QC Canada

-- 
derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ::: http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista
---Oblique Strategy # 174:
"Water"