Mnemonics Lesson part 9

[LHX]

All physical objects can be used as storage devices.


If you have a series of physical objects - you can start arranging things


metaphor is a way to link one series of objects to another series of objects

[The Good Reverend Roger]

All physical objects can be used as storage devices.

What?

[LHX]

you can store things in it


"when i see ______ - i will think of ______"

[The Good Reverend Roger]

you can store things in it


"when i see ______ - i will think of ______"

Oh, okay.  I thought you meant PHYSICAL storage.

My bad.  Do carry on.

[LHX]

lawls

maybe that works too



all you have to do is put a hole in everything

[LMNO]

My skull is a storage device!

Al I have to do is put a hole in it!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

My skull is a storage device!

Al I have to do is put a hole in it!

Your head isn't a truck you put things on.

It's a collection of tubes.

ETA:  That just proved LHX's post, if you think about it.

[LMNO]

My skull is a storage device!

Al I have to do is put a hole in it!

Your head isn't a truck you put things on.

It's a collection of tools.

ETA:  That just proved LHX's post, if you think about it.

It fucks up the meme, but i did it anyway.

[rygD]

lawls

maybe that works too



all you have to do is put a hole in everything

I can think of many things that don't work: dust, water, Aurora Borealis...

I also thought it meant physical storage at first.  It is a good idea, but it sounds like hippie bullshit.  This isn't to say it can't be useful.  Say what you will about what I read, but I think stuff like this was mentioned in "Postmodern Magic".  That isn't saying much, though, as most of the book is just a rehash of other people's ideas with little to no new material.

[LHX]

It is a good idea, but it sounds like hippie bullshit.

true

i guess it depends on the context within which those words are spoken


in this case - it is just more LHX bullshit

[rygD]

Like I said I think it can be useful, you (or we?) need to develop it so it isn't so irritating.  That will get the hippie types, as well as those who dislike such shit.  In some sense it is just like the law of fives stuff.

[LHX]

i acknowledge the validity of the above post


i was gonna type more but i tongue-twisted myself

[cyberus]

I really like the idea.  It's only hippie bullshit if you explain it as such.  IMO, rather than explaining it, it would be best to use it in a pamphlet or article, or something.  To equate a physical object with a thought, metaphor, or idea.  That way it will seem like the idea is recurring in the person's head whenever they see an object.  I'm trying to think of an example, but I'm failing miserably.  Oh- ok.  If you're familiar with Dane Cook, he has a bit where he makes up a song to the tune of a car alarm going off, one of those annoying ones that go from ambulance wail to siren, to a series of screeches, etc.  And afterwards he says something like "GREAT!  Now, even if you thought that was the stupidest shit you've ever heard, next time you hear a car alarm go off, you're going to think 'Man, that Dane Cook is a silly bitch!' haha."

Kind of illustrates it, in a roundabout way.

[Triple Zero]

All physical objects can be used as storage devices.

ok, since we're clear we're talking about information storage here:

All physical objects can be used as information storage devices

information storage devices = medium (as in "the medium you write on")

same thing.

if you carve words in stone, stone is your medium.
if you collect a bunch of sticks to keep track of how many days since you've planted seeds (whatever), the bunch of sticks is your medium.

and information is medium independent

but we already knew that, or not?

information is nothing but the patterns in which media is ordered, pretty much irrelevant what kind of media you use for it, you can create patterns in everything.
certainly, some media are better for storing certain patterns than other media. but in principle you can store any kind of information in any physical object, it's just a matter of efficiency. for example, you'd need a shitload of sticks to store the information from a CD. but it is possible.

[P3nT4gR4m]

for example, you'd need a shitload of sticks to store the information from a CD. but it is possible.

I feel the urge to test this hypothesis. See you in a couple of jungles time.