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In 10 PRINT CHR$(109.5+RND(1));:GOTO 10, the RND command (pronounced “random”) modulates the output in a stunning way. Compared to the maze pattern program which forms the title of this book, you can imagine how boring the following program would be: 10 PRINT CHR$(109); : GOTO 10 | In 10 PRINT CHR$(109.5+RND(1));:GOTO 10, the RND command (pronounced “random”) modulates the output in a stunning way. Compared to the maze pattern program which forms the title of this book, you can imagine how boring the following program would be: 10 PRINT CHR$(109); : GOTO 10 | ||
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Yet, sometimes randomness causes celebration. Particularly when combined with generosity, it leads to surprise, such as when one “practices a random act of kindness.” Just the right amount of randomness transports a blues jam deeper into the heart or sparks a random encounter between lovers. Sometimes, the slip of a finger on a trumpet valve can produce “wrong note” which the player incorporates into the song, which is heard by two shy lovers, delighting them and encouraging them to move closer together. A truly random act, a grand coincidence can heighten any other emotion, because randomness implies a relationship between expected and surprise, a violation of anticipation as well as a notion of temporariness. This notion of violated predictability is key to some musicians playing and composing styles, leading to many attempts at “generative music,” most of which fail comparison to prerecorded music. | Yet, sometimes randomness causes celebration. Particularly when combined with generosity, it leads to surprise, such as when one “practices a random act of kindness.” Just the right amount of randomness transports a blues jam deeper into the heart or sparks a random encounter between lovers. Sometimes, the slip of a finger on a trumpet valve can produce “wrong note” which the player incorporates into the song, which is heard by two shy lovers, delighting them and encouraging them to move closer together. A truly random act, a grand coincidence can heighten any other emotion, because randomness implies a relationship between expected and surprise, a violation of anticipation as well as a notion of temporariness. This notion of violated predictability is key to some musicians playing and composing styles, leading to many attempts at “generative music,” most of which fail comparison to prerecorded music. | ||
| − | With so many variables in the real world like late buses, misdialed numbers, and slippery fingers dropping grilled cheese sandwiches into french fry oil (the origin of the Monte Cristo sandwich!), patterns are especially valued because they are so rare. Yet, in a computer, it is quite the opposite. Digital integrated chips, and possibly other computing devices differ greatly from the world in their orderliness. In fact, the world inside digital chips is in some ways so perfect it is difficult to actually create unanticipated behavior. Interestingly, we still can detect patterns within it, using computers, but our perception is poor at recognizing randomness because we continuously attempt to find patterns in it. | + | With so many variables in the real world like late buses, misdialed numbers, and slippery fingers dropping grilled cheese sandwiches into french fry oil (the origin of the Monte Cristo sandwich!), patterns are especially valued because they are so rare. Yet, in a computer, it is quite the opposite. Digital integrated chips, and possibly other computing devices differ greatly from the world in their orderliness. In fact, the world inside digital chips is in some ways so perfect it is difficult to actually create unanticipated behavior. Interestingly, we still can detect patterns within it, using computers, but our perception is poor at recognizing randomness because we continuously attempt to find patterns in it. |
The internal orderliness is at least true for the chip (MOS6510) running the Commodore 64’s BASIC interpreter, as well as the chip running the original BASIC interpreter at Dartmouth. As randomness transitioned from the sublime concept it once possessed to the practical application of security, sections of chips were designed to encourage random amounts heat energy of influence of their silicon junctions in order to hasten the creation of unpredictable data. This is part of the essence of encryption - the production of obscurata. Patterns in these data are way behind the abilities of humans to predict in our heads, and are even difficult for many computers to suss out. | The internal orderliness is at least true for the chip (MOS6510) running the Commodore 64’s BASIC interpreter, as well as the chip running the original BASIC interpreter at Dartmouth. As randomness transitioned from the sublime concept it once possessed to the practical application of security, sections of chips were designed to encourage random amounts heat energy of influence of their silicon junctions in order to hasten the creation of unpredictable data. This is part of the essence of encryption - the production of obscurata. Patterns in these data are way behind the abilities of humans to predict in our heads, and are even difficult for many computers to suss out. | ||
