Sorry forgot this part, who is this chick?
----- Original Message ----- From: integer@www.god-emil.dk To: lev@shoko.calarts.edu Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 4:25 PM Subject: [lev] \ BORDERS, BOREDOM and "BULLSHIT" (Zicarelli 2000)
Dear Tom,
Further, regarding the importance of ensuring the LEV archives survive ...
\ BORDERS, BOREDOM and "BULLSHIT" (Zicarelli 2000) (c) Netochka Nezvanova | immuneplay.com
David Zicarelli, of Cycling74 INC, has stated that he is no longer
competitive and that
"competition is something to redefine out of existence".
- 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'.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
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.
- We regard it obscene and criminal to erase, or in any way interfere
with the open access,
to the historic record of this community.
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.
Kind regards, NN
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.
Tom, issues to consider:
- 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.
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
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.
- Less than one year ago, you took the helm of LEV.
Others volunteered at the time, yet you were chosen.
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.
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.
- 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.
Cordially, NN
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