The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

March 11, 2003


Al-Ghazali, commentary on Internet Text:

a book of scribbles, nonsense, a book which shifts out from under you -
a contrary or wayward book, self-contrary, asking nothing -
a book to be read in any position, in any state of mind -
a book of meaningless revelations -
a book to be pronounced or mispronounced any way you like -
a book to be read once or thousands of times, or not to be read at all -
a book of any emotional states of writers and readers -
a book to be handled with purity or impurity, scarcity or excess -
a book read in murmuring, silence, politely, a book to be read out loud -
a book to be read quickly, almost in a blur or slowly at a standstill -
a book without supplication, an orderly or disorderly book -
a book without obeisance or honor, a dishonorable book -
a book any way one wants it, an irritable confusing book -
a book you can put down at any time or read through all at once -
a book whose length grows, a mumbled indistinct book -
a book of many colors and images, a perverse and impolitic book -
a vowelless and unreadable book -
an illegible book, without punctuation -
an archaic book from the future, an anachronistic book from the past -
a book of run-on sentences, words, and chapters, dissembling, unclear -
a book of diminished speech, of intensities and dissolutions -
a wavering and belittled book, a wavered and belittling book -
a book neither here nor there, neither this nor that -
a book to be dismissed, a book displaced by wandering souls -
a misinterpreted book, a book without interpretation -
a book without conceivable interpretation, a mute and blurred book -
an opaque book, a book with obstacles, a book of obstacles -
a book of generalities, an insipid and tepid book -
an unfeeling and austere book, a book without emotional response -
a book of babbling and indecipherable voices -
an unsatisfying and incomplete book, a book impossible to grasp -


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My Archive Activity in Case of War Storage on the Run

    1  cd web
    2  ls
    3  cd /web
    4  lscd /
    5  cd /
    6  cd web
    7  ls
    8  cd
    9  ls
   10  exit
   11  ls
   12  cd /
   13  cd web
   14  cd
   15  cd web
   16  ls
   17  cd
   18  cd ../../web
   19  ls
   20  pico index.html
   21  ftp panix.com
   22  chmod 644 mq
   23  ls
   24  cd
   25  pine
   26  ls
   27  rm dead.letter
   28  ls
   29  cd /usr
   30  ls
   31  cd games
   32  ls
   33  cd ..
   34  cd ..
   35  ls
   36  cd usr
   37  ls
   38  cd ..
   39  cd home
   40  ls
   41  cd ..
   42  cd
   43  ls
   44  exit
   45  cd ../../web
   46  ls
   47  mkdir portal
   48  bye
   49  exit
   50  cd ../../web
   51  wc *
   52  cd portal
   53  wc *
   54  ls
   55  mv LIFE.MOV life.mov
   56  bye
   57  exit
   58  cd ../../
   59  cd portal
   60  cd web
   61  cd portal
   62  ls > zz
   63  ftp panix.com
   64  exit
   65  cd ../../web
   66  cd portal
   67  df
   68  du
   69  ls
   70  wc *
   71  ls
   72  cd ..
   73  du
   74  wc *
   75  exit
   76  cd ../../web
   77  du
   78  cd portal
   79  ls > zz
   80  pico zz
   81  rm zz; ls *.mov
   82  exit
   83  cd ../../web/portal
   84  ls
   85  ls > yy
   86  pico yy
   87  ftp panix.com
   88  exit
   89  cd ../../web/portal
   90  ftp panix.com
   91  ispell README.txt
   92  pico README.txt
   93  ls
   94  rm yy
   95  mv README.txt 0README.TXT
   96  mv README.txt 0README.TXT
   97  ls
   98  mv 0README.txt 0.README.txt
   99  ls
  100  wc *.TXT
  101  mv 0README.TXT 0.README.txt
  102  less 0.README.txt
  103  ls
  104  ls * > zz
  105  ftp panix.com
  106  ls
  107  rm zz
  108  cd ..
  109  du
  110  exit
  111  cd ../../web/portal
  112  ls
  113  ls *.mov
  114  pico 0.README.txt
  115  ls
  116  wc *
  117  ls
  118  exit
  119  cd ../../web
  120  ls
  121  cd portal
  122  ls
  123  exit
  124  cd ../../web
  125  ls
  126  du
  127  cd portal
  128  du
  129  exit
  130  cd ../../web
  131  df
  132  du
  133  cd portrwportal
  134  cd portal
  135  ls
  136  ls *.,pov
  137  ls *.mov
  138  exit
  139  cd ../../web/portal/basic
  140  pwd
  141  ls :*.mov
  142  ls *.mov
  143  mv moveii.mov /home/sites/site14/web/portal
  144  ls
  145  cd ..
  146  ls
  147  pic 0.README.txt
  148  pico 0.README.txt
  149  cd ..
  150  df
  151  du
  152  exit
  153  cd ../../web/portal
  154  mkdir book
  155  mkdir polypore
  156  mkdir article
  157  exit
  158  cd ../../web
  159  ls
  160  du
  161  du > zz
  162  ls polypore
  163  ls portal/polypore
  164  ls portal/polypore >> zz
  165  ls portal/bool >> zz
  166  ls portal/book >> zz
  167  ls portal/book/texts >> zz
  168  ls portal/book/talks/ >> zz
  169  pico zz
  170  ls portal/basic/ >> zz
  171  pico zz
  172  ftp panix.com
  173  df
  174  du
  175  byew
  176  bye
  177  exit
  178  cd ../../web/portal
  179  ls
  180  ls | more
  181  cd book
  182  ls
  183  cd ..
  184  ls | more
  185  cd clara
  186  ls
  187  mv *.JPG *.jpg
  188  ls
  189  ftp panix.com
  190  pico readme
  191  ls
  192  ls -la *
  193  mv readme README.txt
  194  ls
  195  ls -la
  196  exit
  197  cd ../../web/portal
  198  mv basic program
  199  ls
  200  cd ..
  201  du
  202  cd portal/article
  203  ls
  204  cd ..
  205  rmdir article
  206  ls
  207  exit
  208  cd ../../
  209  ls
  210  cd web
  211  lls
  212  ls
  213  chmod 644 mr
  214  chmod 644 ms
  215  pico index.html
  216  lynx index.html
  217  ls
  218  exit
  219  cd ../../web
  220  ls
  221  less zz
  222  rm zz
  223  ls
  224  touch zzzzz
  225  cat ?? > zzzzz
  226  wc zzzzz
  227  cat *.txt >> zzzzz
  228  wc zzzzz
  229  cat Uncanny Weather Blood Fantasm >> zzzzz
  230  wc zzzzz
  231  ftp panix.com
  232  rm zzzzz
  233  exit
  234  cd ../../web
  235  pwd
  236  cd portal
  237  ls
  238  cd clara
  239  ls
  240  less README.txt
  241  rm *
  242  cd ..
  243  rmdir clara
  244  ls
  245  ls DSC*
  246  rm DSC*
  247  ls
  248  ls | more
  249  less 0.README.txt
  250  ls
  251  ls | more
  252  exit
  253  cd ../../web
  254  ls
  255  cd portal
  256  ls
  257  ls * > zz
  258  wc zz
  259  ftp panix.com
  260  rm zz
  261  ls
  262  cd ..
  263  ls
  264  cd portal
  265  ls | more
  266  cd book
  267  ls
  268  wc sophia.txt
  269  ls
  270  wc *
  271  ftp panix.com
  272  ls
  273  ls > zz
  274  ls talks/* >> zz
  275  wc zz
  276  mv zz zzz
  277  less zzz
  278  ls
  279  ftp panix.com
  280  exit
  281  cd ../../web
  282  pico index.html
  283  exit
  284  cd ../../
  285  ls
  286  cd web
  287  du
  288  ls h*
  289  cd portal
  290  ls h*
  291  wc h*
  292  exit
  293  cd ../../web
  294  ls
  295  grep Beaufort * > jjjj
  296  pico jjjj
  297  rm jjjj
  298  y
  299  pico ln
  300  exit
  301  cd ../../web
  302  ls
  303  man grep
  304  grep -h problematic * > zzz
  305  wc zzz
  306  ftp panix.com
  307  rm zzz
  308  exit
  309  cd ../../web
  310  cat ?? > zzzz
  311  wc zzzz
  312  cat *.txt >> zzzz
  313  cat Blood Weather Fantasm >> zzzz
  314  ls
  315  cat Past Uncanny >> zzzz
  316  wc zzzz
  317  ftp panix.com
  318  exit
  319  cd ../../web
  320  ls
  321  ftp panix.com
  322  ls
  323  pico index.html
  324  exit
  325  cd ../../web
  326  traceroute panix.com
  327  ping panix.com
  328  dig panix.com
  329  telnet solix.fiu.edu
  330  cd ../../
  331  cd web
  332  telnet panix.com
  333  telnet panix3.panix.com
  334  telnet panix5.panix.com
  335  telnet panix2.panix.com
  336  telnet panix7.panix.com
  337  telnet solix.fiu.edu
  338  telnet panix7.panix.com
  339  rusers panix.com
  340  ruser panix.com
  341  exit
  342  cd ../../web
  343  grep fuzzy * > zzzz
  344  wc zzzz
  345  ls
  346  wc zzzz
  347  rm zzzz
  348  history
  349  grep fuzzy ??? > zzzz
  350  wc zzzz
  351  cd
  352  pwd
  353  cd ../../web
  354  grep fuzzy * > ~/zzzz
  355  cd
  356  wc zzzz
  357  ftp panix.com
  358  rm zzz
  359  rm zzzz
  360  cd ../../web
  361  ftp panix.com
  362  exit
  363  grep -h fuzzy ../../web/* > zzzz
  364  wc zzzz
  365  pico zzzz
  366  history
  367  grep -h defuge ../../web/* > zzzz
  368  wc zzzz
  369  pico zzzz
  370  ftp panix.com
  371  rm zzzz
  372  exit
  373  cd ../../web
  374  ftp panix.com
  375  pico index.html
  376  chmod 644 mu
  377  bye
  378  exit
  379  cd ../../web
  380  pico index.html
  381  exit
  382  cd ../../web
  383  ls
  384  wc zzzz
  385  rm zzzz
  386  y
  387  cat ?? > zzzz
  388  wc zzzz
  389  cat *.ext >> zzzz
  390  cat *.txt >> zzzz
  391  cat book? >> zzzz
  392  ls
  393  cat Blood Fantasm Past Uncanny Weather >> zzzz
  394  wc zzzz
  395  ftp panix.com
  396  rm zzzz
  397  exit
  398  cd ../../web
  399  ls
  400  ftp panix.com
  401  pico netintro
  402  mv netintro augie.txt
  403  cat ?? >> augie.txt
  404  mv augie.txt augie.text
  405  cat *.txt >> augie.text
  406  mv augie.text augie.txt
  407  ls
  408  cat Blood Fantasm Past Uncanny Weather >> augie.txt
  409  cat book? >> augie.txt
  410  wc mv
  411  ftp panix.com
  412  cat mv >> augie.txt
  413  wc augie.txt
  414  df
  415  du
  416  exit
  417  cd ../../web
  418  rm augie.txt
  419  exit
  420  cd ../../web
  421  ls
  422  ftp panix.com
  423  pico netintro
  424  cat *.txt >> netintro
  425  cat ?? >> netintro
  426  ls
  427  cat Blood Fantasm Past Uncanny Weather >> netintro
  428  cat book? >> netintro
  429  wc netintro
  430  mv netintro augie.txt
  431  history
  432  history >> zz


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