The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

June 13, 2004


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West Virginia motion capture

for Mother Jones

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[Motion Capture, History of]


The Head and Face

The hanging down of the head denotes shame or grief.
The holding of it up, pride or courage.
To nod forward implies assent.
To toss the head back, dissent.
The inclination of the head implies diffidence or languor.
The head is averted in dislike or horror.
It leans forward in attention.

The Eyes

The eyes are raised, in prayer.
The weep, in sorrow.
They burn, in anger.
They are downcast, or averted in shame or grief.
They are cast on vacancy in thought.
They are cast in various directions in doubt and anxiety.

The Arms

The placing of the hand on the head indicates pain or distress.
On the eyes, shame or sorrow.
On the lips, an injunction of silence.
On the breast, an appeal to conscience.
The hand is waved or flourished in joy or contempt.
Both hands are held supine, or they are applied or clasped, in prayer.
Both are held prone in blessing.
They are clasped or wrung in affliction.
They are held forward, and received, in friendship.

The Body

The body held erect indicates steadiness and courage.
Thrown back, pride.
Stooping forward, condescension or compassion.
Bending, reverence or respect.
Prostration, the utmost humility or abasement.

The Lower Limbs

The firm position of the lower limbs signifies courage or obstinacy.
Bended knees indicate timidity or weakness.
The lower limbs advance in desire or courage.
They retire in aversion or fear.
Start in terror.

- From New Elocution and Vocal Culture, by Robert Kidd, A.M., 1883.

Typology of Text Manipulation (for Center for Literary Computing, WVU):


Thanks Sandy Baldwin -

We need to implement with a simple interface if possible:

Please note many of the following overlap -

Input: Text of any sort
          keep spacings / eliminate spacings
          keep tabs / eliminate tabs

Input placed within: single file
                     array
                     hash

Output: single file of manipulated text
         with original file intact
        "core dump" of file with protocols / processes attached

Manipulations: substitution (similar to awk)
               word for word
               letter for letter
               line for line
               etc.
               In other words: Y for X

               reverse line (similar to rev)
               reverse file
               reverse words (words in reverse "reverse in words")
               reversed words ("sdrow ni esrever")
               reversed lines (etc.) (similar to tac)

Eliminations:  first instance word / letter / line < rest eliminated

Functions (Doublings etc.): Given X, then f(X)

Fields: Reordering fields (similar to awk)

Filtering lines / words / letters: (similar to grep)

Randomizing: Generating (lines / words / letters) > texts
              Various Grammars
              Various Lists (nouns / verbs / adverbs / etc.)

Randomizing: Filtering (ability to set parameters - for example:
              randomizing field order
              randomizing elimination order)
              etc.

Topological: Folding Texts
             Splitting Texts
             Joining Texts (end to end / side by side)
             Internal block removal (see emacs)
             "Crumpling" Texts

Numeric and code: Translating texts into hex, binary, octal, digital
                    f(X) on hex, binary, octal, digital
                  Translating full text file / inodes etc.
                  Codes - see /usr/games Unix/Linux directory:
                    Morse / figlets
                    Caesar (rot 13 as special example)
                    pig / bcd / ppt / banner

Later: Embedded Babel etc. translation
       Pictographic translation (Dongba, hieroglyphic, etc.)

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