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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: Abacus: The Pale
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 08:01:58 -0500 (EST)
Abacus: The Pale The abacus is generally divided into two sections - above and below the line. Below, each bead or token represents one unit. above, each token represents five units. Consider the units above indexical: the _position_ of the token represents either naught or five. But the units below are doubly coded: as ikonic, they not only represent one; they _are_ one. But in terms of position, the one is counted and accountable, or uncounted and unaccountable. Think on that. found this older bookmark file - most of the links are gone - there's a lot of net history here - might be of interest - alan http://www.asondheim.org/cic3.html