vector
David Morris
fqmorris at gmail.com
Fri May 25 10:07:36 CDT 2012
Computer graphics come in two forms, vector and raster. Vector
graphics is line-based, connecting two points, with a start and an
end. Raster graphics are an accumulation of single points, pixels.
So, for me, 'Vector of Desire' would be the trajectory, or path Desire takes.
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com> wrote:
> One could conceive 'Vector of Desire' being something like a Direction of
> Desire (along a 3-dimensional plane...?)
>
>
> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> What he probably means here in M&D is simply a 'course or direction'. None
>> of that Hamiltonian stuff that crops up in AtD, as Hamilton was not even
>> born yet.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Madeleine Maudlin
>> <madeleinemaudlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Without googling the word, I took vector to be a measurement or amount,
>>> which rendered the term desire and the whole phrase obscure to me. A
>>> Measure of Desire? Well, they're talking about measuring things, aren't
>>> they.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:40 AM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> DePugh, coming from Cambridge, means probably the direction to be
>>>> taken "to the Object we wish to examine", l'objet du desire.
>>>>
>>>> J
>>>>
>>>> 2012/5/25 Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>:
>>>> > Can someone, or everyone, help me understand "vector", as in "A Vector
>>>> > of
>>>> > Desire"? pg 96, M&D.
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > www.innergroovemusic.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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