vector

[Mark Kohut]

And, of course, it begins with V.


From: Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>
To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> 
Cc: Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com>; Madeleine Maudlin <madeleinemaudlin at gmail.com>; jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>; pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: vector


All good viewpoints. Thanks everyone.


On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:07 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

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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