Commit 3b4b1f0172a2a7437f557acee9079956bd37a354 - NaNoGenLab

Needs more science. Chris Pressey 10 years ago

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0	0	checkerboard-layout
1	1	===================
2	2
3		Requirements
4		------------
	3	Hypothesis
	4	----------
	5
	6	We hypothesize that if we remove the spaces from between the words of a text,
	7	that text can still be read as long as each word has alternating contrast.
	8
	9	Apparatus
	10	---------
5	11
6	12	* Python 2.7.6 (probably works with older versions too)
7	13	* An input text
8	14	* A modern web browser (to see the result)
9	15
10		Basic Strategy
11		--------------
	16	Method
	17	------
12	18
13		* Display each alternating word on a background of an alternating
14		colour. This allows us to remove intervening spaces and still
15		claim that the result is readable.
	19	* Display each alternating word in an alternating colour (black or white)
	20	on an alternating background colour (white or black.)
16	21
17		Sample Output
18		-------------
	22	Observations
	23	------------
19	24
20	25	Here is a screenshot of Firefox 33.0 displaying something by Lord Dunsany
21	26	that was passed through this script:

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0	0	columnar-cthulhuian
1	1	===================
2	2
3		Requirements
4		------------
	3	Hypothesis
	4	----------
	5
	6	Iä! Iä! The Old Ones hath awakened!
	7
	8	Apparatus
	9	---------
5	10
6	11	* Python 2.7.6 (probably works with older versions too)
7	12	* The `gutenberg.py` module from [gutenizer](https://github.com/okfn/gutenizer/)
8	13	* 3 input texts (possibly from Project Gutenberg)
9	14
10		Basic Strategy
11		--------------
	15	Method
	16	------
12	17
13	18	* Input the three texts and clean them up a bit; in particular, remove
14	19	all lines with less than 60 characters, and truncate them so they all

16	21	* On each line, in column _n_, output the character from the
17	22	((_n_ mod 3) + 1)th input text.
18	23
19		Sample Output
20		-------------
	24	Observations
	25	------------
21	26
22	27	The first 35 lines when running this on _Time and the Gods_, _Principles
23	28	of Scientific Managment_, and _The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck_:

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0	0	eliza-vs-eliza
1	1	==============
2	2
3		Requirements
4		------------
	3	Hypothesis
	4	----------
	5
	6	We guess that two 50-year-old chatbots in livelock will produce something
	7	approximating dialogue.
	8
	9	Investigating this hypothesis was sort of inspired by
	10	[Redwreath and Goldstar Have Traveled to Deathsgate](https://github.com/dariusk/NaNoGenMo/issues/10)
	11	because I thought two-bots-in-livelock was what that was until it
	12	was explained to me that wasn't what it was.
	13
	14	Apparatus
	15	---------
5	16
6	17	* Python 2.7.6 (probably works with older versions too)
7		* [eliza.py](https://github.com/julian3833/eliza) -- note that (a)
8		this is not open-source software (but it is public code) and that (b)
9		I had to add `# encoding: UTF-8` to the top of the module file
10		to appease my Python interpreter
	18	* [eliza.py](https://github.com/julian3833/eliza) — note that
	19	* this is not open-source software (but it is public code — the
	20	web page advises you how to use it in your own projects), and
	21	* I had to add `# encoding: UTF-8` to the top of the module file
	22	to appease my Python interpreter
11	23
12		Basic Strategy
13		--------------
	24	Method
	25	------
14	26
15	27	* Put two instances of Eliza into mutual livelock to create dialogue.
16		This was sort of inspired by
17		[Redwreath and Goldstar Have Traveled to Deathsgate](https://github.com/dariusk/NaNoGenMo/issues/10)
18		because I thought two-bots-in-livelock was what that was until it
19		was explained to me that wasn't what it was.
20	28
21		Sample Output
22		-------------
	29	Observations
	30	------------
23	31
24	32	> "Hello. How are you feeling today?"
25	33	>