Documentary about computers taking over...

"The underlying argument is that people have given up a
dynamic political model of the world - the dream of
changing things for the better - for a static machine
ideology that says everyone is a component in a system, and
that the aim is to manage these systems and keep them
stable."

http://digiguide.tv/pick-of-the-day/...11/documentary
-all-watched-over-by-machines-of-loving-grace




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Looks like Rab C Nesbit.

R C Nesbit ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:
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> Documentary about computers taking over...

It's an Adam Curtis doc, so it's sure to be good.

He had a bit of trouble getting them to agree to a title that long.

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On May 19, 2:01*am, R C Nesbit <s...@ukrm.net> wrote:
> Documentary about computers taking over...

<slight swerve>
Wouldn't you just love to see the day a passing meteor degausses the
planet?

Champ ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:
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> On Thu, 19 May 2011 10:32:24 +0100, ogden <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >R C Nesbit ((E-Mail Removed)) wrote:
> >>
> >> Documentary about computers taking over...
>
> >It's an Adam Curtis doc, so it's sure to be good.
>
> Christ yes - his documentary "The Trap" was so good I burned it to DVD
> fro posterity. "The Century of the Self" was pretty good too.

The Power of Nightmares was a work of genius. His blog's pretty good
too, he turns up all kinds of little gems. This one's even on topic:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurti...gels_take_a_mi
ni-b.html

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ktm duke - the practical cross-town commuter

Me, myself, and no one else, spoke:

> Documentary about computers taking over...

Was *nothing* like I expected, but fascinating and thought
provoking stuff!

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Looks like Rab C Nesbit.

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, R C Nesbit <(E-Mail Removed)>
writes
>Me, myself, and no one else, spoke:
>
>> Documentary about computers taking over...
>
>Was *nothing* like I expected, but fascinating and thought
>provoking stuff!
>

Watching it now

What went on in the background that you never knew, eh?


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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember R C Nesbit <(E-Mail Removed)> saying
something like:

>Me, myself, and no one else, spoke:
>
>> Documentary about computers taking over...
>
>Was *nothing* like I expected, but fascinating and thought
>provoking stuff!

I gave up after ten minutes. There were no talking ducks in it, at all.

On Mon, 23 May 2011 22:41:51 +0100, R C Nesbit <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Was *nothing* like I expected, but fascinating and thought
> provoking stuff!

It was an Adam Curtis documentary. It was exactly like an Adam Curtis
documentary. It was exactly like I expected it to be.

And Ayn Rand wrote ****ing awful books. If I did regrets, reading The
Fountainhead would be right up there.

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On May 24, 12:27*am, ogden <og...@pre.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 May 2011 22:41:51 +0100, R C Nesbit <s...@ukrm.net> wrote:
>
> > Was *nothing* like I expected, but fascinating and thought
> > provoking stuff!
>
> It was an Adam Curtis documentary. It was exactly like an Adam Curtis
> documentary. It was exactly like I expected it to be.

I'll watch it later - I've loved all his other stuff.

> And Ayn Rand wrote ****ing awful books. If I did regrets, reading The
> Fountainhead would be right up there.

I've not always led a sensible life, but I *have* managed to avoid
reading anything by Rand.

Objectivism: *******s.

Oh, and :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEt86vB1seU

great track if you like industrial metal.

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d.

On May 24, 8:44*am, Champ <n...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 May 2011 23:10:22 -0700 (PDT), darsy <dar...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Oh, and :
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEt86vB1seU
>
> >great track if you like industrial metal.
>
> Crikey, it is too.
>
> Reminded me a bit of Gravity Kills (my only other foray into
> Industrial).

you may not think it from my past musical recommendations, but I've
always had a bit of a thing for IDM/EBM/nowave stuff.

Here are some of my favourites:

Die Krupps' "To The Hilt"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_Ec81NuvPA

Front 242's "Headhunter"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPpUFBVSyWs

Foetus' "I'll meet you in Poland baby"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvJHj...eature=related

The Young Gods' "Skin Flowers"[1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30H0mr_yY4I


[1] this could be cross-threaded to my "infidelity" thread. But that
would be telling.

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d.