[oldboys] Counting

[rena raedle <r@modukit.com>]

hello to all!

for my next project i'm looking for women who'd like to collaborate:
the idea is to set up a counting application running on a www-server.
everybody who has a counting interface can connect to it.

for that i'd like to construct a Pea Counting Interface.
i chose peas because in many cultures things as seeds, small stones 
etc. were used
as currency. in german language, you can desribe a pedant as a person 
who is counting peas...
Another reason is - and that's the most important one - as soon as we are
tired of watching peas being counted we can cook a soup out of them
and eat them up.

counting is a very basic cultural technique. it began with counting with our
fingers, one finger representing one thing. then we learned to imagine numbers
as abstract units referring to each other.
numbers are the beginning of distinction, comparison, separation, logic -
the basis of science. in many contexts it seems that if significance shall
be attached to something, it's value must be fixed first.

a Pea Counting Interface is a redundant feature.
within the theory of information the phenomenon of redundance occurs
with two faces. if similar data values exist several times within a database,
they must be eliminated. whereas for data transmission it is 
essential to repeat
the same unit of information until the receiver has got the complete message.

i want to realize the project within the next months and could need 
some help with programming
and electronix. the concept is open for changes, so feel free to 
contribute ideas and comments!

best
#rena





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