Epigraph

                      There is no other break in the
descent, since without that it’s all break
anyway. The purity is a question of
names. We are here to utter them. This is
a prayer. I have it now between my
teeth and my eyes, on my forehead. Know
the names. It is as simple as the purity
of sentiment: it is as simple
as that.
                      – J.H. Prynne, “Die a Millionaire”

THE 6-DEGREE FILM

THE 6-DEGREE FILM: NOT JUST ANOTHER IMMERSIVE VR TIME TRAVEL INTERFACE. THIS ONE'S GUARANTEED 2 GENERATE IN EACH USER A PRESCRIBED COMPLEX OF EMOTIONAL DATA. STRAIGHT THRU TIME WARPS, FROM 1 SWEPT HISTORICAL HEART 2 ANOTHER.

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"6-Degree" taken from a VR interface called the Spaceball. It allows 6 degrees of freedom for manipulating objective orientation using a ball spun in the fingers, allowing for great articulation and range of movement in 3D space. Perfect for manually guiding missiles. Like a tiny cybersphere.






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There's an analog for the 6-Degree Film in the blockbuster Deja Vu starring Denzel Washington. It's a shame the trailers don't show more of the "fake technology" they use. Fake tech's a dime a dozen. Contract this Defense I caught. Can somebody pirate me the film?





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from Part 2 - Backstory:

...EXVIIIDEAO QUAKES:
IN MORPHEAN SAND LET US ROLL FREELY
NOW, THAT 6-DEGREE MULTIPLEX DREAM;
LET’S PIN THE BORING TIDAL RAFTERS IN
ANY BUILDING LIGHTLY PSYCHE BEAMS:

- - - - -

BONITO’S WIRE IN2 BONO
WAS A REALLY INFINITE
WARM LENGTH OF PURE
WIRELESS RIGGED UP 4
THE OCCASION OF THE
MISSION WHOSE OBJECTIVE
WAS NOT ONLY CAPTIVATION
OF THE DUST BUT THE EMO
TIONAL INVESTMENT THAT
INEVITABLY REARED UP IN
THE CIPHERING 2 PADRITO
OF THE 6-DEGREE FILM AND
ITS HISTORICAL MEDIATION
OF FEELING, ALL DUMPED
IN PRECISION PINGS OF GO
NIOLINEATED TIME TO THE
VACUUM ORB IN BONO’S GL
AND, PITUITARY, ITSELF GL
UED ALL THE WAY DOWN ON
A STAND IN A VAULT 7 FEET
BELOW THE MEMORIAL PARK.

Phalanx

...READ ALL ABOUT
IT: ANNOUNCING A NEW BUREAU
CRATIC PHALANX OF REAL ABS
TRACTED MOTHER FUCKERS PRO
JECTED DIMLY SOMEWHAT BOUT
A CORPUSCLE OF SLITHERING
ANAL ISOCONTOURTIONISTS,
BEING THEM WHO DID FLOAT
THIS UNHOLY BIG HYDRATIC
FUCKLOAD OF AN UNCODED
VOID OF A GRANT FOR PURE
TIME AND A VERTICALLY POLI
TICAL LAB IN A BEACH RESORT
MARINA WASHED OUT BUT RE
SITED 2 THE CIPHERED OFF
NULL OF THE SALTON SEA IT
SELF.

The Phalanx Close-In Weapons System provides Royal Australian Navy ships with a rapid-fire, computer controlled, radar guided gun system for defence against anti-ship missiles.

Statistics
Function Anti-ship missile defence
Manufacturer Raytheon Systems
Weight 5,625 kilograms
Rate of Fire 4,500 rounds per minute
Caliber 20 millimetre

- from www.navy.gov.au



Looking for better images of Hoplite Phalanxes, but provisionally:

The Transparent Sphere

Celestial Machination:


"A missionary of the Middle Ages even tells us that, in one of his voyages in search of the terrestrial paradise, he reached the horizon where the earth and the heavens met, and that he discovered a certain point where they were not joined together, and where, by stooping, he passed under the roof of the heavens.... And yet this vault has, in fact, no real existence!" - Camille Flammarion (1888)


Heaven:



The Cybersphere (2000):


- "Users who enter this spherical system—which represents a new approach to VR visualization—can walk, run, jump, or crawl in any direction, while at the same time being able to observe an all-encompassing virtual environment. In this article we describe where the Cybersphere fits in the world of virtual reality interfaces, and discuss ways it can be applied to a cross-sectional audience, ranging from simple component visualization to highly complex military simulations."

- "The relative position of each layer is offset to enable rigidity. Sandblasting (with a suitably fine medium) the inner surface of the polycarbonate layer solved the
problem of preparing the polycarbonate surface for back-projection of images.
This technique also eliminated the potential problem of internal reflections
within the sphere."

- "An observation window, immediately above the access
door, is also incorporated into the structure. A raised platform on one side of the
sphere support structure provides a means of entry into the projection sphere.
Motorized support pads are incorporated into the support structure design to
provide additional support for the projection sphere plus occupant when the air
supply is turned off."

from Cybersphere: the fully immersive spherical projection system (PDF)

SONY BONO / BONITO SONIC

possible scheme for a bi-layered cover:

Anim-gif: LINK HERE

Dupont Down Under

"...That got me thinking about one of DC's more notorious abandoned subway structures - aka Dupont Down Under. Below Dupont Circle, but above the Dupont Metro Station is the old Dupont Circle Subway Station. It was built in 1949 to reduce the impact of the old trolley system on Dupont Circle traffic. In 1962 the station was closed when the trolley system was shut down. In 1995 it opened as a food court called "Dupont Down Under" but closed in September of 1996. Back in 2003 there were rumblings that the site might reopen, but I never heard what happened with that." from http://washcycle.typepad.com/

The Lost Ship of Mojave

A 17th century Spanish galleon, full of pearls, locked in the sand by tidal bores and lost beneath what would become the Salton Sea. So the legend goes. Ghost forms of Berserking Commandos from Israel's Lost Tribe, Native ancestors of the Torres Martinez Band, a few heads of Japanese salt miners, American WWII pilots, and the two Rebel Masons; these will comprise Mojave's pirate fleet when it sails again on the Sea of Meat with only pearls as its cannon shot to overtake the Mother Fuckers in a coalition with the Poets, the Big Mermaid, Exviiideao, and Bonito Sonic. Link: http://www.desertusa.com/mag03/may/ship.html