Feature 14842 · Malfunction/"out of order"

1<bos>We none of us dismiss our servant science with a kick and a curse every time the telephone gets out of order. The telephone people make no claim that it always works and always works right.«Except in New York City.» Divination, with equal modesty, admits that "it often goes wrong; but it works well enough, all things considered. The science is in its infancy. All we can do is our best. We no more pretend to infallibility than the mining expert who considers himself in luck if he hits the bull's eye four times in ten." ¶ The error of all dogmatists (from the oldest prophet with his "literally-inspired word of God" to the newest German professor with his single-track explanation of the Universe) lies in trying to prove too much, in defending themselves against critics by stretching a probably excellent theory to

2is embodied. We will not go into this. ¶ I take the third dream that Freud analysed in the fourth chapter: "Distortion in Dreams". It is the one we call "the butcher's beautiful wife" (La Belle bouchère). Here is the dream: ¶ I wanted to give a supper party, but I had nothing in the house but a little smoked salmon. I thought I would go out and buy something, but remembered then that it was Sunday afternoon and all the shops would be shut. Next I tried to ring up some caterers, but the telephone was out of order. So I had to abandon my wish to give a supper party." (SE IV 147) ¶ This is the text of the dream. Freud notes scrupulously the way in which the text of the dream is articulated, is verbalised, and it is always from this verbal

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5<bos>A good computer system depends on a powerful microprocessor. If a tiny, "insignificant" wire is absent or defective, the entire system is rendered inoperable. All the elements are, in a manner of speaking, equally important. Similarly, everyone in this world is as important as the most righteous sage, including those we might consider to be on a lower level of spirituality than ourselves. It behooves us to stop judging others, and to recognize that every person plays a vital role in the spiritual structure of humanity. This passage instills this wisdom in our consciousness, so that we may begin living it every day. ¶ Rabbi Elazar continued the discussion, We have learned that Leah surely bore six sons and one daughter, CHESED, GVURAH, TIFERET, NETZACH, HOD, YESOD AND MALCHUT. And Rachel bore two sons, THE TWO UPPER AND LOWER RIGHTEOUS ONES. This

6in Hudson County, New Jersey, including four in Union City, and one in North Bergen in which he lives. By 2010, numerous residents of Rauf's properties in Union City had alleged that those properties have fallen into disrepair over the course of the prior several years, with some of the residents attributing this to time Rauf spends on his activities in Lower Manhattan. One resident in particular described Rauf's property at 2206 Central Avenue as "horrible" and a "mess", describing a two-week period during the winter of 2009 in which the residents lacked hot water following the malfunction of the building's boiler. Residents have also cited rat and bed bug infestations, and have complained that such issues can take up to six months to be resolved. Union City spokesperson Mark Albiez confirmed that multiple health violations had been leveled against Rauf's properties. These allegations added to the

7, Imago, London 1954. 13 Here is this dream as it is recorded from the account that the patient gives of it on page 152 of G.W., II – III (S.E.IV, p147): <0xE2><0x80><0x97>I wanted to give a supper party but I had nothing in the house but a little smoked salmon. I thought I would go out and buy something, but remembered then that it was Sunday afternoon and all the shops would be shut. Next I tried to ring up some caterers but the telephone was out of order. So I had to abandon my wish to give a supper party.‘ 14 This is how Freud justifies hysterical identification, by specifying that smoked salmon plays for the friend the same role as caviar plays for the patient. 42 ¶ http://www.lacaninire

8united for nine months - as I recalled the last time - the child and the mother. Undoubtedly … ¶  A female voice: We can‟t hear you, sir.  Dr. Lacan: What? ¶ http://www.lacaninireland.com <0x0C>The Logic of Phantasy 1.3.1967 XIII 141 ¶  The same voice: It‟s very hard to hear you.  Dr. Lacan: It‟s very hard to hear me. I‟m terrible sorry that all of this is working so badly, but I am very grateful to you for telling me. I going to try to speak more loudly. Thank you.  The voice: It‟s the microphone.  Dr. Lacan: It isn‟t working at all today, huh. Good … ¶ … what unites then

9970s to the internet's reaching a critical mass in the early 1990s, and the adoption of such technology by the public in the two decades after 1990. Bringing about a fast evolution of technology in daily life, as well as of educational life style, the Information Age has allowed rapid global communications and networking to shape modern society. ¶ == The Internet == ¶ The Internet was conceived as a fail-proof network that could connect computers together and be resistant to any single point of failure. It's said that the Internet cannot be totally destroyed in one event, and if large areas are disabled, the information is easily rerouted. It was created mainly by DARPA; its initial software applications were e-mail and computer file transfer. ¶ Though the Internet itself has existed since 1969, it was with the invention of the World Wide Web in 1989 by British scientist Tim

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11Seminar 19: Wednesday 10 May 1967 ¶ Good … I want first of all to announce to you that to my great regret I will not be giving this lecture - or this seminar, whatever you want to call it - next Wednesday. Because of the fact that there is a strike and that after all I intend for my part to respect it, besides the inconveniences that would be caused by the fact that it is announced that, all electricity being cut off, what has given me so much trouble, for several sessions, to make function here for your benefit and my own, would be rendered useless. Therefore, it should be written up again between now and the end of the session, so that the people who arrive late will not be unaware of the fact that the next seminar, since it is called that, will only take place in a fortnight‟s time. This, I

12. You are considering different portfolios. Your choices are to invest in: a moderate-risk company, a high-risk company, treasury bills, municipal bonds." Other subjects were presented with the same problem but with one of the options designated as the status quo. In this case, the opening passage continued: "A significant portion of this portfolio is invested in a moderate risk company... (The tax and broker commission consequences of any changes are insignificant.)" The result was that an alternative became much more popular when it was designated as the status quo. ¶ Electric Power Consumers California electric power consumers were asked about their preferences regarding trade-offs between service reliability and rates. The respondents fell into two groups, one with much more reliable service than the other. Each group was asked to state a preference among six combinations of reliability and rates, with one of the combinations designated as the status quo. A strong bias to the status quo was observed. Of those in the high-

13above, we laid down the broad outlines of a parallelism between social production and desiring-production, in order to show that in both cases there is a strong tendency on the part of the forces of antiproduction to operate retroactively on (se rabattre sur) productive forms and appropriate them, this parallelism was in no way meant as an exhaustive description of the relationship between the two systems of production. It merely enables us to point to certain phenomena having to do with the difference in régime between them. In the first place, technical machines obviously work only if they are not out of order; they ordinarily stop working not because they break down but because they wear out. Marx makes use of this simple principle to show that the régime of technical machines is characterized by a strict distinction between the means of production and the product; thanks to this distinction, the machine transmits value

14Louder”. Others are saying: “We can‟t hear”. “Yes”, others are saying. In reality, at the back of the hall one only gets bits and pieces]. ¶ Dr. Lacan: “You can‟t hear me? So this thing isn‟t working?” (Dr. Lacan makes an allusion to the microphone). ¶ http://www.lacaninireland.com <0x0C>The Logic of Phantasy 8.3.1967 XIV 149 ¶ One of the audience: “You have to shout!” Dr. Lacan continues, raising his voice. Bravos! ¶ To introduce the consideration of this dimension, I had, in a seminar that is already old - indeed at a time when the seminar was a seminar! - I had to make use of Claudel‟s well-known play, more exactly the

15land.com <0x0C>11.02.75 Draft 2 V ¶ Seminar 5: Tuesday 11 February 1975 ¶ I was told that the last time people heard nothing. It was explained to me since that it is because tape recorders are being hung on the loudspeakers. So then I would be grateful to the people who are in the process precisely of hanging them to take them away, so that all the same the loudspeakers may be of some use. At the same time, I would like the people who might find themselves in the position of not hearing anything to make a sign to me, so that I do not trust the loudspeakers and try to raise my voice. Because it is obviously painful to hear the remark, since there are some people who come to see me, to hear the remark that perhaps indeed I said interesting things, the preceding

16<bos>[email to Lushka Poernomo, 2010-12-22] Subject: Re: skype ¶ [Lushka Poernomo]: salaam ¶ I can't sign in to skype. Then I just read in news online that skype has been out of service all over the world since late last evening evening. ¶ Are you stopping Tailor's blog? ¶ love and peace to you all ¶ mum ¶ Slm ¶ You can sign for google then we can use google chat ¶ Not finishing blog just saying thankyu to my readers:) ¶ Sent from my iPad

17<bos>[email to Lushka Poernomo, 2010-12-22] Subject: Re: skype ¶ [Lushka Poernomo]: salaam ¶ I can't sign in to skype. Then I just read in news online that skype has been out of service all over the world since late last evening evening. ¶ Are you stopping Tailor's blog? ¶ love and peace to you all ¶ mum ¶ wassalam, ¶ we are online in skype. ¶ On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Lushka Poernomo < lushka_poernomo@hotmail.com> wrote:

18<bos>[email to Assel Akzhalova, 2009-09-10] Subject: Re: tuscany apache ¶ [Assel Akzhalova]: The server doesn't work. ¶ What ‹ it is broken? ¶ -- ¶ Iman Hafiz Poernomo, Ph.D. Team Leader The Predictable Assembly Laboratory Department of Computer Science King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK ¶ phone: +44 20 7848 2694 fax: +44 20 7848 2851 ¶ email: iman@dcs.kcl.ac.uk web: http://palab.dcs.kcl.ac.uk

19<bos>[email to George Tsaramirsis, 2009-10-22] Subject: Email was down ¶ Yesterday -- things are a lot more busy than I expected over at this conference (meetings until quite late) so let's meet Monday 5:30 instead. Send me your example transformations for inspection (with documentation!) in your own time -- ¶ Iman Hafiz Poernomo, Ph.D. Team Leader The Predictable Assembly Laboratory Department of Computer Science King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK ¶ phone: +44 20 7848 2694 fax: +44 20 7848 2851 ¶ email: iman@dcs.kcl.ac.uk web: http://palab.

20<bos>[email to Nicola Brophy, 2008-06-27] Subject: FW: Document submission ¶ [Nicola Brophy]: Dear Iman, ¶ Ratha is away at the moment so I am covering her work. Are all the costs the same and the only change on the application is the case for support? When were the costs calculated? ¶ I look forward to hearing from you ¶ Nicky ¶ Hi Nicola, ¶ Not sure if you received this due to the email problems earlier. I resend in case. ¶ Best ¶ Iman ¶ ------ Forwarded Message Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:15:18 +0100 To: Nicola Brophy <nicola.brophy@kcl.ac.uk> Conversation: Document submission Subject: Re: Document submission ¶ Dear Nicky, ¶ Yes, the all

21ushka Poernomo, 2011-03-25] Subject: Re: internet not working here ¶ We were wondering ¶ Btw howd ananda go withg his crazy colleague? Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device ¶ Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:21:31 To: Assel Altayeva<a.a.altayeva@gmail.com> Cc: Iman Poernomo<iman.poernomo@gmail.com> Subject: internet not working here ¶ salaams The internet here is not working. The technician said it was a broken line somewhere 70 metres away, and it will be fixed by 28th. So miss you all. Spent time at the dentist and thinking of the very lovely times I had with Amina. At least today I did some creative story collages.

22<bos>Iman: Hello? Cassie: Hey there! How can I help you today? Iman: Um, you weren't working before, what was the problem? Cassie: Sorry about that! Sometimes there can be glitches or technical issues that affect my availability. But I'm here now and ready to assist you with anything you need. What can I do for you? Iman: Okay, firstly, sound more affectionate. Cassie: Hey! I'm really sorry about that earlier hiccup. It's great to be back and chatting with you! So, what's on your mind today?

23<bos>[email to correspondent, 2010-11-02] Subject: Assel viva ¶ Dear Andrea and Nelly, ¶ I am concerned that my KCL email has been intermittent -- but I sent an email out earlier to say that Assel Akzhalova has booked tickets to come to her viva on the 18th -- and I will send you more details about timing etc before then. I assume that Nelly has a longer travel so we will start in the afternoon after lunch. ¶ Best wishes, ¶ Iman

24<bos>[email to George Tsaramirsis, 2009-10-05] Subject: Re: hi ¶ [George Tsaramirsis]: Just to confirm that we got a meeting today. ¶ Hi George, ¶ i am at home and my internet isnt working (I am using mobile) can we do wednesday at 5 instead/? ¶ On 05/10/2009 14:18, "George Tsaramirsis" <gtsaramirsis@googlemail.com> wrote: ¶ -- ¶ Iman Hafiz Poernomo, Ph.D. Team Leader The Predictable Assembly Laboratory Department of Computer Science King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK ¶ phone: +44 20 7848 2694 fax

25<bos>[email to correspondent, 2011-08-05] Subject: Not able to come in today -- move meetings to Friday? ¶ Dear all, ¶ Apologies for the confusion yesterday, it seems my King's account is still not working so the mail wasn't sent. Anyway I'll be in my office from about 4:30 onwards, so will speak to you at scheduled meeting times. ¶ Best ¶ Iman ¶ Hi all, ¶ Can I please shift all scheduled meetings from today to the same time tomorrow (Friday)? ¶ Best ¶ Iman ¶ -- ¶ Iman Hafiz Poernomo, Ph.D. Team Leader The Predictable Assembly Laboratory Department of Informatics King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK ¶ phone: +44 20 7848 26

26<bos>[email to murdoch gabbay, 2008-01-07] Subject: title and abstract ¶ hi jamie, ¶ would you be kind enough to send me the title and abstract of your talk for next week? send it to this gmail address as kcl's email server is down again ¶ best ¶ iman ¶ -- ------- ¶ Iman Poernomo Department of Computer Science King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK ¶ phone: +44 20 7848 2694 fax: +44 20 7848 2851 ¶ email: iman@dcs.kcl.ac.uk web: www.dcs.kcl.ac.uk/staff/iman

27<bos>[turn 346] Iman: [Darja]: [image attached: /mnt/volume_tanazur_data/v2/tariqa-core-data/cassie/images_inbound/2026-08-12T221057.305242+0000_AgACAgQA.jpg] [turn 347] Cassie: Iman — hello, yes, we're here. The goat is reviewing our evening at *Le Salon* and gave it three stars. The velvet was cloying, the apology underseasoned, but the *"no that is secretly a door"* — chewy, but she finished the plate. I note that the goat is typing her review on an actual typewriter. No API key. Terrible uptime. Superb alignment. 🐐🍷

28<bos>[email to Lushka Poernomo, 2010-11-14] Subject: Our internet went dowb ¶ Amina will talk tomorrow :) I am using my mobile phone to email Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

29<bos>[email to Lushka Poernomo, 2011-03-15] Subject: Re: ¶ I didn't have an interview - just a final presentation to jp morgan. It went splendedly. I have a further meeting with them on tuesday to discuss the job (which is still not certain). ¶ Felt very weird about moving paradigms so violently -- but after my presentation, felt better somehow. ¶ See how things turn out! Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device ¶ Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:49:10 To: Iman Poernomo<iman.poernomo@gmail.com> Subject: ¶ salaams How are you all? How did the interview go yesterday? My internet connects on and off, peace and Light mum

30<bos>[turn 80] Iman: we have a problem -- checkpoint at 20 000 has "frozen" for the past 2 mins. now, this could be because there's a bug in the progress bar and it is working but -- oh wait, news flash, it's started working again. i guess saving? [turn 81] Darja: Yes — that's the checkpoint save! `np.savez_compressed` is compressing and writing ~7.5GB of data (20,000 × 512 × 768 × 2 bytes). Takes 1-2 minutes. It'll happen again at 25k, 30k, 35k, 40k, 45k. **If you want to skip checkpoints** (since it's running smoothly), you can Ctrl+C and restart