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ljpliceaseLast night I am watching the episodes of 24 which Joe recorded for me while I was down under. I find it fascinating to watch Brian watch 24; he always knows what is going to happen, but he can't remember anything that happened in the previous three seasons. It occurs to me that it would be pretty easy to write a computer program which generated an entire season of 24 based on a few seed values. It is such a predictable show. I'm interested in this as I have become interested in the intersection of art and technology, but I am pretty sure that the creators of 24 are already using a computer algorithm to generate their plots, and it is an abuse of otherwise legitimate technology.
It also occurs to me that it is a right winger's wet dream. I mean, they start off by torturing the left wing anti-war hippy for no reasons at all and then they move on to the terrorists and everyone is afraid. Also, the management style at CTU appears to be based on the fantasy world that the most deluded of the managers in my division live in. At first they are torturing this woman and then they're like "we're sorry, we made a mistake; but we really need you back at work" - and then she chirpily goes back to work. Oh, also, all ambitious women are actually evil incarnate. I think that is one of the maxims of the show.
It also occurs to me that it is a right winger's wet dream. I mean, they start off by torturing the left wing anti-war hippy for no reasons at all and then they move on to the terrorists and everyone is afraid. Also, the management style at CTU appears to be based on the fantasy world that the most deluded of the managers in my division live in. At first they are torturing this woman and then they're like "we're sorry, we made a mistake; but we really need you back at work" - and then she chirpily goes back to work. Oh, also, all ambitious women are actually evil incarnate. I think that is one of the maxims of the show.
