Character order, rules behind patterns, and ways of turning observations into sound. What are we receiving, and how?
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Why is a book’s spine sometimes on the right and sometimes on the left? Follow the direction of the characters, the next line, and the next page, and the book’s shape connects to the order in which you read it.
The “up to about 30%” quoted for error recovery does not refer to the area of the paper. Separate the information encoded in the black-and-white pattern from the markers that help a reader find it.
Is a black hole's rumble a recording? Follow the process that translates observations into an audible form, and the choices behind a representation come into view.
The spaces between short and long signals follow rules of their own. Place International Morse code’s intervals of 1, 3, and 7 units on the same timeline, and the information carried by silence becomes visible.
Mirror each character but forget their order, and よりみち becomes ちみりよ. Compare a printing form and its print from the same orientation, then follow the work of assembling shapes, order, and even blank spaces.
A screen adds light; ink on paper absorbs some of it. Move the same photograph between the two, and the differences involve white, black, the range of reproducible colors, and even the lighting in the room.