Interesting coding link

http://www.shiffman.net/teaching/nature
-Skylar

Fluid video

I put an animation in the CAD folder which shows a fluid called ferrafluid(spelling?). The fluid is somehow magnetically charged and almost changes states from fluid to solid. Very interesting material.
A grad project at Yale used this fluid for experimentation.
-Skylar

http://wiring.org.co/ioboard/index.html
This is a link to a circuit board that can possibly provide the link between programming/computation strategies and the real world interaction. I have also heard of a board that can be programmed through Flash.
Its random, but I learned of these things while talking to man on the chinatown bus back from NY. He is a scultpure that is diving into interactive installations as well as scripting. Very interesting. He also has a studio down at the Mills. Could be an interesting connection?
Anyway...
Skylar

Scripting in General

I just had a general question about scritping language. It seems to me, especially after having had some experience with Rhinoscript, that there is a disparity between different modeling software programs and the types of syntax they use. My question is why can't they all use the same language so that you can cross over to different programs and feel confident that you know what you are doing? Is it because the different programs need to compete with one another so they make their own language that they think is the best for the user or is it because they are just stubborn and don't want a standard language for all programs? I'm sure that given some time I would get used to Rhinoscript, but right now, it just strikes me as to much work for something that could be easily done in Maxscript.