Turning Back Time: Friedrich Kittler, Reversibility, and Media of Time Axis Manipulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Time Axis ◽  
Friedrich Kittler

scholarly journals The Cultural Techniques of Time Axis Manipulation

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 93-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sybille Krämer
Keyword(s):  
A Priori ◽  
Media History ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Time Axis ◽  
Friedrich Kittler ◽  
Flow Of Time

The originality of Kittler is not his preference for technical media, but his insight in the linking of media with the technique of time axis manipulation. The most elementary experience in human existence is the irreversibility of the flow of time. Technology provides a means for channeling this irreversibility. Media are practices that use strategies of spatialization to enable one to manipulate the order of things that progress in time by transforming singular events in reproducible data. Human bodies cannot be seen as media because they are subject to the linearity of time. Are media a priori functioning universals for Friedrich Kittler? The answer is: no. Media history has a beginning (writing) and an end (computer).

A comparative analysis of the Slovenian particles še and že against the background of the Russian language

2020 ◽  
pp. 324-345
Author(s):  
Mariya L. Kuleshоva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Time Axis ◽  
Temporal Modifiers ◽  
The Russian Language ◽  
Negative Form

The article compares the Slovenian particles še and že mainly with the Russian particles еще and уже. Unlike the Russian particle уже, the Slovenian particle že cannot be combined with the negative form of the verb: instead of it, the adverb več is used in such contexts. The most subtle differences between the Slovenian and Russian languages are found in the combinations of še and že with temporal modifiers, where the so-called “plot time” is characteristic of the Slovenian language. The event is interpreted as localized on the time axis, not from the perspective of the «speaker’s time», which is manifested in the possibility of using že in such contexts as umrl je že v devetnajstem stoletju (he died in the nineteenth century already). Moreover, že is not able to express the meaning ‘no earlier / no later than’, because the particle šele replaces it in this function. The author comes to the conclusion that Slovenian particles are more widely used as modal than their Russian equivalents. The particle še has numerous intensifying functions, correlating with the functions of Russian particles даже, еще и, и. The particle že can be used in the same way as two Russian words уже and уж. In contrast to уж, že does not always express displeasure and can add the meaning of a concession to the statement.

Modeling mass transfer and substrate utilization in the boundary layer of biofilm systems

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 139-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Horn ◽  
Dietmar C. Hempel
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Film Theory ◽  
Substrate Utilization ◽  
The Other ◽  
Concentration Profiles ◽  
Hydrodynamic Conditions ◽  
Time Axis ◽  
Transfer Coefficients

The use of microelectrodes in biofilm research allows a better understanding of intrinsic biofilm processes. Little is known about mass transfer and substrate utilization in the boundary layer of biofilm systems. One possible description of mass transfer can be obtained by mass transfer coefficients, both on the basis of the stagnant film theory or with the Sherwood number. This approach is rather formal and not quite correct when the heterogeneity of the biofilm surface structure is taken into account. It could be shown that substrate loading is a major factor in the description of the development of the density. On the other hand, the time axis is an important factor which has to be considered when concentration profiles in biofilm systems are discussed. Finally, hydrodynamic conditions become important for the development of the biofilm surface when the Reynolds number increases above the range of 3000-4000.

Measurement of Dynamic Strain

1943 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. A85-A92
Author(s):  
C. O. Dohrenwend ◽  
W. R. Mehaffey
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Shock Loading ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Dynamic Strain ◽  
Time Axis ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Strain Measurements ◽  
Moving Vehicles ◽  
Machine Parts ◽  
Dynamic Strains

Abstract The measurement of dynamic strains of both high and low frequency give rise to a variety of problems in instrumentation. Two types of equipment and circuits designed and used by the authors are discussed in detail. The first type based on the amplitude-modulated method is for low frequencies from zero to about 15 per cent of the carrier frequency of 1025 cycles per sec. The equipment has application to strain measurements varying from static values to those produced in moving vehicles, various machine parts, structures such as crane bridges, in fact all strain measurements where the frequency is 150 cycles per sec or less. The second type of equipment discussed is a potentiometer type and is for high-frequency strain measurements from 100 cycles per sec to 8000 cycles per sec. This high-speed equipment is conveniently used for impact strain, such as produced in hammer blows, shock loading, forging equipment, and impact-factor determination. Both units are designed to be used with a cathode-ray oscillograph which lends itself to a variety of recording methods. The methods discussed include both the type where the time axis is obtained by sweeping the oscilloscope beam on a stationary film and where the time axis is obtained mechanically.

Algorithm Optimization of Motion Tracking Based on Optical Flow

2014 ◽  
Vol 926-930 ◽  
pp. 2938-2941
Author(s):  
Dong Ming Liu ◽  
Chao Liu ◽  
Hai Wei Mu
Keyword(s):  
Optical Flow ◽  
Motion Tracking ◽  
Differential Method ◽  
Video Image ◽  
Time Axis ◽  
Algorithm Optimization ◽  
Image Preprocessing ◽  
Smoothing Filter ◽  
Matching Filter ◽  
Non Gaussian

Optical flow is an important kind of video motion tracking algorithm, and Lucas-Kanade (LK) algorithm is an effective differential method in terms of calculating optical flow. The 3D Gaussian smoothing filter is properly introduced in the image preprocessing stage of the LK algorithm, which makes it possible to increase the correlation of the adjacent pixels in the time axis, improve the blur effect of the video image and overcome the 2D Gaussian filters disadvantage that is not suitable for the video image processing. More importantly, the optimized 3D non-Gaussian matching filter is chosen during the 3D derivative calculating, and it is capable of reducing the error rate of the velocity vector calculation and enhancing the calculation accuracy of the optical flow.

scholarly journals Rio de imagens: cultura midiática na Belle Époque

2020 ◽  
pp. 205-224
Author(s):  
Carmem Lúcia Negreiros de Figueiredo Souza
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Walter Benjamin ◽  
Georg Simmel ◽  
Belle Epoque ◽  
Friedrich Kittler ◽  
Belle Époque

No Rio de Janeiro das primeiras décadas do século XX, tecnologias e novas funções econômicas e simbólicas das imagens e produtos assinalam o nascimento da cultura midiática com intenso fluxo de informação tipográfica e visual. As crônicas literárias registram novos modos de ver e narrar a cidade, a partir do diálogo com as imagens que alteram a estrutura da percepção dos sujeitos. Tomando por referência as crônicas de João do Rio, Olavo Bilac, Benjamin Costallat e Lima Barreto, o artigo analisa o impacto do cinema, da imprensa e da vitrine na produção de novas sociabilidades e sensibilidades no espaço urbano. Para a abordagem sobre o que se convencionou chamar Belle Époque consideramos como baliza temporal o período de 1890-1920 e serão utilizados, na reflexão, conceitos de Walter Benjamin, Friedrich Kittler, Georg Simmel, Jonathan Crary e Jean-Yves Mollier.

scholarly journals New possibilities of the PCA-Seq method in the analysis of time series (on the example of solar activity)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2099 (1) ◽  
pp. 012034
Author(s):  
V M Efimov ◽  
K V Efimov ◽  
D A Polunin ◽  
V Y Kovaleva
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Solar Activity ◽  
Maunder Minimum ◽  
High Solar Activity ◽  
External Influence ◽  
Average Period ◽  
Time Axis ◽  
Constant Amplitude ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Analysis Of Time Series

Abstract When analyzing a 1D time series, it is traditional to represent it as the sum of the trend, cyclical components and noise. The trend is seen as an external influence. However, the impact can be not only additive, but also multiplicative. In this case, not only the level changes, but also the amplitude of the cyclic components. In the PCA-Seq method, a generalization of SSA, it is possible to pre-standardize fragments of a time series to solve this problem. The algorithm is applied to the Anderson series – a sign alternating version of the well-known Wolf series, reflecting the 22-year Hale cycle. The existence of this cycle is not disputed at high solar activity, but there are doubts about the constancy of its period at this time, as well as its existence during the epoch of low solar activity. The processing of the series by the PCA-Seq method revealed clear oscillations fluctuations of almost constant amplitude with an average period of 21.9 years, and it was found that the correlation of these oscillations with the time axis for 300 years does not differ significantly from zero. This confirms the hypothesis of the existence of 22-year oscillations in solar activity even at its minima, like the Maunder minimum.

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