tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003239.post112405962613053894..comments2023-06-21T07:52:25.589-07:00Comments on Whistle Dance Blog: The Missing MagicTandavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00180822287717157663noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003239.post-1124997159161998742005-08-25T12:12:00.000-07:002005-08-25T12:12:00.000-07:00So how do you create magic?You need a set of strin...So how do you create magic?<BR/><BR/>You need a set of strings (characters).<BR/>You need a tool.<BR/>You need a magic person.<BR/><BR/>My curiousity is with the strings. Can you use computers to generate the spell strings? I propose creating a computer system that generates spell strings based on a certain grammar known to generate spells. There has to be some grammar behind the generation of magic spells. The spells come out of someone's brain afterall.<BR/><BR/>So. Let the computer generate the strings for a spell. Clearly, we need an automated mechanism to test the validity of the string as to whether it's a spell or not. We could do that in real time. Or we could pile 'em up and test at different time periods.<BR/><BR/>A person doing the testing is a waste. So we need a program/contraption that tests the spell as it is generated (ideally).<BR/><BR/>So Harry Potter should take courses in Comp Sci. Design a contraption that generates all possible spells. The problem is that a spell can be very, very long. The magicians in the book using spells of small string size. There may be spells of larger size. So they could be sitting on a goldmine not knowing the possibilities out there!:-SKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592743976591450017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003239.post-1124508982823922662005-08-19T20:36:00.000-07:002005-08-19T20:36:00.000-07:00Well, no, I think she left loose ends because she'...Well, no, I think she left loose ends because she's a good writer and because the story is 7 books long. Making book 6 wrap up too neatly would be very poor planning. But "loose ends" are different from the questions about types of magic or Harry's preparation. The latter just has me a bit worried, rather than excited like the good mysteries and clues. I'm hoping she can wrap everything up in the last book without having to pull too much of a cop-out ending.Tandavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180822287717157663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4003239.post-1124157983971425182005-08-15T19:06:00.000-07:002005-08-15T19:06:00.000-07:00Yes, I agree that she's introduced an entirely new...Yes, I agree that she's introduced an entirely new kind of magic with Dumbledore's magic sensing. I was wondering about that myself. Is that something that witches and wizards get taught at all, or something that just comes from experience? Maybe after years of practicing (and being the object of) magic one begins to get a sense of magic (like an aura?) in an object, sort of like being able to judge character or predict the weather. I don't know. But I do agree that it looks like Harry is going to be up against more than he's been equipped to handle in the next book. She's left so many loose ends, so many things have to happen in the last book -- it's got to be about two thousand pages long! Of course, I won't be the one to complain... :)Laceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11142106832357626301noreply@blogger.com