FacultyOfCodes
From UoWiki
Contents |
[edit] The Faculty of Codes (and Symbols)
The Faculty of Codes (and Symbols) explores codified systems, the component symbols out of which they are comprised and the mechanics by which they operate.
[edit] Code n.
- A systematically arranged and comprehensive collection of laws.
- A systematic collection of regulations and rules of procedure or conduct: a traffic code.
- A system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages.
- A system of symbols, letters, or words given certain arbitrary meanings, used for transmitting messages requiring secrecy or brevity.
- A system of symbols and rules used to represent instructions to a computer; a computer program.
- Genetics. The genetic code.
- Slang. A patient whose heart has stopped beating, as in cardiac arrest.
[edit] Departments
The calendar is full of symbolic dates. Days that tie whole sets of concepts together into a festival or event. Holy days are an extremely important cultural tool, their use is critical to almost every coded memeplex. Every religion and government reinforces it's memetic imprint on followers through symbolic events on special days of the year. The FocDepartmentOfHolyDays seeks to explore these days, seeking out old ones and making new ones.
Department of Organizational Systems
Molst successfull human organisations follow a code that describes how to operate within that system. Codes of Law, Codes of Moral Values, Codes of Civil Function, all these define roles and responsibilites within a group. The FocDepartmentOfOrganizationalSystems focuses it's research on these areas.
[edit] Courses
Principles of Programming in Languages beginning with P
This is a suggested course outline for the Faculty of Codes. Rather than a course in how to program, it is a course in understanding how to program. Practical taskwork will be allocated if desired or necessary.
[edit] Research Projects
Religions have always been the most vigorous in their lust for Codes and Symbols. TheNewReligions project is an exploration of the techniques used to establish a new belief system from scratch.
[edit] Research Resources
[edit] News
<?plugin IncludePage page=FocNews section=New?>
[edit] The Exploration of Codes
Coded systems are not static. The act of codifying an environment is one of defining a set of rules for an active process. Civilization itself exists because early pioneers defined the code by which society should operate. Coded social structures create the common ground that allows for progress ? a code provides a system of measurement, by its very definition, progress cannot exist without a way to measure distance. The study of codes is the study of the substructure of society.
see also cryptographix
