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1、本文档仅供译言网图书试译专用译者招募活动网页地址:http://article.yeeyan.org/view/43665/269810l姓名:l译言用户名:l联系邮箱:l手机号码:lQQ/MSN/GoogleTalk:l个人简介:试译摘自本书第四章,全部试读见此:http://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/817415_chap4.htmlFromCounterculturetoCyberculture试译全文:AlthoughtheWholeEarthCatalogbridgedcyberneticsandthebac
2、k-to-the-landmovement,however,Brandhimselfhaddonelittletoaddresscomputersperse.Thatbegantochangein1972,when,inthepagesofRollingStonemagazine,hegatheredtogetherthedescendantsofmidcenturymilitaryresearchoncomputingandthemembersoftheemergingcounterculturalhobbyistcommunity.Notlongaft
3、ertheCatalog'sDemiseParty,theeditorofRollingStone,JannWenner,commissionedBrandtoinvestigatetheBayareacomputerscene.Brandproducedoneofthefirst(andstilloneofthemostwidelyquote)piecesofjournalismtolinkcorporation-andgovernment-fundedcomputerresearchtoNewCommunalistideals:"Spacewar:Fa
4、naticLifeandSymbolicDeathamongtheComputerBums."请在此处填写译文Asitstitlesuggests,thepiecefocusedonthelegendarycomputergameSpacewar.InOctober1972BrandandRollingStonephotographerAnnieLiebowitzslippedintotheStanfordArtificialIntelligenceLaboratory,convenedacrewofprogrammersandresearchers,an
5、dstagedtheirown"IntergalacticSpacewarOlympics."Long-hairedgraduatestudentsclusteredaroundaPDP-10time-sharingcomputer,enteredafewcommands,conjureduptinytriangularspaceshipsonthecomputer'smonitor,andproceededtoblasteachotheroutofthesky.Inhisstory,Brandrecordednotonlythecommands,buta
6、lsothefranticdelightoftheplayers.HethenturnedtheirpleasureintoevidenceofthecounterculturalforceofSpacewar,ofcomputers,andofthefreewheelingcollaborativeculturethatsurroundedthem."Readyornot,computersarecomingtothepeople,"Brandexplainedinthearticle'sfirstlines."That'sgoodnews,maybet
7、hebestsincepsychedelics."Stanford'sAIlabwas"themostbzz-bzz-busysceneI'vebeenaroundsincetheMerryPranksterAcidTests."TheSpacewarriorsthemselveswere"outoftheirbodies"inthegame,notunlikehigh-techversionsoftheturned-ondancersoftheTripsFestival.请在此处填写译文InBrand'srhetoric,theSpacewarriors
8、oftheAILabbecamecounterculturalpi