If anyone has been trying to send me an email please note my new e-address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tks Mike Gurstein ----- Original Message ----- From: t byfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Nettime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 9:12 AM Subject: <nettime> The Swedish Ideology > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990921/od/yucca_1.html > > Yucca Plant Branches Out Into Stock Market > > STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A yucca plant is the latest investor on the > Stockholm stock exchange, issuing buy and sell orders on the exchange's 16 > most traded shares. > > Swedish artist Ola Pehrson has attached electrodes to the plant's leaves > and, through a sensor, can feel the plant's growth with movements linked > to a computer program tracking the 16 most active stocks. > > When the yucca's stock recommendations perform better than the bourse's > general index, it is given water and light. > > If the plant fails to deliver profits, it stays dry and in the dark. > > The yucca is part of an exhibition by seven Swedish artists in Stockholm. > > > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets > # more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
