AE Lab 9.1
 Dan Works
 8-8-99


 1.  For now, record on a sheet of paper three haiku verses that you find
    interesting. 



    open boxcar doors:
    the evening sun slips
    into a swarm of gnats

    by James Chessing



   the rhythm
   of her old brown hands
   weaving thin wet reeds

   by Elizabeth St Jacques



   World like a dewdrop
   though it's only a dewdrop
   even so, even so.

   By Issa



 2. Many expert systems are described as a set of "if-then" rules that
  can be used to make a decision. For example, a "rule base" that could 
  help you to predict the weather might look, in part, like: 

 * If granny's bunions ache, then predict rain. 
 * If barometer rising, then predict clearing. 
 * If it's raining AND barometer is steady, then predict rain. 
 * If it's sunny AND barometer rising, then predict sun. 
 * If local forecaster predicts rains, then predict sun. 

 On a sheet of paper, record a few rules of your own that could be added 
 to this rule base to make it more complete (if not more accurate).

 If the humidity is 100%, then predict rain.

 If it's cloudy and overcast, then predict a chance of rain.


 Lab 9.2: Haiku To You!
 Dan Works
 8-8-99


 1. Use the program to produce as many poems as you like, using a variety
 of forms. 

 Done

 2. As you did in the previous lab with the human-generated verses, record
 three verses that strike you as interesting. In this case, your notion of 
 interesting may expand to include verses that are particularly silly,
 meaningless, or otherwise not human-like. 


 a.   rain in the waterfall
      the hidden river under a sea
      bitter moon

 b.   sun on the sky
      the liquid storm on a tree
      clear flower

 c.   river on a wind
      a playful breeze in a rock
      autumn sea

 3. Describe, in your own words, what you think the program is doing to
  produce the verses, and how that differs from what you do when you write
  your own. 


  The computer program is using a series of word associations to string
  together some subjects or objects that are related.  This will usually
  result in a verse that contains no sense of order.  Contrast this with
  writing your own poem, as you seek to link verses together to create a 
  spiritual visualization of a moment in time.