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zzkt commented 3 years ago

There are other significant methods which have not (yet) been implemented, in particular the “Ancient“ (Neo-Confucian reconstruction) and “Modified” methods of casting yarrow stalks described by Huang and some of the more idiosyncratic variants that have appeared during the 20th Century CE.

zzkt commented 3 years ago

virtual string of beads
cheezburger [1],[2]

zzkt commented 3 years ago

Hagbard Celine's gigantic computer, FUCKUP (First Universal Cybernetic-Kinetic-Ultramicro- Programmer) was basically a rather sophisticated form of the standard self-programming algorithmic logic machine of the time; the name was one of his whimsies. FUCKUP's real claim to uniqueness was a programmed stochastic process whereby it could "throw" an I Ching hexagram, reading' a random open circuit as a broken (yin) line and a random closed circuit as a full (yang) line until six such "lines" were round. Consulting its memory banks, where the whole tradition of I Ching interpretation was stored, and then cross-checking its current scannings of that day's political, economic, meteorological, astrological, astronomical, and technological eccentricities, it would provide a reading of the hexagram which, to Hagbard's mind, combined the best of the scientific and occult methods for spotting oncoming trends

zzkt commented 3 years ago

Patented methods (via Biroco)

US Patent 3603593 (1969) – ‘I Ching fortune-telling game’
US Patent 3598414 (1971) – ‘Method and apparatus for determining and studying philosophical and oracle responses’
US Patent 4506893 (1985) – ‘Method of playing a game in which playing pieces are inverted’
US Patent 4953864 (1990) – ‘Method and apparatus for chance controlled formation of a symbol’
US Patent 4962930 (1990) – ‘Method and apparatus for casting an I Ching Hexagram’
US Patent D313625 (1991) – ‘Display device for illustrating scientific codes, and corresponding hexagrams’
US Patent 5203564 (1993) – ‘Methodology board for selecting gaming numbers’
US Patent 5651682 (1997) – ‘Sticks and method for consulting Chinese book of changes’
French Patent FR2738498 (A1) (1997) – ‘Reader for displaying an I Ching hexagram’
US Patent 5856928 (1999) – ‘Gene and protein representation, characterization and interpretation process’
US Patent 5957452 (1999) – ‘Dice-like apparatus and method for consulting the I Ching’
Chinese Patent CN2358510 (Y) (2000) – ‘Yijing magnetic intelligent magic ball’
US Patent D443317 (2001) – ‘I Ching top’
German Patent WO0155996 (A1) (2001) – ‘Device for interpreting an oracle according to I Ching’
US Patent 6702583 (2004) – ‘Yang-yin emblem’
US Patent 6802662 (2004) – ‘Non-linear ergonomic keyboard’
US Patent 7445009 (2008) – ‘Spatial field effect physical therapy device
UK Patent GB2445611 (2008) – ‘Linear slide rule for decoding symbolic data’

zzkt commented 3 years ago

another implementation of the yarrow stalk method at https://github.com/kliph/i-ching/commit/369fc6b6a0eeab47340d83e2c8751180df35d4e8

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