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Ching-O-Matic, At The 2024 Burning Man, Decompression Party, San Francisco, California

Automated I Ching
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A booth at the fair had automated the I Ching. You spoke your query, and two random trigrams would light overhead.


Ching-O-Matic external link   •  At The 2024 external link Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 16:13:21 Sunday 13 October 2024)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 31 October 2024)   •  © 2024 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C24_1339
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Signs Of Questions
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Two signs specified the kinds of questions you might use with the Ching-O-Matic. On the left were categories of questions. One the right was a description of difficult and avoided queries.


Ching-O-Matic external link   •  At The 2024 external link Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 16:13:27 Sunday 13 October 2024)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 31 October 2024)   •  © 2024 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C24_1340
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A Guide
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A guide was to the right of the Ching=O=Matic. The columns were, "Upper Trigram • Outer World." The rows were, "Lower Trigram • inner World." The intersection of a row and column resulted in a decimal number.


Ching-O-Matic external link   •  At The 2024 external link Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 16:13:31 Sunday 13 October 2024)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 31 October 2024)   •  © 2024 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C24_1341
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Yin and Yang
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The rest of the booth was occupied by Yin and Yang external link banners.


Ching-O-Matic external link   •  At The 2024 external link Burning Man external link external link   •  Decompression Party external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  Nikon D300s Camera external link AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens external link   •  (Date Photographed: 16:14:10 Sunday 13 October 2024)   •  (Date Published: Thursday 31 October 2024)   •  © 2024 Bryan Costales external link Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C24_1342
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