Well, that's when you whip out the trusty pen and write your representative (who's spending your money) and remind him that at election time, you'll remember his/her choice. I agree that subsidies by popular poll aren't feasible, or a good idea. But a politician who goes against the constituent's views will find him/herself out of a job. Representative Democracy, baby!
What is popular art, and is unpopular art allowed to exist? You can't support one without supporting the other. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
You do have a point about popular art, though. Artists who want to make money may have to choose between "Selling out" and following the soul. Just ask anybody who's a fan of, say, Metallica. They want to make money. That's fair. Do I like the new style? No. Am I disappointed? Yes. Do they have the right to do it? Yep.
Well, actually, in the beginning, we did. Then some noisy leftists got all bent out of shape about taxes from the king and queen that they didn't have a say in mandating. So, now we don't have a queen...:P
Umm...compensated appropriately. You cannot define compensation for art. Why?
Well, let's see. I personally think that "Piss Christ" isn't worth the materials used to build it. Does that mean it's not "art?" No. I don't think it's art. Might be art to someone. AC made a good point here. Why should I have to pay for an artist to create something I don't think of as art? If you cannot place a definitive value on something, if you cannot say if something is, or is not, art, then how can you allocate money for it, on the premise that it IS art?
I'm all for the creation of art museums, and art in general. Does society benefit from an art museum? Sure. Does society benefit from "Piss Christ" or "Dung Madonna?" Do I have to pay for it if I don't agree? Are artists in it for the money, or do they create art because there is a need (maybe just their own) for it?
He does make a good point about installing/maintaining an operating system. NT was designed for people who don't have the time (ask an IT manager for his time, HA!) to learn the cryptic ins and outs of o/s adminitration. I'll argue till I'm blue in the face with my own IT managers about the technical merits and superiority of Linux, but when it comes down to it, I'm the only person here that knows how to administer it. Training people to administer a network o/s is EXPENSIVE, and NT does lower the initial cost. You and I both know the long-term costs of NT (scalability, reliability), but NT is FAMILIAR to people. People don't switch to Linux because they don't know what it will cost them to do a setup, and if you don't know a cost, you cannot justify a purchase to your division managers or your directors. These guys want hard numbers. But look out, Linux install programs are improving very rapidly. I was shocked how easy it was to install Mandrake 6, after years of Slackware boot/rootdisks.
I want to thank id Software for releasing the Doom source code. I don't know of other companies doing this with any other games, so this is a big step. Here's to id!
My question is: Can we expect to see the Quake source code, and, if so, what decisions must be made for the source to be released?
You guys write great games. I discovered Doom in college on our SGI network and have been a fanatic ever since. Three cheers!
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Well, that's when you whip out the trusty pen and write your representative (who's spending your money) and remind him that at election time, you'll remember his/her choice. I agree that subsidies by popular poll aren't feasible, or a good idea. But a politician who goes against the constituent's views will find him/herself out of a job. Representative Democracy, baby!
ahhh, but the real trick is:
What is popular art, and is unpopular art allowed to exist? You can't support one without supporting the other. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
You do have a point about popular art, though. Artists who want to make money may have to choose between "Selling out" and following the soul. Just ask anybody who's a fan of, say, Metallica. They want to make money. That's fair. Do I like the new style? No. Am I disappointed? Yes. Do they have the right to do it? Yep.
Well, actually, in the beginning, we did. Then some noisy leftists got all bent out of shape about taxes from the king and queen that they didn't have a say in mandating. So, now we don't have a queen...:P
God help me, I just defended leftists...:)
Umm...compensated appropriately. You cannot define compensation for art. Why?
Well, let's see. I personally think that "Piss Christ" isn't worth the materials used to build it. Does that mean it's not "art?" No. I don't think it's art. Might be art to someone.
AC made a good point here. Why should I have to pay for an artist to create something I don't think of as art?
If you cannot place a definitive value on something, if you cannot say if something is, or is not, art, then how can you allocate money for it, on the premise that it IS art?
I'm all for the creation of art museums, and art in general. Does society benefit from an art museum? Sure. Does society benefit from "Piss Christ" or "Dung Madonna?" Do I have to pay for it if I don't agree? Are artists in it for the money, or do they create art because there is a need (maybe just their own) for it?
He does make a good point about installing/maintaining an operating system. NT was designed for people who don't have the time (ask an IT manager for his time, HA!) to learn the cryptic ins and outs of o/s adminitration.
I'll argue till I'm blue in the face with my own IT managers about the technical merits and superiority of Linux, but when it comes down to it, I'm the only person here that knows how to administer it. Training people to administer a network o/s is EXPENSIVE, and NT does lower the initial cost.
You and I both know the long-term costs of NT (scalability, reliability), but NT is FAMILIAR to people.
People don't switch to Linux because they don't know what it will cost them to do a setup, and if you don't know a cost, you cannot justify a purchase to your division managers or your directors. These guys want hard numbers.
But look out, Linux install programs are improving very rapidly. I was shocked how easy it was to install Mandrake 6, after years of Slackware boot/rootdisks.
I want to thank id Software for releasing the Doom source code. I don't know of other companies doing this with any other games, so this is a big step. Here's to id!
My question is: Can we expect to see the Quake source code, and, if so, what decisions must be made for the source to be released?
You guys write great games. I discovered Doom in college on our SGI network and have been a fanatic ever since. Three cheers!