User: H3six

Re:Popularity Explained

On: Yahoo Bid shows Microsoft on the Ropes

Apple releases the coloured iMacs Hard to forget that. The iMacs were a breath of fresh air from those great big, clunking Microsoft boxes all over the place.

Re:Faults from extreme tides, etc

On: Messenger Discovers "Spider" Crater on Mercury

I thought it might be subsidence from ancient lava channels, of course it's very weird looking if it is. It looks like water channels.

Re:Art is subjective

On: Understanding Art for Geeks

No, so many people that are into "Art" sound like pompous asses because of the increasingly divide between Art and the general public. There are a variety of reasons for this, but the biggest is a the loss of widely shared culture and iconography over the last century-and-some. An interesting point. I wish I had more to add to it...but I don't. Maybe I should add that for most of human history art has been a rich mans game. Paintings and sculptures could only be afforded by the rich and this lead to a division between what we now see as artists and craftsmen. In the present time I think we will see this barrier being broken down again and art made more accessible. This has already begun with art movements like Pop or Street Art quickly overtaking more esoteric styles like abstract and post modernism in popularity.

Re:Rather, you haven't been keeping up.

On: The Tree of Life Consolidates

Agreed. It would be nice to have a system of classification that is easy to remember and not changing all the time.

Maybe we can take a deep breath. Finally.

On: Science Text Attempts to Reconcile Religion and Science

I know it seems a little silly to have to spell out the differences between science and religion but if the evolution/creationism debate has taught us anything it's that we're gonna have to. The National Academy of Sciences is looking for a cool neutral ground here where the two sides can be reconciled. This is most important as is dispels some of the fear and myths that have been fueling this debate and the children will for the first time actually be able to choose for themselves. When there is no fear, they will choose both.