Stanley Miller's experiments were the first efforts (of which i'm aware) to challenge the enormous chauvinsim implicit in the conventional definitions of Life, with a capital 'L'
the discovery of volcanic 'smokers' did much to challenge the conventional definitions
i found it perplexing that cosmologists proposed Life might needed to have been 'seeded' by asteroids as though the Earth itself were not more varied and complex in orders of magnitude than an asteroid and teeming with "Life" not yet discovered
similar chauvinism sullies the definition of 'intelligence'
Advertising may be fickle, but it's a constant. The market may rise and fall, but endeavor and scarcity are constant.
Google, by offering a simple utility, by openly indicating a "sponsored link" while Yahoo and Altavista quietly took money to do so, created a successful business model. Younger users may not remember to what insane degree AOL exploited screen real-estate-- I was inadverdantly clicking ads three times a minute just trying to navigate. The immediate attraction of Google, Craig's List and Wikipedia's attention to white space was a welcomed reprieve. By Ballmer's standard, a true business model is one that exploits captive consumers-- like an airport, like Microsoft, like AOL. What angers Ballmer and others is their lack of control in the face of innovation.
Reactively re-routing will alleviate congestion, but as the number of users approaches 50%, this strategy diminishes in its return. Only a minority can benefit from reaction to a majority. Early adapters, People-In-A Hurry-with-the-Money, would experience benefit while the congestion, overall, is lowered...so I figure this plan has great appeal-- bureaucrats can insist on its necessity and their monied constituency can avoid the vulgate. Smarter routing Vs. Wider roads...
Art is a word that immediately scares people off, as being a little too grand. But all I mean by art is writing something that is valuable in itself and that works in itself.
There's an apocryphal story about Harrison Ford yelling at Lucas on the set, "You can write this stuff, but you can't SAY it!"
Lucas' direction of actors in a movie such as American Graffitti, clearly demonstrates his understanding of letting actors find their character and improvise. He refers to a SanFran style of direction that he was happy to say he showed Spielberg, a child of los angeles production
but Lucas would abandon dramatic and emotive subjects his beloved matinee serials; for the morality of sci fi themed by Campbellian comparative religion
it's not that Lucas' films are examples of bad acting, but the deliberate choice of a director to abandon the naturalistic progression of modern cinema to tell a FAIRY TALE
the characters are stoic, broad and representative-- he gives them one note a scene. largely, Lucas' characters have no agendas, their motivations are clear and on the surface
an exception would be Yoda...Lucas derisively referred to Frank Oz craft as a "rubber puppet" and that he looked forward to the day of a fully rendered CG Yoda
and he got it...and Yoda is about the only character that holds the camera's frame to show complex facial expression
i can't believe the cynicism!!! MY GOD what a great hack...making the old work with the new!! nobody would want this as their only phone, but hacking is about CHOICE...but i guess consensus is consensus...i'll never see it as a product
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Stanley Miller's experiments were the first efforts (of which i'm aware) to challenge the enormous chauvinsim implicit in the conventional definitions of Life, with a capital 'L'
the discovery of volcanic 'smokers' did much to challenge the conventional definitions
i found it perplexing that cosmologists proposed Life might needed to have been 'seeded' by asteroids as though the Earth itself were not more varied and complex in orders of magnitude than an asteroid and teeming with "Life" not yet discovered
similar chauvinism sullies the definition of 'intelligence'
this book by Louise B. Young, 1986
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=9tFQIEd7hnkC&dq=unfinished+universe&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=Rd-pCskvdo&sig=tgTg6GadMWnXbUFE2kO1ggU59As
challenges many assumptions
Advertising may be fickle, but it's a constant.
The market may rise and fall, but endeavor and scarcity are constant.
Google, by offering a simple utility, by openly indicating a "sponsored link" while Yahoo and Altavista quietly took money to do so, created a successful business model. Younger users may not remember to what insane degree AOL exploited screen real-estate-- I was inadverdantly clicking ads three times a minute just trying to navigate. The immediate attraction of Google, Craig's List and Wikipedia's attention to white space was a welcomed reprieve. By Ballmer's standard, a true business model is one that exploits captive consumers-- like an airport, like Microsoft, like AOL. What angers Ballmer and others is their lack of control in the face of innovation.
Reactively re-routing will alleviate congestion, but as the number of users approaches 50%, this strategy diminishes in its return. Only a minority can benefit from reaction to a majority. Early adapters, People-In-A Hurry-with-the-Money, would experience benefit while the congestion, overall, is lowered...so I figure this plan has great appeal-- bureaucrats can insist on its necessity and their monied constituency can avoid the vulgate. Smarter routing Vs. Wider roads...
Google maps made mapquest seem like an Etch-A-Sketch
this little battle began with deep linking
.com and resource have been contended ever since
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Art is a word that immediately scares people off, as being a little too grand. But all I mean by art is writing something that is valuable in itself and that works in itself.
There's an apocryphal story about Harrison Ford yelling at Lucas on the set, "You can write this stuff, but you can't SAY it!"
Lucas' direction of actors in a movie such as American Graffitti, clearly demonstrates his understanding of letting actors find their character and improvise. He refers to a SanFran style of direction that he was happy to say he showed Spielberg, a child of los angeles production
but Lucas would abandon dramatic and emotive subjects his beloved matinee serials; for the morality of sci fi themed by Campbellian comparative religion
it's not that Lucas' films are examples of bad acting, but the deliberate choice of a director to abandon the naturalistic progression of modern cinema to tell a FAIRY TALE
the characters are stoic, broad and representative-- he gives them one note a scene. largely, Lucas' characters have no agendas, their motivations are clear and on the surface
an exception would be Yoda...Lucas derisively referred to Frank Oz craft as a "rubber puppet" and that he looked forward to the day of a fully rendered CG Yoda
and he got it...and Yoda is about the only character that holds the camera's frame to show complex facial expression
i imagine Lucas was enraptured watching Smegel
i can't believe the cynicism!!! MY GOD what a great hack...making the old work with the new!! nobody would want this as their only phone, but hacking is about CHOICE...but i guess consensus is consensus...i'll never see it as a product