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  1. Musicians' Musician & Cult Figures on What Jazz Records Would You Reccommend? · · Score: 1

    In addition to the classics from the 60s and 70s, some of the best jazz were made by musicians who stayed under the radar screen but became cult figures because of their unique voices. Please add your favourite "hidden jewels" to the list below:

    Jerry Bergonzi (saxophone)
    Jackie McLean (saxophone)
    Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar)
    Mick Goodrick (guitar)
    John Zorn (New Klezma and film composer)

  2. Re: Realistic driving games on What is Wrong With Game Development? · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Grand Turismo is hardly realistic. It is an arcade game with a semi-realistic physics engine and a grossly simplified vehicle dynamics system.

    A realistic driving sim models:
    a) tire temperatures/wear curve/slip curve
    b) aerodynamic drag and downforce (very important for simulating slipstreaming effect)
    c) weight distribution (shifting fuel load, engine placement and ballasts)
    d) suspension geometry (camber and toe changes, caster angles, and the effect of anti-roll bars)
    e) suspension dynamics (damper rates and spring rates)
    f) powertrain
    g) drivelines (differentials, gear ratio, clutch)

    The parameters listed above are not reserved for some pie-in-the-sky simulation program written in the academia. Every *realistic* driving simulation games have had those parameters modelled, and in some case user-modifiable, since 1998.

    Here is a list of realistic driving game:
    1) Grand Prix Legends
    2) Nascar 2003
    3) F1 2002
    4) M3 mod & GTR2002 mod for F1-2002 (free)
    5) Viper Racing
    6) NetKar (free and add-ons)
    7) Live for speed (free during beta testing)
    8) Racer (free)

    My personal favorite these days? M3 mod for F1-2002.

  3. In over his head on Perl and Postmodernism · · Score: 1

    > Nietzsche is postmodern.

    It is generally a bad idea to claim Nietzsche for a cause, because his philosophical texts is very writerly and lends itself very well to misreading.
    If history is any indication, you can read just about anything into Nietzsche if you try hard enough. The Nazi did it, the existentialists did it, and now Nietzsche is our pomo prophet. There is a section early-on in Beyond Good & Evil in which he predicts exactly just that. It's the section about the New Philosopher wearing many masks but that his true identity will always elude the crowd.

    Of course it'd be wrong to deny that postmodernism is very much a Nietzschean project.

  4. What's philosophical "modernism" then? on Perl and Postmodernism · · Score: 1

    The distinction between Modern and Modernist is subtle but well understood by those engaged in pomo criticism. Everyone from Descartes onward are Moderns, whereas Modernists refer specifically to the period from the late 19th century to 1960s.