One big problem with this is if you are on a mailing list, because it just turns into a mail bomb for everybody on the list.
It goes like this:
mailing list sends you (and everybody else on the list) a message.
Auto-reply sends message to mailing list. Mailing list sends your auto-reply to everybody on the list.
Repeat ad-infinitum...
You return from vacation and everybody on the mailing list HATES YOU.
(No, it wasn't me - but I was on the list)
You have obviously led a sheltered existence, never been politically active, and believe that mummy state should look after you?
Your apathy is disgusting, and is directly responsible for the lack of clearly defined citizens right in the UK.
I have lived both sides of the pond, and see that the Bill of Rights, which defines many of the reasons why Americans fought to free themselves from British tyrrany, are under threat even in the US.
It's a very different kind of tool. I have had some experience using traditional and computer media, and find that computer art has limitations that are difficult to surmount:
1) each software product has qualities which make its mark on the work, which unless you write your own software, mean it will be recognisably a 'Photoshop'(for instance) produced image.
2) the computer makes for a rather 'cold' tool, in that it lacks the 'bite' of pen on paper, or brush on canvas. While hardware advances could change this, they would remain somewhat artificial.
3) The format & time issue already discussed, where a format is no longer supported (like the animation I did on an Amiga way back when), or simply dated (compare Doom to Quake for instance).
This is not to say that good computer art cannot be produced, just that it is more suited to more conceptual work. Personally I have been well impressed with the two 'environments' created by Peter Gabriel, 'Eve' and the other whose name eludes me, which were similar to Myst style adventure games, minus the competitive aspect.
Having worked in IT on both sides of the pond, I've noticed Americans spend more time during the working day in the coffee room bitching about how many hours they worked yesterday...
I used to get my kicks painting (see http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Study/1179/ ) but now I get 'em cutting COBOL (keep your sniggers to yourself).
The main difference for me is code lacks a spiritual element.
Even graphics software tools lack the "bite" and immediacy of physical media. I know some have sucessfully emulated it ( i.e. Fractal Paint), but it is just emulation, and leaves very little room for intuition. I suspect we will need to move beyond 2d display before this situation improves.
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yeah, I like anyone who make me put my brain in gear - as most of the other hundreds of people who actually reply to his rants.
Even if you disagree with him, he does give you food for thought.
One big problem with this is if you are on a mailing list, because it just turns into a mail bomb for everybody on the list.
It goes like this:
mailing list sends you (and everybody else on the list) a message.
Auto-reply sends message to mailing list.
Mailing list sends your auto-reply to everybody on the list.
Repeat ad-infinitum...
You return from vacation and everybody on the mailing list HATES YOU.
(No, it wasn't me - but I was on the list)
Try the trusty google search - found at http://www.afterdawn.com/software/specific.cfm/50# download
Can you HONESTLY say that when you hear Illustrator in a "graphic-design" context you don't automatically think of Adobe Illustrator?
Yes I can - I think of the guy whose job it is to produce an illustration. As opposed to to the guy who does the layout. Or the typesetting.
If Adobe think they own the English language they can f**k off back to America.
You have obviously led a sheltered existence, never been politically active, and believe that mummy state should look after you? Your apathy is disgusting, and is directly responsible for the lack of clearly defined citizens right in the UK. I have lived both sides of the pond, and see that the Bill of Rights, which defines many of the reasons why Americans fought to free themselves from British tyrrany, are under threat even in the US.
It's a very different kind of tool. I have had some experience using traditional and computer media, and find that computer art has limitations that are difficult to surmount:
1) each software product has qualities which make its mark on the work, which unless you write your own software, mean it will be recognisably a 'Photoshop'(for instance) produced image.
2) the computer makes for a rather 'cold' tool, in that it lacks the 'bite' of pen on paper, or brush on canvas. While hardware advances could change this, they would remain somewhat artificial.
3) The format & time issue already discussed, where a format is no longer supported (like the animation I did on an Amiga way back when), or simply dated (compare Doom to Quake for instance).
This is not to say that good computer art cannot be produced, just that it is more suited to more conceptual work. Personally I have been well impressed with the two 'environments' created by Peter Gabriel, 'Eve' and the other whose name eludes me, which were similar to Myst style adventure games, minus the competitive aspect.
Please make Pastor John the Slashdot Official movie reviewer - he's a blast!
Some of us get blocked from CNN - I'm managed to persuade my employers that /. is work related.
So my thx to the poster :)
Having worked in IT on both sides of the pond, I've noticed Americans spend more time during the working day in the coffee room bitching about how many hours they worked yesterday...
I used to get my kicks painting (see http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Study/1179/ ) but now I get 'em cutting COBOL (keep your sniggers to yourself). The main difference for me is code lacks a spiritual element. Even graphics software tools lack the "bite" and immediacy of physical media. I know some have sucessfully emulated it ( i.e. Fractal Paint), but it is just emulation, and leaves very little room for intuition. I suspect we will need to move beyond 2d display before this situation improves.
This was an excellent synopsis of the problem - so how do we get this info to the legal community?