'your economic ability'. Doesn't make any sense.
You keep saying that, but all I see you doing is posting on slashdot.
I'm pretty sure you're just full of shit.
doesn't matter. Child porn was found on a hard drive he owned. He's guilty of possession of child porn.
pretty open and shut. The law doesn't care if he was framed.
Its not just the money. He wants the minimum possible number of people there. He wants people who know not to touch the sculptures. He wants people who understand the art, and doesn't want to have to explain everything like its some science center for children. Part of the draw is the mysticism the place holds, something that will be wholly lost on people who didn't major in art, children, and the general populace.
he doesn't want to have to pay for repair costs, anti-graffiti, security, etc. As long as he keeps getting money from rich donors and universities, he doesn't have to, and the place maintains its isolation.
Yeah but its not going to BE completed. It makes too much money in its incompleteness. As long as he (and by extension, the committee overseeing it) has something to do, they can forever stretch it into 'private tours for the rich and famous' and 'lucky art students from special universities' and never have to open it to the general public. As long as it stays the way it is, its a unique place that you can only get to if you're either really dedicated or super rich. It is an experience closed off to 99% of the world.
Who wouldn't pay for that?
No, you'll get arrested for trespassing if you do that these days. He is asking for money, he doesn't care about the poor, or the rich, he just wants to 'finish' his pet project before he dies. He cares about money, but only because otherwise he wouldn't be able to do this.
Roden Crater has been 'closed' for quite some time. Previously, the only way to get in was to drive into the hills, backpack about ten miles from the nearest road, approach on a new moon at midnight, and blend into the construction crews as they arrive in the morning to get them to give you a tour of what they're building (they like giving tours). That, or donate about a million dollars to the project. Then you can shake Mr. Turrell's hand and have him fawn over you like you're some golden child (which you just might as well be if you're forking over that kind of dough for what amounts to being a science museum)
I don't think its ever actually going to open. If it did, it wouldn't last long, and I'm betting that Turrell, like every other major artist, has realized if they just pander to the rich, their art can stand the test of time (especially considering all this is, is just environmental art).
So why is Mr. Turrell talking about something he has no intention of having the wider world to know about? Because he needs money.
He's basically just begging.
confession: I am a BFA
Right, just as it should be. Its called the 'peer review' process. Perhaps you're heard of it.
Anyway you're basically saying that you have no proof of your claim but insist based on 'experience' that it must be true.
And we're supposed to believe you... why?
I live in New Mexico. We're already in the worst drought that we've ever recorded. The water we pull from the ground is so contaminated by arsenic that we're probably poisoning ourselves just by drinking it. We had a really dry winter, with little to no snowpack. We're going to have the shortest watering season ever (40 days, its usually 120). This basically means that no farmer is going to be able to grow jack shit, which means a whole shitload of plants and animals are going to die. You thought that last years' summer was bad, you just wait..
Your premise on this argument is that more land will become arable. You might be right, but animals are really dumb and don't listen to logical arguments in a language they can't comprehend, so its not like they're just going to up and move to canada when the going gets tough. No, they're going to die off and become extinct. You seem to be thinking the only creatures that matter are humans.
Okay, right now.
I'm assuming you mean 'new games', because any emulator will give you a 4+ player split screen option.
oh and no one likes playing on a split screen, unless its a fighting game, where all the action takes place in view of a single camera (SSBM, Mortal Kombat, etc)
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'your economic ability'. Doesn't make any sense. You keep saying that, but all I see you doing is posting on slashdot. I'm pretty sure you're just full of shit.
doesn't matter. Child porn was found on a hard drive he owned. He's guilty of possession of child porn. pretty open and shut. The law doesn't care if he was framed.
he doesn't want to have to pay for repair costs, anti-graffiti, security, etc. As long as he keeps getting money from rich donors and universities, he doesn't have to, and the place maintains its isolation.
people aren't supposed to be there.
Yeah but its not going to BE completed. It makes too much money in its incompleteness. As long as he (and by extension, the committee overseeing it) has something to do, they can forever stretch it into 'private tours for the rich and famous' and 'lucky art students from special universities' and never have to open it to the general public. As long as it stays the way it is, its a unique place that you can only get to if you're either really dedicated or super rich. It is an experience closed off to 99% of the world. Who wouldn't pay for that?
No, you'll get arrested for trespassing if you do that these days. He is asking for money, he doesn't care about the poor, or the rich, he just wants to 'finish' his pet project before he dies. He cares about money, but only because otherwise he wouldn't be able to do this.
Roden Crater has been 'closed' for quite some time. Previously, the only way to get in was to drive into the hills, backpack about ten miles from the nearest road, approach on a new moon at midnight, and blend into the construction crews as they arrive in the morning to get them to give you a tour of what they're building (they like giving tours). That, or donate about a million dollars to the project. Then you can shake Mr. Turrell's hand and have him fawn over you like you're some golden child (which you just might as well be if you're forking over that kind of dough for what amounts to being a science museum) I don't think its ever actually going to open. If it did, it wouldn't last long, and I'm betting that Turrell, like every other major artist, has realized if they just pander to the rich, their art can stand the test of time (especially considering all this is, is just environmental art). So why is Mr. Turrell talking about something he has no intention of having the wider world to know about? Because he needs money. He's basically just begging. confession: I am a BFA
The first law of thermodynamics is a version of the law of conservation of energy, adapted for thermodynamic systems.
seems to me it has a lot to do with thermodynamics.
Right, just as it should be. Its called the 'peer review' process. Perhaps you're heard of it. Anyway you're basically saying that you have no proof of your claim but insist based on 'experience' that it must be true. And we're supposed to believe you... why?
Bipod.
I live in New Mexico. We're already in the worst drought that we've ever recorded. The water we pull from the ground is so contaminated by arsenic that we're probably poisoning ourselves just by drinking it. We had a really dry winter, with little to no snowpack. We're going to have the shortest watering season ever (40 days, its usually 120). This basically means that no farmer is going to be able to grow jack shit, which means a whole shitload of plants and animals are going to die. You thought that last years' summer was bad, you just wait.. Your premise on this argument is that more land will become arable. You might be right, but animals are really dumb and don't listen to logical arguments in a language they can't comprehend, so its not like they're just going to up and move to canada when the going gets tough. No, they're going to die off and become extinct. You seem to be thinking the only creatures that matter are humans.
how it will make them money.
Let me know when PCs have a rich selection of PC games that allow multiplayer with two to four gamepads and one PC. Developers appear stuck in the desktop, one-machine-per-player mentality because selling two to four copies to a household is more lucrative than selling one.
Okay, right now. I'm assuming you mean 'new games', because any emulator will give you a 4+ player split screen option. oh and no one likes playing on a split screen, unless its a fighting game, where all the action takes place in view of a single camera (SSBM, Mortal Kombat, etc)
Yeah except they're making our beds too.