When I said it was "tolerant" I wasn't talking about the content.:)
And seriously, what you're talking about isn't a problem with the technology, but with the content. Granted, commercial American radio is hardly worth listening to anymore, but the broadcast technology it uses is just fine.
FM obsolete? Hardly. If it were obsolete people would be eagerly looking to replace their FM receivers. The main problem with DAB is that FM works just fine. It's widely deployed, highly fault-tolerant, and it gets the job done. It ain't broke, so it shouldn't be a surprise that "fixing" it with a digital replacement hasn't gone all that well. (The only problem with the governmental way it was done is that it's taken so long to demonstrate that there's no demand for it; a market-driven "conversion" would've shown that more quickly.)
I'm not aware of any test cases, but the legal reasoning outlined in the majority opinion in "Lawrence v. Texas" (the case that legalized "sodomy") would also apply to statutes like the ones you cite, so you can consider yourself free to engage in lights-on non-missionary heterosex without fear of prosecution, regardless of which U.S. state you're in. As with so many civil rights battles, it wasn't just the obvious victim who benefited from the win.
The ghost of Alan Turing is here; he begs to differ. I'm with him.
I live in the US, where human rights are in fact Pretty Damn Good. But it wasn't that long ago that I was guilty of countless felonies for having sex with my boyfriend (before those laws were finally struck down by the Supremes), and I can still be fired in my state for simply having a boyfriend. Having an IQ of 140 hasn't changed that, and I can't imagine it makes much difference at all in countries where human rights are Pretty Damn Bad.
"when was the last time you saw a Democrat pandering to any group even remotely as extreme as the Tea Baggers? "
Some of them do it. You don't see so much of it because the looney-extreme lefties are so inept, disorganized, and lacking in influence that they aren't worth pandering to.
By the way, the definition of art that I prefer is that anything we do intentionally that isn't simply about survival, is art. That doesn't mean it's good art or profound art or interesting art or certainly fine art. Just that it's art. That's the origin of the word, after all: a variation of the concept of "make".
If I toil for years over the craft and concept behind a film or a sculpture or a painting or a video game or a graphic novel, of course that's art. But so is a doodle I make in the margins of my notebook while listening to a boring lecture. It's trivial and superficial and unrefined and disposable... art.
I've been told that this definition is too broad, and it debases the whole concept of art. But I think it expands and elevates the concept of art, to include all kinds of wonderful things that are (as far as we know) uniquely human. When push comes to shove, I'm a humanist – at least when I'm not in a misanthropic mood;) – and I think that the whole range of "unnecessary" human activity deserves to be celebrated.
Namely, the point of art is to explain something beyond what is actually there.
No, that's how you choose to define art (or maybe what one of your teachers told you). If you polled a cross section of art students, or general college students, or lay people in general, I don't think your definition would come up all that often. In fact, I don't think you'd find anything resembling a consensus, in any of those populations.
He's saying "I could be wrong". For someone who forms and expresses opinions for a living, that's about the best you can expect.:)
I know what future generations will probably think.
Don't be so sure. The future has a tendency to surprise us.
Oh well, his loss if he never plays Braid.
And perhaps your loss if you never read one of his books or watch one of his favorite films? Or read one of my favorite graphic novels? There's a lot of great stuff out there to experience, and the fact that someone finds something other than your favorites to enrich his life (and might even find your favorites... uninteresting) doesn't make him the poorer for it.
Ebert's definition of art is (still) more restricted than mine. But it's more expansive and inclusive than others' (especially of his generation). The real debate is not whether video games are art (which is mostly a pissing contest about whether they're "good" enough), but whether "art" is open-ended enough to include interactive works like video games. Given the fact that I did an analysis of Riven as a work of new-media art my senior year at art school, I rather strongly feel that is. But there are plenty of people who'd dispute that what John Cage and Kazimir Malevich have created is art, because their definition of "art" is not so broad. On that, all we can do is agree to disagree, which is what Ebert seems to be trying to do with his apology-which-is-not-a-retraction. He's sticking to his beliefs, and I respect that even though I disagree with his position.
P.S. I haven't played many more games than he has; Myst and Riven were the last two.
This is something that could be very nice for a system I've been wanting to hack together, but which is based on a desktop machine, not a laptop. Anyone know of a way to drive this from a VGA or DVI signal?
If you think that you can escape from supernational corporations and their behind-closed-doors accumulation of power by mere choice, if you don't fear that more than you fear your local school board, then you're a bigger idiot than I am.
Yeah, it's like having a master key that unlocks your house, your car, your office, your filing cabinet, your pot and porn stash, your firesafe, your safe deposit box, your storage unit, etc... and keeping that key on a chain around your wrist, where you'll always be sure you have it. Until someone copies it while you're sleeping, and suddenly they have access to everything.
The secret Martian cave from which I was going to launch my plot to take over the Earth has been discovered! My plans are foiled! And I would have gotten away with it, if not for these meddling kids!
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When I said it was "tolerant" I wasn't talking about the content. :)
And seriously, what you're talking about isn't a problem with the technology, but with the content. Granted, commercial American radio is hardly worth listening to anymore, but the broadcast technology it uses is just fine.
FM obsolete? Hardly. If it were obsolete people would be eagerly looking to replace their FM receivers. The main problem with DAB is that FM works just fine. It's widely deployed, highly fault-tolerant, and it gets the job done. It ain't broke, so it shouldn't be a surprise that "fixing" it with a digital replacement hasn't gone all that well. (The only problem with the governmental way it was done is that it's taken so long to demonstrate that there's no demand for it; a market-driven "conversion" would've shown that more quickly.)
I'm not aware of any test cases, but the legal reasoning outlined in the majority opinion in "Lawrence v. Texas" (the case that legalized "sodomy") would also apply to statutes like the ones you cite, so you can consider yourself free to engage in lights-on non-missionary heterosex without fear of prosecution, regardless of which U.S. state you're in. As with so many civil rights battles, it wasn't just the obvious victim who benefited from the win.
You're welcome. :)
Yes! You're catching on. :)
Have they tried re-doing the math in Base 13?
The ghost of Alan Turing is here; he begs to differ. I'm with him.
I live in the US, where human rights are in fact Pretty Damn Good. But it wasn't that long ago that I was guilty of countless felonies for having sex with my boyfriend (before those laws were finally struck down by the Supremes), and I can still be fired in my state for simply having a boyfriend. Having an IQ of 140 hasn't changed that, and I can't imagine it makes much difference at all in countries where human rights are Pretty Damn Bad.
"One party whores itself out, indeed, spends lots of money whoring itself out, to dangerous extremists, and one does not."
Only because the latter party can't find enough johns at the extreme of their wing who can afford them.
You need to understand the difference between "facts" and "accusations made by the Angle campaign".
"when was the last time you saw a Democrat pandering to any group even remotely as extreme as the Tea Baggers? "
Some of them do it. You don't see so much of it because the looney-extreme lefties are so inept, disorganized, and lacking in influence that they aren't worth pandering to.
By the way, the definition of art that I prefer is that anything we do intentionally that isn't simply about survival, is art. That doesn't mean it's good art or profound art or interesting art or certainly fine art. Just that it's art. That's the origin of the word, after all: a variation of the concept of "make".
If I toil for years over the craft and concept behind a film or a sculpture or a painting or a video game or a graphic novel, of course that's art. But so is a doodle I make in the margins of my notebook while listening to a boring lecture. It's trivial and superficial and unrefined and disposable... art.
I've been told that this definition is too broad, and it debases the whole concept of art. But I think it expands and elevates the concept of art, to include all kinds of wonderful things that are (as far as we know) uniquely human. When push comes to shove, I'm a humanist – at least when I'm not in a misanthropic mood ;) – and I think that the whole range of "unnecessary" human activity deserves to be celebrated.
But I could be wrong.
No, that's how you choose to define art (or maybe what one of your teachers told you). If you polled a cross section of art students, or general college students, or lay people in general, I don't think your definition would come up all that often. In fact, I don't think you'd find anything resembling a consensus, in any of those populations.
He's saying "I could be wrong". For someone who forms and expresses opinions for a living, that's about the best you can expect. :)
Don't be so sure. The future has a tendency to surprise us.
And perhaps your loss if you never read one of his books or watch one of his favorite films? Or read one of my favorite graphic novels? There's a lot of great stuff out there to experience, and the fact that someone finds something other than your favorites to enrich his life (and might even find your favorites... uninteresting) doesn't make him the poorer for it.
Ebert's definition of art is (still) more restricted than mine. But it's more expansive and inclusive than others' (especially of his generation). The real debate is not whether video games are art (which is mostly a pissing contest about whether they're "good" enough), but whether "art" is open-ended enough to include interactive works like video games. Given the fact that I did an analysis of Riven as a work of new-media art my senior year at art school, I rather strongly feel that is. But there are plenty of people who'd dispute that what John Cage and Kazimir Malevich have created is art, because their definition of "art" is not so broad. On that, all we can do is agree to disagree, which is what Ebert seems to be trying to do with his apology-which-is-not-a-retraction. He's sticking to his beliefs, and I respect that even though I disagree with his position.
P.S. I haven't played many more games than he has; Myst and Riven were the last two.
It has to work with a specific system board (one with no expansion bus and only DVI out). Thanks for the pointer.
This is something that could be very nice for a system I've been wanting to hack together, but which is based on a desktop machine, not a laptop. Anyone know of a way to drive this from a VGA or DVI signal?
OK, so then allow me to rephrase the question:
What are the resolutions on this thing?
Is this an alert or an advert? ;)
Cisco should call it the iBook, then license the trademark from Apple.
If you think that you can escape from supernational corporations and their behind-closed-doors accumulation of power by mere choice, if you don't fear that more than you fear your local school board, then you're a bigger idiot than I am.
So it is possible.
Any lock can be picked, given enough time, money, and resolve.
Correct except that the MPAA trademarked their ratings, not copyright. You cannot copyright a letter.
Yeah, it's like having a master key that unlocks your house, your car, your office, your filing cabinet, your pot and porn stash, your firesafe, your safe deposit box, your storage unit, etc... and keeping that key on a chain around your wrist, where you'll always be sure you have it. Until someone copies it while you're sleeping, and suddenly they have access to everything.
Many people trust private industry a lot less than they trust government. At least governments come up for a public vote every so often.
That's the whole damn POINT of a petition: a public declaration of your support for _____. The notion of a "private petition" is absurd.
The secret Martian cave from which I was going to launch my plot to take over the Earth has been discovered! My plans are foiled! And I would have gotten away with it, if not for these meddling kids!