The album is called "Finally We Are No One" by Icelandic group Múm.
While I generally try to avoid "me too" posts, I have to add to this by saying that "Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today is OK" is another must-hear album by Múm. And while we're on that whole Icelandic trip Sigur Rós needs a mention too, particularly the album cryptically titled "()" (pretentious? tongue-in-cheek? Who cares! It's a great album) and affectionately referred to by fans as "two sausages kissing"
>>it's not critical data so I guess it doesn't really matter
>Ouch, burn. There is nothing quite like the feeling of being told that your culture and history isn't important, and doesn't matter.
Oh, c'mon.. I mean, culture.. history.. it's hardly porn. Who cares if a few decades of historical records get wiped? Heck, just make 'em up again. Losing part of your porn collection though.. now that's a disaster.
Let's sue someone who does something better than us! Huray!
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Every dictionary I can find defines it as positive disbelief in the existence of any deity. That's a religious position.
Wow, you're so indoctrinated with religion you can't even imagine it not applying to a situation in life. That's scary. By your definition someone who's atheist because they've never even heard of the concept of religion is still religious. Likewise it's a political position to not vote, even if only for the reason that you've never heard of such a thing as a vote or a government.
I'm a vegetarian. Your logic puts me on a meat based diet. X having an absense of Y does not make X Y-based. If it did, then cavemen could be said to have had a TV based society, and all straight people would be homosexually oriented (take that, AFA;)
The religion in question is Atheism. Atheism is not a religion. From your very own cited source:
Atheism 1. Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods. 2. The doctrine that there is no God or gods. 2. Godlessness; immorality.
Religion: 1. Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe. 2. A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship. 2. The life or condition of a person in a religious order. 3. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader. 4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.
Given that 44% of the US population do not accept evolution.... Argument from numbers fallacy. If 44% of the US population jumped off a cliff, would you follow them? How many people in America today believe in psychics, mediums and alien abductions? There was a time when an opinion poll would've shown that the vast majority of people believe the earth is flat and the sun goes round it (both views, incidentally, which Christianity still argued for long after science showed them to be false)
Not me! Give me hackneyed 3D run 'n jump platform action with token puzzles and cultural references, or give me death. You can keep your new fangled innovation and originality.
Pffth. You youngsters. Next you'll be suggesting they do something crazy like spend more time on the gameplay than the marketing!
As someone who's got absolutely no qualifications in art, I feel well qualified to offer my opinion on this matter.
To my mind the question "Is computer generated art art?" is entirely the wrong way of looking at it. Why? Because you don't *make* art, you percieve it. Anything can be art. My dog can make art. How it's made isn't important.
Sure, you can make art with the specific intent of making it. You can also intend to make art and fail.. and you can make art when you didn't intend to. The critical aspect that makes something art is how it's percieved. Does it make you stop and think? Yes? Then it's probably art.
I wouldn't suggest that, say, an empty coke can is art.. not if I saw one lying in the street. But if I saw one nailed to the wall of a museum, I might stop and think about who did that, and why - it'd make me stop and think about an everyday object in a different light. And yes, this can happen accidentally - sometimes something completely random will catch your eye - the shape of a cloud in the sky, or the way the sunlight reflects off the side of a building, or any of a zillion other things.. and personally, I would say that can equally be art. Art is where you find it.
To summerize then, the answer to the question of "Yes, but is it art?" is "Do you think it's art?"
So. That's that question settled. No need to thank me, it's my pleasure. Some riches and fame would be appreciated though.;)
Others have mentioned things like the Virtua Boy (that'll cure you of the desire for 3D goggle right quick) and the venerable Powerglove
Hell no! Remember the Atari Lynx? Sucked hairy balls, right.. by your reckoning mobile colour gaming would always be rubbish, but people are climbing over each other to get hold of Nintendo DS and Sony PSP right now.
I don't really understand why VR has been so completely abandoned (and yes, I AM old enough to remember VR, Lawnmower Man and all), especially now that PCs finally have enough power to actually do a decent job of it. I mean, a modern machine could do a pretty damn good scene at, say 2048*768 (1024*768 per eye) to pick at random a fairly nice sounding resolution. All I'm really waiting for is the displays to get a high enough display density for the job.
Considering the impressive effect that can be achieved with such a crude tech as a pair of LCD shutter glasses, I would say that HMD tech would have enormous potential.
If you're fairly serious about this, and especially if you're into MAME or other arcade emulation, you should seriously consider an X-Arcade joystick. I say you have to be pretty serious 'cuz it's a lot of cash to drop for a joystick, but I've found mine to be worth every penny.. it's an absolute dream to use.
On this matter btw, YTF does every PC joypad ever made suck so badly? I've tried most of them at some point - the D-Pad is usually the critical failing. Only good D-Pad I ever found on a PC joypad was an old Saitek one they don't make any more.... and yes, I know about the Playstation 2 to USB adapters - got one. The PS2 joypad is wonderful.. the adapter isn't (made by VenomUK, don't buy that one, it sucks)
We just summon Godzilla and watch them battle it out...Then of course, we're left with the problem of a rampaging Godzilla, so we summon Cthulu to take on Godzilla...
Then we.. uh.. Is it just me, or is there something wrong with the angles in this room?
Greeeeeat... So in your dream world we swap the evil megacorp Microsoft for the evil megacorp Sony. Except they would control all the PC *hardware* as well...
Well, at least it wasn't a washing machine.. then he could've used it for... laundering money! *boom boom* geddit? washing machine?... laundry?... laundering.
I realise this is a joke, but it seems a strange thing to pick (gears, not blind driving), as it's about the only aspect of driving that actually WOULD be easy for a blind person - You should know what gear you're in from the your speed and engine revs / sound, and if you have to look at the gear stick when you change gear then you're doing something very, very wrong. Heck, that shouldn't even be a consideration for anyone who can type any better than two finger hunt-and-peck.
On this subject though... why the heck do drive-up ATM's have braille on the keypads in the US? I used to think this was a joke until I actually saw one
Just about every european money, and now the Euro too, has a different size for every denomination. The denominations get bigger as they increase in value, which makes it easier for blind people to recognise them. Doesn't the US use this concept too ?
Actually, another reason for this is if they got smaller with bigger denominations you could take a £5 note, bleach it, cut it down a bit, reprint it, and turn it into a £50 note.. whereas if the bigger denominations are physically bigger notes, you'd have to add area on to a note to reprint it at a higher value, which you can't really do.
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The album is called "Finally We Are No One" by Icelandic group Múm.
While I generally try to avoid "me too" posts, I have to add to this by saying that "Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today is OK" is another must-hear album by Múm. And while we're on that whole Icelandic trip Sigur Rós needs a mention too, particularly the album cryptically titled "()" (pretentious? tongue-in-cheek? Who cares! It's a great album) and affectionately referred to by fans as "two sausages kissing"
If there were a "+1 w00t!" moderation option, I would give you it! You have truly made my day
How is it.. Oh, never mind. Just take my damn karma already
It was so successful they're going to run the whole of Slashdot inside blink tags now
Arrrrgs acronym overdose with nothing to even entice me to open the article...
Yeah, I got an AAO w/ nothing to EMTOTA too. WTF? OMG! BBQ! LOL.
How about patenting the patent office? I bet you could get away with it.
I'd do it, except I'm too lazy. Maybe I'll file a patent on the idea of patenting the patent office though...
>>it's not critical data so I guess it doesn't really matter
>Ouch, burn. There is nothing quite like the feeling of being told that your culture and history isn't important, and doesn't matter.
Oh, c'mon.. I mean, culture.. history.. it's hardly porn. Who cares if a few decades of historical records get wiped? Heck, just make 'em up again. Losing part of your porn collection though.. now that's a disaster.
Let's sue someone who does something better than us! Huray!
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Getting dangerously close to some trademarks there, boyo. you don't want to end up like Lindows, do you?
Spacecraft: $135M/$165M
Observatory ATLO: $80M/$100M
Deorbit Module: $5M/$10M
Optical Telescope Assembly: $150M/$210M
SI Mods: $20M/$30M
SI Integration: $5M/$10M
FGS: $30M/$55M
Fee: $64M/$87M
Contingency: $128M/$174M
Launch Vehicle: $130M/$150M
Total: $747M/$991M
Hey, you forgot:
finding a distant galaxy that looks like goatse...... priceless.
Every dictionary I can find defines it as positive disbelief in the existence of any deity. That's a religious position.
;)
Wow, you're so indoctrinated with religion you can't even imagine it not applying to a situation in life. That's scary.
By your definition someone who's atheist because they've never even heard of the concept of religion is still religious. Likewise it's a political position to not vote, even if only for the reason that you've never heard of such a thing as a vote or a government.
I'm a vegetarian. Your logic puts me on a meat based diet. X having an absense of Y does not make X Y-based. If it did, then cavemen could be said to have had a TV based society, and all straight people would be homosexually oriented (take that, AFA
The religion in question is Atheism.
Atheism is not a religion. From your very own cited source:
Atheism
1. Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods.
2. The doctrine that there is no God or gods.
2. Godlessness; immorality.
Religion:
1. Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
2. A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
2. The life or condition of a person in a religious order.
3. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.
Given that 44% of the US population do not accept evolution....
Argument from numbers fallacy. If 44% of the US population jumped off a cliff, would you follow them? How many people in America today believe in psychics, mediums and alien abductions?
There was a time when an opinion poll would've shown that the vast majority of people believe the earth is flat and the sun goes round it (both views, incidentally, which Christianity still argued for long after science showed them to be false)
Really? A redundant RAID array of independent disks?
Yeah. It's a new technology. I hear they use them a lot at the Department of Redundancy Department, mainly for backing up PIN numbers.
Not me!
Give me hackneyed 3D run 'n jump platform action with token puzzles and cultural references, or give me death. You can keep your new fangled innovation and originality.
Pffth. You youngsters. Next you'll be suggesting they do something crazy like spend more time on the gameplay than the marketing!
With a name like that he should have his own TV show and action figure!
They could even merchandise a breakfast cereal. Kids could help him by buying cereal to defeat the Evil Doctor Haxxor and his army of netbots
As someone who's got absolutely no qualifications in art, I feel well qualified to offer my opinion on this matter.
;)
To my mind the question "Is computer generated art art?" is entirely the wrong way of looking at it. Why? Because you don't *make* art, you percieve it. Anything can be art. My dog can make art. How it's made isn't important.
Sure, you can make art with the specific intent of making it. You can also intend to make art and fail.. and you can make art when you didn't intend to. The critical aspect that makes something art is how it's percieved. Does it make you stop and think? Yes? Then it's probably art.
I wouldn't suggest that, say, an empty coke can is art.. not if I saw one lying in the street. But if I saw one nailed to the wall of a museum, I might stop and think about who did that, and why - it'd make me stop and think about an everyday object in a different light. And yes, this can happen accidentally - sometimes something completely random will catch your eye - the shape of a cloud in the sky, or the way the sunlight reflects off the side of a building, or any of a zillion other things.. and personally, I would say that can equally be art. Art is where you find it.
To summerize then, the answer to the question of "Yes, but is it art?" is "Do you think it's art?"
So. That's that question settled. No need to thank me, it's my pleasure. Some riches and fame would be appreciated though.
All three episodes are avaliable on Lokitorrent
Others have mentioned things like the Virtua Boy (that'll cure you of the desire for 3D goggle right quick) and the venerable Powerglove
Hell no!
Remember the Atari Lynx? Sucked hairy balls, right.. by your reckoning mobile colour gaming would always be rubbish, but people are climbing over each other to get hold of Nintendo DS and Sony PSP right now.
I don't really understand why VR has been so completely abandoned (and yes, I AM old enough to remember VR, Lawnmower Man and all), especially now that PCs finally have enough power to actually do a decent job of it. I mean, a modern machine could do a pretty damn good scene at, say 2048*768 (1024*768 per eye) to pick at random a fairly nice sounding resolution. All I'm really waiting for is the displays to get a high enough display density for the job.
Considering the impressive effect that can be achieved with such a crude tech as a pair of LCD shutter glasses, I would say that HMD tech would have enormous potential.
and the eight-direction human-sized joystick
If you're fairly serious about this, and especially if you're into MAME or other arcade emulation, you should seriously consider an X-Arcade joystick. I say you have to be pretty serious 'cuz it's a lot of cash to drop for a joystick, but I've found mine to be worth every penny.. it's an absolute dream to use.
On this matter btw, YTF does every PC joypad ever made suck so badly? I've tried most of them at some point - the D-Pad is usually the critical failing. Only good D-Pad I ever found on a PC joypad was an old Saitek one they don't make any more.... and yes, I know about the Playstation 2 to USB adapters - got one. The PS2 joypad is wonderful.. the adapter isn't (made by VenomUK, don't buy that one, it sucks)
You want my Power Glove?
Nah, I fear the powerglove. It's too bad for me!
We just summon Godzilla and watch them battle it out. ..Then of course, we're left with the problem of a rampaging Godzilla, so we summon Cthulu to take on Godzilla...
Then we.. uh.. Is it just me, or is there something wrong with the angles in this room?
Greeeeeat...
So in your dream world we swap the evil megacorp Microsoft for the evil megacorp Sony. Except they would control all the PC *hardware* as well...
This would be progress how?
Well, at least it wasn't a washing machine.. then he could've used it for... laundering money! *boom boom*
geddit? washing machine?... laundry?... laundering.
Never mind. I'll get my coat.
I realise this is a joke, but it seems a strange thing to pick (gears, not blind driving), as it's about the only aspect of driving that actually WOULD be easy for a blind person - You should know what gear you're in from the your speed and engine revs / sound, and if you have to look at the gear stick when you change gear then you're doing something very, very wrong. Heck, that shouldn't even be a consideration for anyone who can type any better than two finger hunt-and-peck.
On this subject though... why the heck do drive-up ATM's have braille on the keypads in the US? I used to think this was a joke until I actually saw one
Just about every european money, and now the Euro too, has a different size for every denomination. The denominations get bigger as they increase in value, which makes it easier for blind people to recognise them. Doesn't the US use this concept too ?
Actually, another reason for this is if they got smaller with bigger denominations you could take a £5 note, bleach it, cut it down a bit, reprint it, and turn it into a £50 note.. whereas if the bigger denominations are physically bigger notes, you'd have to add area on to a note to reprint it at a higher value, which you can't really do.