I download a shitload (have Overnet and/or Soulseek on 24/7) and I listen to/watch all of it. I don't really feel I should have to justify my downloading habits, but I DID spend over 70 bucks at a music store yesterday on records and CD's. I also go to a lot of concerts, where the artists get more money.
Also, they're not suing the big downloaders, they're suing the big UPLOADERS.
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His rationale being that it's not okay to tinker with other people's movies.....but you can do whatever you want with your own.
Which is great, good for him, their his - but come on, at least give us the original versions somewhere on the DVDs.
I'll probably just pick up a LD->DVD transfer sometime though, I've heard they're pretty good.
Seriously though I could care less if someone dopes or not.
Totally. I mean sports is just another form of entertainment, after all. How would this be any different than some actress getting platic surgery? Or I guess a better analogy would be some sort of gene therapy that caused more attractiveness. But whatever. Do whatever the fuck you want with your body. It's yours.
That Lockheed building in Sunnyvale where that happened is sooooo creepy. It's like 20 stories and has NO WINDOWS. It's like a giant blue cube. Surrounded by an array of huge satellite dishes. I'd go take a picture of it but I'd probably get my camera and/or film confiscated. My art teacher said she took a bunch of students near there to draw the satellite dishes and cops came up and told them to leave.
Also, I'd ask my dad about this whole Solaris thing as he works for Lockheed (in Virginia), but he works on their underwater stuff which I think is totally seperate from the aeronautical divisions.
Yes, you must have, because it didn't open in Japan until last October, DVD released (in Japan) in December. Then the special edition premiered this April. The UK theatrical release was cancelled just last month, and the Region 2 DVD will come out in August. At any rate, I don't expect any R1 non-bootleg DVD's for awhile.
I dunno, a friend of mine says he used one at his office to play Counter Strike pretty well. All he had to do what put his finger on other players' heads and BAM!
The US Military (I forget what branch) want to test RADAR back in the day and they were looking for ways to protect their dishes from the Arctic snow and heavy winds.
Bucky Fuller gave them the geodesic dome idea and they tested it out and worked great. Snow merely rolled off of it, and of course geodesic domes are so structurally sound that they couldn't even break it when they stress-tested it.
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From the book Art and Fear (published in '01), which I highly recommend:
The artwork's potential is never higher than in that magic moment when the first brushstroke is applied, the first chord struck. But as the piece grows, technique and craft take over, and imagination becomes a less useful tool. A piece grows by becoming specific. The moment Herman Melville penned the opening line. "Call me Ishmael", one actual story - Moby Dick--began to separate itself from a multitude of imaginable others. And so on through the following five hundred-odd pages, each successive sentence in some way had to acknowledge and relate to all that preceded. Joan Didion nailed this issue squarely (and with trademark pessimism) when she said, "What's so hard about that first sentence is that you're stuck with it. Everything else is going to flow out of that sentence. And by the time you've laid down the first two sentences, your options are all gone."
It's the same for all media: the first few brushstrokes to the blank canvas satisfy the requirements of many possible paintings, while the last few fit only that painting - they could go nowhere else. The development of an imagined piece into an actual piece is a progression of decreasing possibilities, as each step in execution reduces future options by converting one - and only one - possibility into a reality. Finally, at some point or another, the piece could not be other than it is, and it is done.
I find the fact that you were falling asleep during Waking Life very ironic haha.
Although it wasn't a great film by any stretch of the imagination, the animation was great and I think it had its place because the main character was dreaming. It's what I'd imagine dreams would look like if you somehow designed a machine to capture someone's dreams and show them. It wouldn't be a crystal clear picture - objects and colors would shift, things would be exaggerated, etc.
Another thing that the movie does is turn a lot of people's interest onto lucid dreaming, which is never a bad thing. Although the advice given in Waking Life isn't the best - for a more in-depth look at the subject I'd check out "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming" by Stephen LaBerge.
You should especially take Pitchfork reviews with a grain of salt.
Many of the reviewers there have vastly different opinions of many artists, and many have the typical indie rock prick mindset of "the more obscure it is the better". And the 10 point and single decimal scale has always irked me. What the fuck is the difference between a 6.7 album and a 7.3 album?
I like the reviews in the Rasputin Manifesto (the magazine run by Rasputin Records), because they're relatively short, and don't use a point/star scale. You have to actually read the review to see if you'll like it or not.
I usually just go to Pitchfork to get my daily dose of concert/new release news.
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This is stupid, but true - he has the word "bad" in his name! Nobody's gonna vote for somebody with bad in his name.
I download a shitload (have Overnet and/or Soulseek on 24/7) and I listen to/watch all of it. I don't really feel I should have to justify my downloading habits, but I DID spend over 70 bucks at a music store yesterday on records and CD's. I also go to a lot of concerts, where the artists get more money.
Also, they're not suing the big downloaders, they're suing the big UPLOADERS.
His rationale being that it's not okay to tinker with other people's movies.....but you can do whatever you want with your own.
Which is great, good for him, their his - but come on, at least give us the original versions somewhere on the DVDs.
I'll probably just pick up a LD->DVD transfer sometime though, I've heard they're pretty good.
Yeah, I've noticed that too. Oh well.
Slashdot is going downhill.
Mod me down too honey, I have plenty of karma to burn!
Seriously though I could care less if someone dopes or not.
Totally. I mean sports is just another form of entertainment, after all. How would this be any different than some actress getting platic surgery? Or I guess a better analogy would be some sort of gene therapy that caused more attractiveness. But whatever. Do whatever the fuck you want with your body. It's yours.
Makes sense. I can easily imagine some dark fairytale-based game with the Doom 3 engine. I enjoyed Alice.
That Lockheed building in Sunnyvale where that happened is sooooo creepy. It's like 20 stories and has NO WINDOWS. It's like a giant blue cube. Surrounded by an array of huge satellite dishes. I'd go take a picture of it but I'd probably get my camera and/or film confiscated. My art teacher said she took a bunch of students near there to draw the satellite dishes and cops came up and told them to leave.
Also, I'd ask my dad about this whole Solaris thing as he works for Lockheed (in Virginia), but he works on their underwater stuff which I think is totally seperate from the aeronautical divisions.
It would've been cooler with Darren Aronofsky at the helm.
Also most indie bands suck.
This is most definitely true, but what you have to remember is almost ALL bands suck, regardless of genre or popularity.
It's all about wading through the mountains of crap to get to the good stuff.
You CAN support artists under the RIAA, by going to their concerts. The band gets a lot more percentage of the profit that way.
Who's to say this monkey didn't have a certain genetic trait that lets it get the stomach flu easier?
Yes, you must have, because it didn't open in Japan until last October, DVD released (in Japan) in December. Then the special edition premiered this April. The UK theatrical release was cancelled just last month, and the Region 2 DVD will come out in August. At any rate, I don't expect any R1 non-bootleg DVD's for awhile.
But then again, I heard it sucked.
Uhhh they already made the sequel. It was released a few months ago in Japan I believe.
I dunno, a friend of mine says he used one at his office to play Counter Strike pretty well. All he had to do what put his finger on other players' heads and BAM!
I dunno.....those videogame programmers can get a bit frisky sometimes!
Yeah, seriously. The only Matrix I recall is the original. What are these sequels people keep talking about?
Why not just give money directly to those in need of it?
How about an entire KITCHEN made of beads?
I've seen that thing in person, it's great. They even did water coming out of the faucet, and stuff like cereal boxes and bottles of Budweiser.
Geodesic domes anyone?
The US Military (I forget what branch) want to test RADAR back in the day and they were looking for ways to protect their dishes from the Arctic snow and heavy winds.
Bucky Fuller gave them the geodesic dome idea and they tested it out and worked great. Snow merely rolled off of it, and of course geodesic domes are so structurally sound that they couldn't even break it when they stress-tested it.
Yeah, same here. I loved that.
From the book Art and Fear (published in '01), which I highly recommend:
The artwork's potential is never higher than in that magic moment when the first brushstroke is applied, the first chord struck. But as the piece grows, technique and craft take over, and imagination becomes a less useful tool. A piece grows by becoming specific. The moment Herman Melville penned the opening line. "Call me Ishmael", one actual story - Moby Dick--began to separate itself from a multitude of imaginable others. And so on through the following five hundred-odd pages, each successive sentence in some way had to acknowledge and relate to all that preceded. Joan Didion nailed this issue squarely (and with trademark pessimism) when she said, "What's so hard about that first sentence is that you're stuck with it. Everything else is going to flow out of that sentence. And by the time you've laid down the first two sentences, your options are all gone."
It's the same for all media: the first few brushstrokes to the blank canvas satisfy the requirements of many possible paintings, while the last few fit only that painting - they could go nowhere else. The development of an imagined piece into an actual piece is a progression of decreasing possibilities, as each step in execution reduces future options by converting one - and only one - possibility into a reality. Finally, at some point or another, the piece could not be other than it is, and it is done.
median != average
All of the mirrors must have all been wearing red shirts.
I find the fact that you were falling asleep during Waking Life very ironic haha.
Although it wasn't a great film by any stretch of the imagination, the animation was great and I think it had its place because the main character was dreaming. It's what I'd imagine dreams would look like if you somehow designed a machine to capture someone's dreams and show them. It wouldn't be a crystal clear picture - objects and colors would shift, things would be exaggerated, etc.
Another thing that the movie does is turn a lot of people's interest onto lucid dreaming, which is never a bad thing. Although the advice given in Waking Life isn't the best - for a more in-depth look at the subject I'd check out "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming" by Stephen LaBerge.
I thought the same thing when I heard the mp3's - "What are these, Postal Service b-sides or something?"
I guess one look at Pitchfork's review of Give Up through the Pitchfilter and it all makes sense. My eyes are burning from all the neon green.
You should especially take Pitchfork reviews with a grain of salt.
Many of the reviewers there have vastly different opinions of many artists, and many have the typical indie rock prick mindset of "the more obscure it is the better". And the 10 point and single decimal scale has always irked me. What the fuck is the difference between a 6.7 album and a 7.3 album?
I like the reviews in the Rasputin Manifesto (the magazine run by Rasputin Records), because they're relatively short, and don't use a point/star scale. You have to actually read the review to see if you'll like it or not.
I usually just go to Pitchfork to get my daily dose of concert/new release news.