No one seems to be pointing out that this article is comparing apples and oranges. Its comparing 5 year old SGI hardware, with modern linux. How can you even compare that. Its more of an advertizement for the Pentium 3 than for linux. Of course a modern P3 1000 will increase productivity over a 5 year old MIPS based O2. The only reason Linux is even in the equation is because its easy to port the IRIX aplicatoins to.
Calling computer art a medium is as unspecific as classifying painting or sculpting under one category of "using hands on stuff". There is a plethora of programs out there that can be used to create art. And with many of them, the computer is generating the image, while the artist is merely clicking buttons.
For example, I've seen a number of galleries featuring Poser models, or Bryce landscapes. Many of which could easily have been made with a half dozen mouse clicks. The problem with computer art as a fine art, is that its difficult for the untrained eye to see whether its a true creative work, or just something touched up or automatically generated by the computer.
What we need, for computer art to be considered legit, are critics who understand the medium. Just as brush strokes are analyzed in oil painting, the use of bump maps, or the effect of filters have to be recognized as part of the art.
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Mine died after 10 months, fixed with a format though. Also a friend of mine had his die in 7 months. Both were 30gig 75gxp's
No one seems to be pointing out that this article is comparing apples and oranges. Its comparing 5 year old SGI hardware, with modern linux. How can you even compare that. Its more of an advertizement for the Pentium 3 than for linux. Of course a modern P3 1000 will increase productivity over a 5 year old MIPS based O2. The only reason Linux is even in the equation is because its easy to port the IRIX aplicatoins to.
Its being used in their renderfarm. They used IRIX based workstations for all the content. Very different than what dreamworks has done.
Anyone know if the 760MP chipset will support older AMD Socket A CPU's like the thunderbirds or durons? I've only seen support for the Athlon MP CPUs.
Ive been doing it with win 9x for months now. Now that its a headline, they may actualy notice me. SHHHHH!
Calling computer art a medium is as unspecific as classifying painting or sculpting under one category of "using hands on stuff". There is a plethora of programs out there that can be used to create art. And with many of them, the computer is generating the image, while the artist is merely clicking buttons. For example, I've seen a number of galleries featuring Poser models, or Bryce landscapes. Many of which could easily have been made with a half dozen mouse clicks. The problem with computer art as a fine art, is that its difficult for the untrained eye to see whether its a true creative work, or just something touched up or automatically generated by the computer. What we need, for computer art to be considered legit, are critics who understand the medium. Just as brush strokes are analyzed in oil painting, the use of bump maps, or the effect of filters have to be recognized as part of the art.