Today I went to the store and they totally screwed me there. Seriously, the manager was being a total dick. I would have fought him, but I'm too much of a pussy:( Then, on the way home a car splashed into a puddle and it got me all wet. To top everything off, when I got home, my mailbox was full of bills! I guess it must be that time of the month...
Yes, but that's just it - he explores that musical phrase. Modern artists would (and have) simply repeat that one phrase on loop for ninety minutes instead of writing other music around it, telling a story with it, instead of weaving it into something, making it into a journey. What I mean when I say modern artists base an entire work off a single idea is this:
"I am going to collect toothpicks that people have thrown away." or "I will cover this city block in syrup." or "I will get a whole bunch of funhouse mirrors and set them up in interesting ways."
And then they do it. And that's it. They don't bother to think beyond this first idea. Then, only afterwards, they make up a bunch of bullshit about why this is Art. Basically a single "gosh, that's neat" idea suffices for art these days. That's sad and pathetic.
Well, to be more accurate, they come up with a one and only one idea and base an entire work completely off of that. There's no skill involved, either; really they might as well write the idea down on paper, because that's all it's worth.
I'm just making fun of the ridiculous gimmick, as if splicing sampled notes together to create music is anything new.
The real success of the video is, like you said, the work that went into it, the actual composition. There are thousands of people making MODs and MIDI files; this guy just added the video. So: premise stupid, execution excellent. Kind of the opposite of modern art.
So basically he made a MIDI track using live instrument samples?
Now this is cutting edge stuff here - simply by dictating what pitch, how long, and when notes should be played, he was able to "perform" an entire song!!
Can you imagine the potential of this? Why, you could be an entire orchestra by yourself! In fact, you could even perform this kind of trick LIVE - simply substitute musicians skilled in their instruments for the samples, and in order to "control" them, you could provide them with the musical instructions somehow on paper. Of course you'd have to implement some kind of global timer to keep them all together, but it seems very doable!
Actually, this lawmaker is considering introducing many other similar bills. For example:
A bill allowing blind people to drive as long as it is a manual transmission Ferrari on an empty alley. They will be allowed one (1) 90 degree turn as long as a confused prep school youth is in the passenger seat.
A bill allowing the blind to tango.
A bill banning juggling hand grenades while in military service.
and try to accomplish as much of the task as possible. This is an amazing way to practice programming skills, as it is open-ended yet manages to cover a huge breadth of skills necessary to be a good programmer and computer scientist. The first task is to write an emulator. I suggest you start here.
No. College teaches you the principles of what you want to study so that when you do study it, the mental framework is already in place and you can learn faster.
So yes, college does teach you to learn. It teaches you to learn more efficiently. College teaches you X and Y so that for every Z that will be in your field, either X or Y is directly related to Z. If you didn't go to college, you might not receive the proper guidance to learn X and Y on your own, because they seem so impractical.
You are thinking of high school, where usually facts are taught and it is the job of the student to memorize those facts and repeat them to the teacher. We're talking about college, which teaches you how to think rather than what to think. (At least it should.) What this student has to do is finally bridge the gap between the practical stuff about computers he knows and the theoretical stuff he learned in university. It's a leap of faith, but all it requires is that you get off your arse and start doing things. So now you should see the insight of the GP post.
It very much matters what words you use and who your audience is. Yes, many people might know that social justice is not communism, but he's not trying to prove an academic thesis, he's trying to persuade people towards his argument. It is a bit odd, too, because the FSF is usually very strict about which words they use, to the point of being obnoxious (but it's a necessary sort of obnoxiousness).
Qbittorrent is an excellent, GPL bittorrent client that is fast, and has a very small footprint. It's in development stages right now, and is only for Linux, but it works very well..debs are available; you should try it out.
I think that Japan's perseverance isn't because of its isolationist policies - I think that the Japanese are simply more adept at dealing with globalization than other cultures. Look at what happened when Commodore Perry forced them to open their borders - they went from wooden ships to defeating the Russian navy in 50 years.
Japan is basically a prototype of America - it is very good at taking other people's culture and technology and modifying it to fit into their society. The only difference is the desire for racial purity.
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But at the very least they could put an update on the story on the front page.
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:( Then, on the way home a car splashed into a puddle and it got me all wet. To top everything off, when I got home, my mailbox was full of bills! I guess it must be that time of the month...
Today I went to the store and they totally screwed me there. Seriously, the manager was being a total dick. I would have fought him, but I'm too much of a pussy
How about every single .mod ever made? Unreal Tournament's music is made like that, I believe.
ok :)
I think he's actually look to get employment with RIM. You know. A position at RIM. A career with RIM. In other words
So you're saying Fruity Loops and stop motion animation are "phenomenal events"?
The Moog thing was simply the first proof of concept of programmable music; not anything interesting otherwise.
If you think unoriginality is going to stop these people...
Yes, but that's just it - he explores that musical phrase. Modern artists would (and have) simply repeat that one phrase on loop for ninety minutes instead of writing other music around it, telling a story with it, instead of weaving it into something, making it into a journey. What I mean when I say modern artists base an entire work off a single idea is this:
"I am going to collect toothpicks that people have thrown away." or
"I will cover this city block in syrup." or
"I will get a whole bunch of funhouse mirrors and set them up in interesting ways."
And then they do it. And that's it. They don't bother to think beyond this first idea. Then, only afterwards, they make up a bunch of bullshit about why this is Art. Basically a single "gosh, that's neat" idea suffices for art these days. That's sad and pathetic.
Well, to be more accurate, they come up with a one and only one idea and base an entire work completely off of that. There's no skill involved, either; really they might as well write the idea down on paper, because that's all it's worth.
"Cover a city block in syrup"
I'm just making fun of the ridiculous gimmick, as if splicing sampled notes together to create music is anything new.
The real success of the video is, like you said, the work that went into it, the actual composition. There are thousands of people making MODs and MIDI files; this guy just added the video. So: premise stupid, execution excellent. Kind of the opposite of modern art.
So basically he made a MIDI track using live instrument samples?
Now this is cutting edge stuff here - simply by dictating what pitch, how long, and when notes should be played, he was able to "perform" an entire song!!
Can you imagine the potential of this? Why, you could be an entire orchestra by yourself! In fact, you could even perform this kind of trick LIVE - simply substitute musicians skilled in their instruments for the samples, and in order to "control" them, you could provide them with the musical instructions somehow on paper. Of course you'd have to implement some kind of global timer to keep them all together, but it seems very doable!
If Javascript had any documentation, everyone would have been using it that early as well.
That's because there are none. They've all been hunted to extinction.
I will post this on every Slashdot story I see about learning how to program or improving your computer skills:
Go to this website for the 2006 ICFP programming contest:
http://icfpcontest.org/task.shtml
and try to accomplish as much of the task as possible. This is an amazing way to practice programming skills, as it is open-ended yet manages to cover a huge breadth of skills necessary to be a good programmer and computer scientist. The first task is to write an emulator. I suggest you start here.
No. College teaches you the principles of what you want to study so that when you do study it, the mental framework is already in place and you can learn faster.
So yes, college does teach you to learn. It teaches you to learn more efficiently. College teaches you X and Y so that for every Z that will be in your field, either X or Y is directly related to Z. If you didn't go to college, you might not receive the proper guidance to learn X and Y on your own, because they seem so impractical.
You are thinking of high school, where usually facts are taught and it is the job of the student to memorize those facts and repeat them to the teacher. We're talking about college, which teaches you how to think rather than what to think. (At least it should.) What this student has to do is finally bridge the gap between the practical stuff about computers he knows and the theoretical stuff he learned in university. It's a leap of faith, but all it requires is that you get off your arse and start doing things. So now you should see the insight of the GP post.
Great work... but why did he single out SuicideGirls??
Oh...
No kidding! I mean, jeez, it's just as simple as that!!
It very much matters what words you use and who your audience is. Yes, many people might know that social justice is not communism, but he's not trying to prove an academic thesis, he's trying to persuade people towards his argument. It is a bit odd, too, because the FSF is usually very strict about which words they use, to the point of being obnoxious (but it's a necessary sort of obnoxiousness).
Yes, but try telling them that.
Qbittorrent is an excellent, GPL bittorrent client that is fast, and has a very small footprint. It's in development stages right now, and is only for Linux, but it works very well. .debs are available; you should try it out.
I think that Japan's perseverance isn't because of its isolationist policies - I think that the Japanese are simply more adept at dealing with globalization than other cultures. Look at what happened when Commodore Perry forced them to open their borders - they went from wooden ships to defeating the Russian navy in 50 years.
Japan is basically a prototype of America - it is very good at taking other people's culture and technology and modifying it to fit into their society. The only difference is the desire for racial purity.
Slide 1
- Four score and seven years ago
- Our fathers brought forth on this continent
- A new nation
- Conceived in Liberty
- And dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Slide 2- Now we are engaged in a great civil war
- Testing whether that nation can long endure.
- Or any nation so conceived and so dedicated
- We are met on a great battle-field of that war
- We have come to dedicate a portion of that field
- A final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live
- Altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
Slide 3- In a larger sense
- We can not dedicate this ground
- We can not consecrate this ground
- We can not hallow this ground
- The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract
- The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here
- But it can never forget what they did here
- It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced
Slide 4Everyone knows the only language to start CS majors out in is Scheme. SICP should be everyone's freshman textbook.