I've always liked this definition of art: Art is anything that could be done a different way, the art is in the choice.
So most of everything is some sort of art - you could always have chosen something different. Wether or not the art is of any interest to anyone else is a matter of context and opinion.
Programming is an art in that choices have to made and they are informed by experience, training and inspiration.
I bought a DVD Recorder recently. Compared to VHS for ease of recording it sucks. It's just too complicated to simply quickly slam a DVD in and start recording what's on.
You have to be to aware of issues such as what tracks are already on the DVD and is there room enough for what you want to record.
I suspect there is a huge market for a DVD recorder that by default behaves exactly like a VHS recorder - keep a cursor on each DVD of where it last was (analogous to tape position) and record from that point overwriting anything unprotected. Plus the ability to replicate actual fast forwarding of images (rather than annoying as all hell jittery frame skipping).
You can't buy Civilization new anymore because the owners of Sid Meirs Civilization bought it's rights to discontinue it (they didn't want the competition).
http://funagain.com/ is a god online store for boardgames.
"Vinci" is an excellent game for people who want to battle each other.
"Evo" is a fun game enjoyed by most people.
"Guillotine" is a quick to play game absolutely everyone enjoys.
"Citadels" scales very well for three to nine players (with the extensions) if you have a large group of people.
But you can't buy it new anymore - the rights were bought so it could be discontinued as thge makers of Sid Meirs Civilization don't want the competition.
http://funagain.com/ is a good online store for boardgames.
"Vinci" is a great game for people who like to battle one another.
"Evo" is a fun game that appeals to a broad audience.
Everyone enjoys "Guillotine".
And if you want to play with more than five people "Citadels" is a game that scales superbly from three to nine (using expansions) players.
I've had a Prismiq for about a year now. I'm mostly pretty happy with it - I'd like a better UI, a remote that doesn't think it's a mouse, and server side (the Prismiq is an embedded Linux device that cooperates with Windows server software on a PC) software that could be run as a service (at the moment it requires a user logged on to run - therefore sucks on a dedicated server).
Occassionally I have to re-encode stuff because the Prismiq chokes (for no apparent reason) on some files but across a 100Mb cable it streams video with little problem. It has a PCMIA slot for Wifi but reports are that it's hard to configure and jerky to use.
George Orwell wasn't making a prediction about the future in '1984'. He didn't even name it '1984', his title was '1948'. His publisher's, like almost everyone else, missed the point of the story and thought he was predicting a repressive future.
Orwell worked as a censor of the news for the British during WW2 and became horrified at how much was hidden and misrepresented to the public.
His point isn't that 'the world may become thus', but rather 'how do you know the world isn't thus?'.
Which should be extremely topical in the U.S at the moment where the Government is disappearing people having suspended their constitutional rights because of the threat posed by some evil overseas bogeyman - exactly the world the citizens in '1984' live in.
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I've always liked this definition of art: Art is anything that could be done a different way, the art is in the choice. So most of everything is some sort of art - you could always have chosen something different. Wether or not the art is of any interest to anyone else is a matter of context and opinion. Programming is an art in that choices have to made and they are informed by experience, training and inspiration.
I bought a DVD Recorder recently. Compared to VHS for ease of recording it sucks. It's just too complicated to simply quickly slam a DVD in and start recording what's on. You have to be to aware of issues such as what tracks are already on the DVD and is there room enough for what you want to record. I suspect there is a huge market for a DVD recorder that by default behaves exactly like a VHS recorder - keep a cursor on each DVD of where it last was (analogous to tape position) and record from that point overwriting anything unprotected. Plus the ability to replicate actual fast forwarding of images (rather than annoying as all hell jittery frame skipping).
You can't buy Civilization new anymore because the owners of Sid Meirs Civilization bought it's rights to discontinue it (they didn't want the competition). http://funagain.com/ is a god online store for boardgames. "Vinci" is an excellent game for people who want to battle each other. "Evo" is a fun game enjoyed by most people. "Guillotine" is a quick to play game absolutely everyone enjoys. "Citadels" scales very well for three to nine players (with the extensions) if you have a large group of people.
But you can't buy it new anymore - the rights were bought so it could be discontinued as thge makers of Sid Meirs Civilization don't want the competition. http://funagain.com/ is a good online store for boardgames. "Vinci" is a great game for people who like to battle one another. "Evo" is a fun game that appeals to a broad audience. Everyone enjoys "Guillotine". And if you want to play with more than five people "Citadels" is a game that scales superbly from three to nine (using expansions) players.
I've had a Prismiq for about a year now. I'm mostly pretty happy with it - I'd like a better UI, a remote that doesn't think it's a mouse, and server side (the Prismiq is an embedded Linux device that cooperates with Windows server software on a PC) software that could be run as a service (at the moment it requires a user logged on to run - therefore sucks on a dedicated server). Occassionally I have to re-encode stuff because the Prismiq chokes (for no apparent reason) on some files but across a 100Mb cable it streams video with little problem. It has a PCMIA slot for Wifi but reports are that it's hard to configure and jerky to use.
George Orwell wasn't making a prediction about the future in '1984'. He didn't even name it '1984', his title was '1948'. His publisher's, like almost everyone else, missed the point of the story and thought he was predicting a repressive future. Orwell worked as a censor of the news for the British during WW2 and became horrified at how much was hidden and misrepresented to the public. His point isn't that 'the world may become thus', but rather 'how do you know the world isn't thus?'. Which should be extremely topical in the U.S at the moment where the Government is disappearing people having suspended their constitutional rights because of the threat posed by some evil overseas bogeyman - exactly the world the citizens in '1984' live in.