Here is a review that does that. What is interesting to me about 'Metropolis' (besides a cool flick) is the history of the term 'robot'. The Russian word for 'worker' is 'robotnik.' Kinda puts a different slant on our (if you're lucky) 40 hour work week.
Back in Austin, I think I saw the silent version of Metropolis with a Kraftwerk soundtrack. I enjoyed it, but was kinda... medicated. Here's what MonsterZine has to say: "In 1920 Czech writer Karel Capek's play R.U.R.: Rossum's Universal Robots coined the term "robot" (from the Czech robotnik, worker) for mechanical man. In the play emotionless artificial persons wipe out humanity, only to develop emotions of their own. In Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927), a grandly mad scientist (Rudolph Klein-Rogge) creates an evil robot, then, through a spectacular display of electrical equipment, transforms the robot into the duplicate of a virtuous labor leader (Brigitte Helm)."
And here is what Kraftwerk has to say about it: The Robots We're charging our battery And now we're full of energy We are the robots
We're functioning automatik And we are dancing mechanik We are the robots
Ja tvoi sluga (=I'm your slave) Ja tvoi Rabotnik robotnik (=I'm your worker)
We are programmed just to do anything you want us to we are the robots
We're functioning automatic and we are dancing mechanic we are the robots
Ja tvoi sluga (=I'm your slave) Ja tvoi Rabotnik robotnik (=I'm your worker)
http://web.mit.edu/bunnie/www/proj/anatak/xboxmod. html
There's an Xbox mod. How long before kiddies start buying mod kits that have holes (as if there aren't holes not yet found.)
Another poster asked how often consoles will be online while not playing games... why couldn't a trojan take up bandwidth while a game was being played? And with broadband, they'll likely be left on.
No, the internet is a dangerous place and you don't have to be named Gibson (www.grc.com) to be paranoid.
Much as I hate the term 'cyber', and not withstanding the excellent take on Gil Scot Heron above, the net has certainly aided activist networking.
The first such widespread and effective incident of cyberactivism that I know of was the rapid creation of a solidarity network for the Zapatistas. Within hours of their January 1, 1994 uprising, people were learning of the rebels through the rebels' own words - and organizing coordinated, real-world demonstrations.
Arguably, within weeks to months, there was a larger solidarity network for the Zapatistas than any other third-world conflict since the Vietnam war. Also arguably, the world-wide resistance stayed the military's hand to some extent - there was not the slaughter that one saw in El Salvador or Guatemala.
The WTO protests are another example - and these would not have been possible either without the successful, mostly European (though certainly world-wide) struggle against the MAI - spread to the US through the web, and by-passing traditional leftist groups.
Recently the resistance to the US's latest imperialist adventure (jeez, I sound like a marxist - but what can I say when the new Ambassador to Afghanistan used to work for Unocal?) spread and networked quickly through the web. The various peace networks grew so much quicker than they did in the Gulf War (and this latest disaster is even more popular than that one).
Though Katz mentions news, I think it is important to note how alternative media uses the web. I don't live where I can hear Counterspin (www.fair.org) or Pacifica (or Free Pacifica for that matter), but I can get the webcast. Freedom of the press is really for those who own the press - but www.commondreams.org or www.zmag.org can afford a domain name and a server. While search engines charging for placement might not show the alternatives, they can still be found and spread from person to person. Webpages such as that are more than just documents handed out, they are a constant connection, a community (ack! damn buzzword).
My girlfriend works with many autistic kids - she's got a masters in speech therapy. She thought that the article left out the most commonly suspected cause of autism, which is environmental pollution. According to her, there is very little research literature that expressed parental traits are any indication of autism.
Why would Wired leave that out? Silicon Valley has one of the _highest_ concentrations of super-fund sites in the country (if not _the_ highest). While software leaves no mess, hardware - boards and chips - are very messy. I used to work in Samsung's fab in Austin, TX and I've read some very scary MSDSes. Perhaps Wired doesn't want to offend Silicon Valley?
Were we live now, in islands of southeast Alaska, there aren't many hi-tech folks. There are a lot of unemployed loggers and fishermen - not many cases of Asperger's there. However, there are many children diagnosed with 'autistic spectrum disorder.' The suspected cause - nothing has been proven - is the shutdown pulp mills and their superfund sites.
A correlation that the article didn't mention is the incidence of 'asd' with other environmentally triggered cancers, such as breast cancer.
Her other comment was that the actual diagnosis was called, 'austic spectrum disorder,' and that Asperger's Syndrome was very much on one end. She stressed that 'functioning autistics' are very, very, rare (the woman mentioned in the article is famous for being the exception to the rule.)
Gimme a break.
Sure, he started from his dorm, kept parts in his car.
What made him different from every other startup tech with a hole in the wall office was his parent's money.
A cool $1million, doled out in three different occasions.
Sure, he didn't screwup that loan - but please don't talk about Dell being a self-made man.
Anyone having worked mandatory overtime, at $7.50 per hour without health insurance is going to puke all over you for your Dellish sentiments.
Sure, Austin, Texas has a few 'dellionaires' (I dated one) but none of them would be anyone without the folks slaving away in Austin, Nashville, Ireland and (I think still) Brazil.
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Here is a review that does that.
What is interesting to me about 'Metropolis' (besides a cool flick) is the history of the term 'robot'. The Russian word for 'worker' is 'robotnik.' Kinda puts a different slant on our (if you're lucky) 40 hour work week.
Back in Austin, I think I saw the silent version of Metropolis with a Kraftwerk soundtrack. I enjoyed it, but was kinda... medicated.
Here's what MonsterZine has to say:
"In 1920 Czech writer Karel Capek's play R.U.R.: Rossum's Universal Robots coined the term "robot" (from the Czech robotnik, worker) for mechanical man. In the play emotionless artificial persons wipe out humanity, only to develop emotions of their own. In Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927), a grandly mad scientist (Rudolph Klein-Rogge) creates an evil robot, then, through a spectacular display of electrical equipment, transforms the robot into the duplicate of a virtuous labor leader (Brigitte Helm)."
And here is what Kraftwerk has to say about it:
The Robots
We're charging our battery
And now we're full of energy
We are the robots
We're functioning automatik
And we are dancing mechanik
We are the robots
Ja tvoi sluga (=I'm your slave)
Ja tvoi Rabotnik robotnik (=I'm your worker)
We are programmed just to do
anything you want us to
we are the robots
We're functioning automatic
and we are dancing mechanic
we are the robots
Ja tvoi sluga (=I'm your slave)
Ja tvoi Rabotnik robotnik (=I'm your worker)
We are the robots
http://web.mit.edu/bunnie/www/proj/anatak/xboxmod. html
There's an Xbox mod. How long before kiddies start buying mod kits that have holes (as if there aren't holes not yet found.) Another poster asked how often consoles will be online while not playing games... why couldn't a trojan take up bandwidth while a game was being played? And with broadband, they'll likely be left on. No, the internet is a dangerous place and you don't have to be named Gibson (www.grc.com) to be paranoid.
Hate to break it to everyone, but NWN comes in two parts (same box): client and server.
All the graphics are in the client. No graphics are in the server.
Guess which one is being released in Linux?
Much as I hate the term 'cyber', and not withstanding the excellent take on Gil Scot Heron above, the net has certainly aided activist networking.
The first such widespread and effective incident of cyberactivism that I know of was the rapid creation of a solidarity network for the Zapatistas. Within hours of their January 1, 1994 uprising, people were learning of the rebels through the rebels' own words - and organizing coordinated, real-world demonstrations.
Arguably, within weeks to months, there was a larger solidarity network for the Zapatistas than any other third-world conflict since the Vietnam war. Also arguably, the world-wide resistance stayed the military's hand to some extent - there was not the slaughter that one saw in El Salvador or Guatemala.
The WTO protests are another example - and these would not have been possible either without the successful, mostly European (though certainly world-wide) struggle against the MAI - spread to the US through the web, and by-passing traditional leftist groups.
Recently the resistance to the US's latest imperialist adventure (jeez, I sound like a marxist - but what can I say when the new Ambassador to Afghanistan used to work for Unocal?) spread and networked quickly through the web. The various peace networks grew so much quicker than they did in the Gulf War (and this latest disaster is even more popular than that one).
Though Katz mentions news, I think it is important to note how alternative media uses the web. I don't live where I can hear Counterspin (www.fair.org) or Pacifica (or Free Pacifica for that matter), but I can get the webcast. Freedom of the press is really for those who own the press - but www.commondreams.org or www.zmag.org can afford a domain name and a server. While search engines charging for placement might not show the alternatives, they can still be found and spread from person to person. Webpages such as that are more than just documents handed out, they are a constant connection, a community (ack! damn buzzword).
My girlfriend works with many autistic kids - she's got a masters in speech therapy. She thought that the article left out the most commonly suspected cause of autism, which is environmental pollution. According to her, there is very little research literature that expressed parental traits are any indication of autism.
Why would Wired leave that out? Silicon Valley has one of the _highest_ concentrations of super-fund sites in the country (if not _the_ highest). While software leaves no mess, hardware - boards and chips - are very messy. I used to work in Samsung's fab in Austin, TX and I've read some very scary MSDSes. Perhaps Wired doesn't want to offend Silicon Valley?
Were we live now, in islands of southeast Alaska, there aren't many hi-tech folks. There are a lot of unemployed loggers and fishermen - not many cases of Asperger's there. However, there are many children diagnosed with 'autistic spectrum disorder.' The suspected cause - nothing has been proven - is the shutdown pulp mills and their superfund sites.
A correlation that the article didn't mention is the incidence of 'asd' with other environmentally triggered cancers, such as breast cancer.
Her other comment was that the actual diagnosis was called, 'austic spectrum disorder,' and that Asperger's Syndrome was very much on one end. She stressed that 'functioning autistics' are very, very, rare (the woman mentioned in the article is famous for being the exception to the rule.)
Gimme a break.
Sure, he started from his dorm, kept parts in his car.
What made him different from every other startup tech with a hole in the wall office was his parent's money.
A cool $1million, doled out in three different occasions.
Sure, he didn't screwup that loan - but please don't talk about Dell being a self-made man.
Anyone having worked mandatory overtime, at $7.50 per hour without health insurance is going to puke all over you for your Dellish sentiments.
Sure, Austin, Texas has a few 'dellionaires' (I dated one) but none of them would be anyone without the folks slaving away in Austin, Nashville, Ireland and (I think still) Brazil.