I don't know what art is...or so I used to believe but now I have come to two firm conclusions, one serious and one humorous.
If it invokes an emotional response within the observer it is art.
This makes art relative to the observer, and that's the way it really should be.
If it's in colour it's pornography, if it's in black and white it's art
I once saw life sized prints of Helmet Newton's work in the Barbican, but thankfully they were all black and white; a museum is no place to be staring at 6" tall blonde bombshells in the nude with a pair of viscous dogs straining against their leashes.
Nooo, it's DOS 4.0 all over again. DOS 3.3 was a great release and then they brought out DOS 4.0 which was so bad I had to wait till DOS 5.0 before I could upgrade. Stick with 3.x releases, they're always the best:D
Actually, I don't think it really matters if the sites hosted files or linked to them. This is clear use of a combination of fear, battery and good old fashioned bullying. They don't even have to win the cases since they can take the sites down straight away, confiscate the equipment, reclaim the domain names, etc. They can then use their significant resources in a war of attrition on the pirates.
Sites that link to torrents are treading a very thin line, and it's only the fact that Google and every other search engine as well as many smaller players on the web require the use of links to potentially illegal sites that protects them. Certainly the government can simply ignore the act that a google search will happily return the same torrent files as the pirate sites but it will still seem duplicitous.
An hour for a torrent is absurb. Grab a copy of Vuze and add whichever special tracker sites you like. Type the name of the show you want into the search box and it searches all of them at once. Pick one that is shiny and green and has some comments attached saying it's legit. If 1000 people are DLing it, it's usually fine.
I'd love to hand over cash to Netflix or Hulu or whoever can provide me with a solid IPTV product, but I live in the third world...Australia.
Here's how it should work:
* A reasonable fee per month for access to everything - perhaps with some extra cost / show, it's still got to be cheaper than a date with a hot girl * The box just freaking works - no faults, jitter, lag, or pauses * Ability to skip ads, fast forward at least * It "records" all my series stuff and has Tivo like abilities to suggest films I might like * It doesn't assume that because I like Firefly I also like Buffy * My ISP doesn't fist me at billing time * Choice of format / file size e.g. some for PSP and some for my PS3 on a big screen
I just want to be able to come home, turn on the box, and have everything that is new all ready to go. Every new episode of current series are downloaded, as are the movies, docos, etc. Also, it would be cool to program my own "virtual" channel(s) which play old sci-fi shows I like, movies I haven't seen for a couple of years, etc. Finally, it should recognise content I already own and not charge me for watching it e.g. I have copies of Lexx on dvd but want it to put them onto my virtual channel at 9PM each night...it shouldn't charge any extra fee if I can reasonably prove I have the DVDs on hand (full integration of entertainment).
Wow, the guy is a total Luddite. Surely any good email system is able to store the incoming mails for 3 months till he's ready to deal with them. It would also provide any filtering that a secretary might manage. He might even be able to enjoy cut and paste along with quoted replies. Looks like he's decided to hermit up (totally understand, do it myself) and dropped email as a straw man for wanting to slow and regulate communications flow.
Indeed. While Carmack did so much to improve the quality of game engines he did absolutely nothing to improve gameplay. In Castle Wolfenstein we play the role of a gun toting hero who moves about levels picking up ammo, shooting monsters who can all be defeated by use of either a strafe, or corner LoS, and grabbing health packs.
By the time Quake III was released we found ourselves in darkened corridors, picking up ammo and health packs, shooting monsters that came in groups of 1-3 and could be defeated by strafing or use of a corner to LoS.
It looked better but was essentially exactly the same crap he'd been handing out for over a decade.
I have to disagree, this isn't tech 10 years too early, but more like 20 years too late. Wave seems to simply be an integrated toy set of IRC, e-mail, media player and some other assorted things we've had for decades. It's IRC / MSN with widgets in the conversation and realtime updates - nothing to see, move along. I can see some businesses pounding it into the square hole just because they mistakenly believe they need it...and a vanishingly small number who do really need it. Some enthusiasts will get their friends to play with it for a few weeks - then find themselves alone in a wave app wondering why they are getting email responses instead or realtime wave.
It's interesting, and a decent toy, but expect uptake to either be very slow or not at all.
Woot! My full tower case PC, mixing desk and desktop montors are now a cell phone! Might skip taking it to work though, since the thing weighs about 50kgs thanks to the subwoofer.
Futher, even if they blow their chance of being "in the right place at the right time" their parents just keep bankrolling more chances until they get something right.
They have "the old school tie" network to ensure opportunities are given to them, rather than others who might deserve it on merit.
Finally, no man gets rich without stepping on the backs of hundreds or millions of others.
Ebert is only expressing an opinion, and like every other opinion it is beyond the bounds of reasoning or bargaining. Opinions are not fact, just a qualitative stance held by the person stating them. For instance, no matter how much I screamed and ranted at him that THX 1138 was wankish art student dribble which drew heavily from the trurly original works that proceeded it, he would no doubt defend his stance.
Now for my opinion. I spent a lot of time thinking about the question "What is art?" and have come to a reasonable conclusion for myself. Art is anything that can provoke an emotional response in the viewer. I saw a lot of art in Europe, some of which was moving and other pieces less so - but perhaps they moved other viewers.
If playing any of the many games out there makes you feel something then it's art - no matter what some movie critic says.
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I don't know what art is...or so I used to believe but now I have come to two firm conclusions, one serious and one humorous.
If it invokes an emotional response within the observer it is art.
This makes art relative to the observer, and that's the way it really should be.
If it's in colour it's pornography, if it's in black and white it's art
I once saw life sized prints of Helmet Newton's work in the Barbican, but thankfully they were all black and white; a museum is no place to be staring at 6" tall blonde bombshells in the nude with a pair of viscous dogs straining against their leashes.
Steve designed a nice little turtleneck sweater which is an optional accessory that takes care of the problem.
Nooo, it's DOS 4.0 all over again. DOS 3.3 was a great release and then they brought out DOS 4.0 which was so bad I had to wait till DOS 5.0 before I could upgrade. Stick with 3.x releases, they're always the best :D
Actually, I don't think it really matters if the sites hosted files or linked to them. This is clear use of a combination of fear, battery and good old fashioned bullying. They don't even have to win the cases since they can take the sites down straight away, confiscate the equipment, reclaim the domain names, etc. They can then use their significant resources in a war of attrition on the pirates.
Sites that link to torrents are treading a very thin line, and it's only the fact that Google and every other search engine as well as many smaller players on the web require the use of links to potentially illegal sites that protects them. Certainly the government can simply ignore the act that a google search will happily return the same torrent files as the pirate sites but it will still seem duplicitous.
And I am allegedly the greatest lover the world has ever seen.
In Soviet Russia meme uses you.
The bookie is also using smarter math than the crowd. He sets the odds, and they are always calculated to be in his favour.
An hour for a torrent is absurb. Grab a copy of Vuze and add whichever special tracker sites you like. Type the name of the show you want into the search box and it searches all of them at once. Pick one that is shiny and green and has some comments attached saying it's legit. If 1000 people are DLing it, it's usually fine.
I'd love to hand over cash to Netflix or Hulu or whoever can provide me with a solid IPTV product, but I live in the third world...Australia.
Here's how it should work:
* A reasonable fee per month for access to everything - perhaps with some extra cost / show, it's still got to be cheaper than a date with a hot girl
* The box just freaking works - no faults, jitter, lag, or pauses
* Ability to skip ads, fast forward at least
* It "records" all my series stuff and has Tivo like abilities to suggest films I might like
* It doesn't assume that because I like Firefly I also like Buffy
* My ISP doesn't fist me at billing time
* Choice of format / file size e.g. some for PSP and some for my PS3 on a big screen
I just want to be able to come home, turn on the box, and have everything that is new all ready to go. Every new episode of current series are downloaded, as are the movies, docos, etc. Also, it would be cool to program my own "virtual" channel(s) which play old sci-fi shows I like, movies I haven't seen for a couple of years, etc. Finally, it should recognise content I already own and not charge me for watching it e.g. I have copies of Lexx on dvd but want it to put them onto my virtual channel at 9PM each night...it shouldn't charge any extra fee if I can reasonably prove I have the DVDs on hand (full integration of entertainment).
He's calculated the mass of a Higgs/Boson particle. Shortly thereafter our planet is compressed to the size of a pea in a failed experiment.
Wow, the guy is a total Luddite. Surely any good email system is able to store the incoming mails for 3 months till he's ready to deal with them. It would also provide any filtering that a secretary might manage. He might even be able to enjoy cut and paste along with quoted replies. Looks like he's decided to hermit up (totally understand, do it myself) and dropped email as a straw man for wanting to slow and regulate communications flow.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Indeed. While Carmack did so much to improve the quality of game engines he did absolutely nothing to improve gameplay. In Castle Wolfenstein we play the role of a gun toting hero who moves about levels picking up ammo, shooting monsters who can all be defeated by use of either a strafe, or corner LoS, and grabbing health packs.
By the time Quake III was released we found ourselves in darkened corridors, picking up ammo and health packs, shooting monsters that came in groups of 1-3 and could be defeated by strafing or use of a corner to LoS.
It looked better but was essentially exactly the same crap he'd been handing out for over a decade.
Monsanto are paying him six figures a year to keep saying that. There is no evolution, only Zuu^H^H^H Monsanto!
Slip a condom on that iPhone before you use it; honestly people - safe sex begins with safe phone calls to arrange the booty call.
I have to disagree, this isn't tech 10 years too early, but more like 20 years too late. Wave seems to simply be an integrated toy set of IRC, e-mail, media player and some other assorted things we've had for decades. It's IRC / MSN with widgets in the conversation and realtime updates - nothing to see, move along. I can see some businesses pounding it into the square hole just because they mistakenly believe they need it...and a vanishingly small number who do really need it. Some enthusiasts will get their friends to play with it for a few weeks - then find themselves alone in a wave app wondering why they are getting email responses instead or realtime wave.
It's interesting, and a decent toy, but expect uptake to either be very slow or not at all.
Slashdot prevents all of that some of thing for a reason...
GOATSE!
As soon as you can find a way to prevent goatse waves I'll consider using it, until then - keep it plain text and watch out for those hyperlinks ;p
Woot! My full tower case PC, mixing desk and desktop montors are now a cell phone! Might skip taking it to work though, since the thing weighs about 50kgs thanks to the subwoofer.
Uh..."ciced" is meant to be "psyched" I suppose?
The problem here is they asked Catherine Tate if she was bothered by it...the conversation went a little like this:
"Am I bothered by it?"
"I'm not bothered by it."
"I said I'm not bothered."
"Look, I'm just not bothered."
"I'M NOT BOTHERED!"
You insensitive clod! I use my printer to get hard copy of pr0n before I fap. It cuts down on the amount of screen wipes I go through in a month.
A) He lied about the amount of drugs he took to seem cool to the other kids.
B) His entire sequence is simply 666ggg666ggg repeated over and over.
Futher, even if they blow their chance of being "in the right place at the right time" their parents just keep bankrolling more chances until they get something right.
They have "the old school tie" network to ensure opportunities are given to them, rather than others who might deserve it on merit.
Finally, no man gets rich without stepping on the backs of hundreds or millions of others.
Perhaps you could use System e.g.
System ("copy file1 file2");
They put a system call in there for a reason.
Ebert is only expressing an opinion, and like every other opinion it is beyond the bounds of reasoning or bargaining. Opinions are not fact, just a qualitative stance held by the person stating them. For instance, no matter how much I screamed and ranted at him that THX 1138 was wankish art student dribble which drew heavily from the trurly original works that proceeded it, he would no doubt defend his stance.
Now for my opinion. I spent a lot of time thinking about the question "What is art?" and have come to a reasonable conclusion for myself. Art is anything that can provoke an emotional response in the viewer. I saw a lot of art in Europe, some of which was moving and other pieces less so - but perhaps they moved other viewers.
If playing any of the many games out there makes you feel something then it's art - no matter what some movie critic says.
Foiled again!