I think Richard Serra (the noted sculptor) gave the best definition I've heard on Charlie Rose a few years ago.
Charlie asked him if he would ever collaborate with Frank Ghery. Serra said no, that the difference between art and architecture is that art is necessarily useless and therefore architecture is out of his domain of expertise. Richard Stalman utilizes a similar definition with regards to what he considers can constitute intellectual property. He maintains that it is ethically valid to charge for things that are only meant to be appreciated (e.g., music, literature) and invalid to charge for things that have a practical use. (e.g., productivity software, compilers, etc...)
These definitions seem to lend themselves to the idea that video games can, in fact, be art, as long as they exist only for pleasure. However, when one considers competitive aspects of certain games, they become more like sporting events than literature. I think that we can all agree that the game of football or golf isn't art.
This leads me to think that video games are a new type of applied art, like architecture. Architecture is art applied to engineering-- that is, it not only involves making a building stand up, but making a building that stands up and meets certain aesthetic criteria. Video games could be art applied to sports-- creating an artistic venue that responds to a unique game.
Therefore, I'd have to say that the answer is strictly no. However, it's a semantic distinction, and it does not mean that video games, like architecture, should be excluded from the contemporary art community.
Vaccines are not "unscientific quackery" just because we don't build antibodies from scratch. There are many instances in science where we let nature/statistics and build a result from the ground up. For instance, genetic algorithms, universally regarded as sound science, work in a similar way. We simply cast a problem as an optimization of a sequence of chromosomes and let statistics organize a solution. We could build these solutions from the bottom up, but it would require much more effort and may not produce as good of a result.
In other words, good science involves taking advantage of well understood natural processes.
Malaria causes more deaths in children under 5 years old than even AIDS. (http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/impact/) Bill is certainly doing the right thing and I'll feel a bit less dirty writing this post on a WinXP machine because of it.
This is opening up the door to an idiotic, semantic debate, but on philosophical grounds I can't let that stament stand.
One can believe in one good god and logically conclude the absense of that god is evil.
Similarly, one can believe in one bad god and logically conclude that the absense of that bad god is good.
You could call that bad got Satan.
Therefore, you can believe in Satan (a bad god) and worship him and not believe in a good god. If someone worships Satan, they would be classified as a "real 'Satanist'".
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No, you may not be the first to say that. Look at the department the article was filed under.
There have been reports of dihidrogen oxide pellets in the skies over the Midwest. I'd advise the author of the post to attempt to observe this phenomenon.
As for life on Mars... I watched a really good documentary about the moon the other day, which basically explained that without the moon -- a single moon -- to help stabilize our planet, we probably wouldn't have ever been here. It will be interesting to see if life evolved on Mars, perhaps conditions were favourable in the past. Apparently since it has multiple small moons, it wobbles on its axis, which makes the climate really unstable over very long periods of times. Or, that was the gist of it.
Mars not having a moon to create less eccentric seasons does not imply that life wouldn't have evolved. First, it obviously does not rule out hardy bacteria from existing. Second, many fish and birds make very long migratory paths on earth as would be necessary for the extreme seasonal temperature differences. This would just add a further constraint on life, perhaps leading to physically superior animals to those we have on earth that don't have to make long treks. While the discovery channel documentary was interesting, I think it was FOS.
Bush is probably looking to propose a plan comparable to FDR's REA (Rural Electrification Administration) which funded power lines to rural developments and encouraged rural businesses to adopt newer technologies. I hope Bush will take a lesson from FDR and not only extend BB access to rural homes and businesses but to give funding to poorer families and rural businesses to help close the "digital divide".
For more information on the REA, see http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/20th/1930s/newdeal.html
All that would be required is an ionic ramjet which could install a solid fuel motor onto an asteroid and propel it into Earth's orbit. Wait a few years and BAM!
BAM! Indeed. The slightest miscalculation and we will receive all of thoes minerals very quickly when the asteroid smashes into earth and rapidly accelerates the sixth great extinction.
I think Infinium Labs should chagne its name to Infinum labs. A word for greatest lower bound describes the company's output better than a word drrrived from infinite.
"In the past couple of years, we have put an enormous amount of pressure on ourselves to ensure we do everything possible to exceed people's expectations with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas,"
Does he mean that 40 people, instead of 20 people, will be killed as a result of someone imitating the game in real life?
On behalf of all companies too cheap to by up-to-date reference books, I salute you WebMonkey. You've given me the information that has prevented me from robbing Barnes and Nobel countless times.
1. Secretly Detach Laptop Alarm
2. Attach to dog Bowser and set dog free.
3. Claim that laptop was lost.
4. ???.
5. Profit.
6. Buy new laptop with alarm.
7. Repeat.
5,715,314 is ultra-general. One could use this patent to sue every site on the 'net that uses secure E-commerce. I suspect the judge will bend over backwards for Amazon. If Amazon looses, it will be one of the most destructive legal precedents in US history.
I wonder why 3rd party vendors haven't gone ahead and manufactured flash cards for the X-Box system already... It seems logical for someone to do a Game-Genie type of thing by circumventing ms.
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FTA: ..a priesthood nonetheless, largely comprised of white men.
Some of us are Asian, you insensitive clod.
This guy is just reposting his own highly moderated post from another article. http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=227061&cid=18392677
I think Richard Serra (the noted sculptor) gave the best definition I've heard on Charlie Rose a few years ago. Charlie asked him if he would ever collaborate with Frank Ghery. Serra said no, that the difference between art and architecture is that art is necessarily useless and therefore architecture is out of his domain of expertise. Richard Stalman utilizes a similar definition with regards to what he considers can constitute intellectual property. He maintains that it is ethically valid to charge for things that are only meant to be appreciated (e.g., music, literature) and invalid to charge for things that have a practical use. (e.g., productivity software, compilers, etc...) These definitions seem to lend themselves to the idea that video games can, in fact, be art, as long as they exist only for pleasure. However, when one considers competitive aspects of certain games, they become more like sporting events than literature. I think that we can all agree that the game of football or golf isn't art. This leads me to think that video games are a new type of applied art, like architecture. Architecture is art applied to engineering-- that is, it not only involves making a building stand up, but making a building that stands up and meets certain aesthetic criteria. Video games could be art applied to sports-- creating an artistic venue that responds to a unique game. Therefore, I'd have to say that the answer is strictly no. However, it's a semantic distinction, and it does not mean that video games, like architecture, should be excluded from the contemporary art community.
This is not Insightful.
Vaccines are not "unscientific quackery" just because we don't build antibodies from scratch. There are many instances in science where we let nature/statistics and build a result from the ground up. For instance, genetic algorithms, universally regarded as sound science, work in a similar way. We simply cast a problem as an optimization of a sequence of chromosomes and let statistics organize a solution. We could build these solutions from the bottom up, but it would require much more effort and may not produce as good of a result.
In other words, good science involves taking advantage of well understood natural processes.
Malaria causes more deaths in children under 5 years old than even AIDS. (http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/impact/) Bill is certainly doing the right thing and I'll feel a bit less dirty writing this post on a WinXP machine because of it.
No.
This is opening up the door to an idiotic, semantic debate, but on philosophical grounds I can't let that stament stand.
One can believe in one good god and logically conclude the absense of that god is evil.
Similarly, one can believe in one bad god and logically conclude that the absense of that bad god is good.
You could call that bad got Satan.
Therefore, you can believe in Satan (a bad god) and worship him and not believe in a good god. If someone worships Satan, they would be classified as a "real 'Satanist'".
No, you may not be the first to say that. Look at the department the article was filed under.
3rd tier US private industry is catching up to the Chinese government!
There have been reports of dihidrogen oxide pellets in the skies over the Midwest. I'd advise the author of the post to attempt to observe this phenomenon.
As for life on Mars... I watched a really good documentary about the moon the other day, which basically explained that without the moon -- a single moon -- to help stabilize our planet, we probably wouldn't have ever been here. It will be interesting to see if life evolved on Mars, perhaps conditions were favourable in the past. Apparently since it has multiple small moons, it wobbles on its axis, which makes the climate really unstable over very long periods of times. Or, that was the gist of it.
Mars not having a moon to create less eccentric seasons does not imply that life wouldn't have evolved. First, it obviously does not rule out hardy bacteria from existing. Second, many fish and birds make very long migratory paths on earth as would be necessary for the extreme seasonal temperature differences. This would just add a further constraint on life, perhaps leading to physically superior animals to those we have on earth that don't have to make long treks. While the discovery channel documentary was interesting, I think it was FOS.
The difference between ./ and Technica is that slashdot can bring down Technica whenever it wants.
Bush is probably looking to propose a plan comparable to FDR's REA (Rural Electrification Administration) which funded power lines to rural developments and encouraged rural businesses to adopt newer technologies. I hope Bush will take a lesson from FDR and not only extend BB access to rural homes and businesses but to give funding to poorer families and rural businesses to help close the "digital divide". For more information on the REA, see http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/20th/1930s/newdeal .html
All that would be required is an ionic ramjet which could install a solid fuel motor onto an asteroid and propel it into Earth's orbit. Wait a few years and BAM!
BAM! Indeed. The slightest miscalculation and we will receive all of thoes minerals very quickly when the asteroid smashes into earth and rapidly accelerates the sixth great extinction.
I meant the above comment to refer to the odd fact that the Science Fiction channel was producing a fantasy movie.
what's the difference?
I think Infinium Labs should chagne its name to Infinum labs. A word for greatest lower bound describes the company's output better than a word drrrived from infinite.
Someone didn't get the joke :(
"In the past couple of years, we have put an enormous amount of pressure on ourselves to ensure we do everything possible to exceed people's expectations with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas,"
Does he mean that 40 people, instead of 20 people, will be killed as a result of someone imitating the game in real life?
The joke was that the company wouldn't pay for an $80 book so I'd have to steal it from Barnes and Nobel. Maybe it was too big of a step.
On behalf of all companies too cheap to by up-to-date reference books, I salute you WebMonkey. You've given me the information that has prevented me from robbing Barnes and Nobel countless times.
15 minutes after putting it on the DSL connection, tne university police department was at the door.
Not to stray too far off topic, but what happened to your friend?
1. Secretly Detach Laptop Alarm
2. Attach to dog Bowser and set dog free.
3. Claim that laptop was lost.
4. ???.
5. Profit.
6. Buy new laptop with alarm.
7. Repeat.
5,715,314 is ultra-general. One could use this patent to sue every site on the 'net that uses secure E-commerce. I suspect the judge will bend over backwards for Amazon. If Amazon looses, it will be one of the most destructive legal precedents in US history.
I wonder why 3rd party vendors haven't gone ahead and manufactured flash cards for the X-Box system already... It seems logical for someone to do a Game-Genie type of thing by circumventing ms.
How else did they come up with all the wonderful features in Open Office?