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Videogames as Art
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I think the question is not "Are games art?" but "What happens when critical thought is applied to games?"
For instance, Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises makes critical statements and assesments about values. Hemmingway's writing, however, really doesn't get past "He did this. Then he got drunk. The table wobbled. He left the bar and walked. He went to sleep." Poetic, flowing prose just doesn't happen. The themes that can pulled out of this are worth discussing and dissecting, for their sake.
I get the feeling that games will end up being like popular music: on the fringe for the most part and worth their plot summary/dialogue but the music (and perhaps graphics) will not be used. Games have elements worth discussing critically. For instance, I have used songs in papers for their lyrical content only. Game graphics could be discussed abstractly, as there is a certain "This has more than a literal meaning" element based on cultural and symbolic meaning.
Certainly something to think about and play around with especially considering even popular fiction has elements worth discussing.
These lawsuits were stunts to distract from quarterly earnings in the first place, did anyone really expect anything new? Of course, they hinge on the IBM case and, of course, there really isn't anything there without determining what (if anything) infringes.
Now had they been reasonable and sued for licensing violations alone, maybe there wouldn't ground for a stay.
to the best of my knowledge (being an estimator by trade), cables must be raced and open electrical receptacles are not allowed...fire stopping regulations also come into play...
PoE and UL 2043 are for an above a drop ceiling type install (with only an ethernet connection being required)...as USB has active power in the connector, this is a Bad Thing to have on if the fire suppression system goes off, since there there would be an Airport Extreme Base Station electricifying pooling water (potentially)
Ethereal requires X Windows to run on OS X...which means the some form of a rootless install or the defunct Apple XFree86 Beta in Jaguar (10.2.x).
Panther (10.3.x) has X Windows intergrated, although I haven't bought it yet...(so I don't know how well it works or if all the build issues are sorted out of Fink...although Fink is supposed to work now)
10.1.x, I have no clue, but it's different than 10.2.x (probably have to install some third variant of X via Fink)
Ethereal on OS X does rock especially with KisMac but there's three or four possible scenarios for install...probably why the book doesn't cover it...
I feel obligated to point out that the Explorer is not inherently unsafe. A few points to remember about the Explorer (and SUVs/Trucks in general):
- The roll over issues in the Explorer were the result of two effects: 1) improper tire inflation/tire defects leading to premature failure of the Firestone Wilderness A/T tires. Note these same tires were also used on the Ford Ranger 4x4 and were not recalled because the Ranger had the proper inflation pressure for that tire listed (primary reason) and the improperly wound lots ended up on Explorers (secondary reason) 2) The complete failure of the tire was generally a blow out at intersate speeds which is dangerous in any vehicle. Blow out a tire in anything going 70 and it will roll (or attempt to) unless the driver knows exactly what to do.
- Trucks/SUVs have a higher center of gravity, making them easy to roll over if they are driven like a car and also (until recently and with the Explorer in question) they have sold rear axles. Which when coupled with rear wheel drive, stiff rear springs, a high center of gravity, and someone who thinks their Explorer will handle like the FWD car they just replaced, makes for situation that invariably leads to an accident.
Yes, there was corporate negligance (Ford's choosing tire inflation pressure for ride rather than safety, Firestone's defects and rubber stamping of Ford's choice)...however, that is unrelated to the safety of the Explorer as a vehicle which is not that bad...just don't expect a truck to behave like car (where I think a lot of problems come from)
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Apple Revises eMac
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Note that the "new" iBook G4s use an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 graphic chip...while the revised eMac uses an ATI Radeon 9200. And it works on the G4 iBook, so it should work fine on the eMac.
golf is good and relaxing...not to mention a fine way to enjoy a cigar outside. If that doesn't lose my geek statues nothing will...although I probably lost my geek status sometime around getting married and dealing with children...
currently, tho, I do have to admin the house...which consists of 4 desktops and 3 or 4 laptops...of which I have 2 iBooks, 1 WinXP, 1 Win98, 3 WinME, 1 FreeBSD, and 1 RedHat...plus the collection in the basment..oh, well...
yeah, because it passes current through the coils and the troughs of AC sap just enough energy to not spin the motor...turning it into a giant heater.
Anything that hums needs to be unplugged...
Bizzarely enough Henry Ford (IIRC) was convinced of the viability of concrete houses and actually constructed a protype with the furniture poured in place as a demostration. I remember seeing this in Popular Mechanics as one those 50 years ago bits but I can't find anything on the web.
Also, you can do *anything* with steel...it's how much you want to pay, not limitations on current building materials.
Personally, I like our 1928 home...great lighting, decent layout, and it has character. All elements lacking in anything built after 1945 for me.
The FAQ at Linspot suggests more than simply packaging or including OSS (as Apple and Microsoft do):
With it, we want to honour the OpenSource projects who are at the basis of LinSpot: the Apache Web Server, the ISC DHCP server, the ISC BIND Nameserver, the SQUID Web Proxy Cache and lots of other things created by motivated programmers across the globe.
Either this guy needs a better Dutch/French/Standard German-English Dictionary *OR* all the code is hacked together and intergrated into the billing/gateway software...I highly doubt a download will yield anything other than a binary for Linspot.
Okay, someone needs to point out to Jasper (I couldn't find a reasonable contact, so I'm guessing investment@linspot.com will know what to with it...) that it's "free" as in speech, not as in beer...the whole point of the Open Source movement is to let the code be availible for evaluation and use. The GPL is copy left and this seems to be lost in the amueterish hyperbole of what could be a legitimate business model if 1) it didn't restrict the end user setting their own pricing and 2) didn't infringe / defame / violate the GPL and OSS movement.
Other problems: No contact information, not a real company yet (to be incorporated in Belgium)
Under "Start Up Disk" in the Control Panel in Jaguar (10.2.x), it will boot into OS9 by default...so it claims...personally, I've only booted into OS X as the majority of apps I use are OSX or Fink/XFree86 based. I have a hanful of OS9 apps...Diablo, Starcraft, Warcraft, and Netscrape for Launchcast which launch OS9 when I open them.
so bascially HP analyzed all the links for May 1-21, 2003 and then decided that based on the fact a link appeared 1 or 2 days in a few blogs before appearing in a statistically significant number of blogs, everyody *must* be copying links from those blogs.
It doesn't evaluate any potential value of the link (i.e. how to remove worms would be more valuable and more likely to be repeatedly link than, say, here's the laptop I just bought. Or a funny picture that also has own intrinistic value). Plus all this information is on the internet...freely dessiminated and available for the most part. It's a bit like claiming because every newspaper is covering a story, all newspapers must be copying the first story run.
I have very strong feelings to the contary on this one...it's a pet, not a child. Go make the world a better place and adopt a child who needs home, don't delude yourself that animals can somehow take the place of children. You and your girlfriend may want to ask some serious questions about your relationship...after having dealt with the same thing, not being able to have children can be difficult.
Of course, having adopted a daughter and being married to someone who was adopted may add certain bias to my opinion.
We have three cats and they live in the basement...and I've never had a problem with them messing with my computers down there. First, like others have said, it's a pet-owner problem...the cat needs more attention either petting or playing with. Second, try aluminum foil around/over cables...cats hate the feel of foil on their paws and will avoid the area entirely after awhile (at which point the foil can be removed)
I remember finding this page by accident about a month ago and looking at the serial number on my iBook and finding it unaffected.
I did think it was interesting that around this time I had to have my battery replaced under warranty (which is only 6 mos. on the battery, even if you spring for AppleCare) that they had order my replacement battery...even though it was supposed to be normally in stock.
It depends on how the network is configured...my iBook doesn't get an IP until the DNS gives it one...because that's how I have it setup...neither do my Windows Boxen...because once again, that's how I have it setup.
Although, come to think of it, my XP box does have an IP on boot...as I have Ghostscript/virtual printer drivers setup for the Macs and I gave it a fixed IP so the they could always find the printer.
First, I screwed together a P166 with Win98, a TV-out card, and sound...hooked it up to the TV and stereo (using one free input, an RCA cable, one RCA to 3.5mm stereo and a 3.5mm extension) and used it as the TV computer...this lasted about 2 months before my wife got irked and made me clean-up the living room.
Iteration II is the notebook hooked into the stereo...as I replaced my Toshiba Protege 1110CT PII with a 12" iBook, it works pretty well for this...or I just plug the iBook in and let iTunes do the work.
The only problem I have now is iTunes won't install on Win98 (needs WinXP or Win2000) and the T sh ba (it's missing a few letters off the lid) doesn't have enough ram to be upgraded...which may be consideration if you want to use iTunes to share...
meh, Terminator:Skynet (1996) from Bethesda had vehicles, mouse look, real 3d, and all that jazz...it just never took off...although I still have fond memories of that game and playing as a Terminator ruled...especially in Deathmatch...
LEAP can be configured to work with Airport (I think it works out of the box but not sure). I do know my university uses Cisco LEAP and my iBook works where I can find wireless coverage...
For reference, I have an iBook G3 with 10.2.8 and the newest Aiport drivers.
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I think the question is not "Are games art?" but "What happens when critical thought is applied to games?"
For instance, Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises makes critical statements and assesments about values. Hemmingway's writing, however, really doesn't get past "He did this. Then he got drunk. The table wobbled. He left the bar and walked. He went to sleep." Poetic, flowing prose just doesn't happen. The themes that can pulled out of this are worth discussing and dissecting, for their sake.
I get the feeling that games will end up being like popular music: on the fringe for the most part and worth their plot summary/dialogue but the music (and perhaps graphics) will not be used. Games have elements worth discussing critically. For instance, I have used songs in papers for their lyrical content only. Game graphics could be discussed abstractly, as there is a certain "This has more than a literal meaning" element based on cultural and symbolic meaning.
Certainly something to think about and play around with especially considering even popular fiction has elements worth discussing.
IAAEM (I Am An English Major)
These lawsuits were stunts to distract from quarterly earnings in the first place, did anyone really expect anything new? Of course, they hinge on the IBM case and, of course, there really isn't anything there without determining what (if anything) infringes. Now had they been reasonable and sued for licensing violations alone, maybe there wouldn't ground for a stay.
Yes, KisMAC supports Airport in passive (moniter) mode.
The newest version also supports various chipsets and has USB support for the Prism chipset.
No Airport Extreme support because of the Broadcom chipset and closed drivers.
KisMAC main page
KisMAC Compatibility List (buy a card supported in passive)
to the best of my knowledge (being an estimator by trade), cables must be raced and open electrical receptacles are not allowed...fire stopping regulations also come into play...
PoE and UL 2043 are for an above a drop ceiling type install (with only an ethernet connection being required)...as USB has active power in the connector, this is a Bad Thing to have on if the fire suppression system goes off, since there there would be an Airport Extreme Base Station electricifying pooling water (potentially)
Ethereal requires X Windows to run on OS X...which means the some form of a rootless install or the defunct Apple XFree86 Beta in Jaguar (10.2.x).
Panther (10.3.x) has X Windows intergrated, although I haven't bought it yet...(so I don't know how well it works or if all the build issues are sorted out of Fink...although Fink is supposed to work now)
10.1.x, I have no clue, but it's different than 10.2.x (probably have to install some third variant of X via Fink)
Ethereal on OS X does rock especially with KisMac but there's three or four possible scenarios for install...probably why the book doesn't cover it...
I feel obligated to point out that the Explorer is not inherently unsafe. A few points to remember about the Explorer (and SUVs/Trucks in general):
- The roll over issues in the Explorer were the result of two effects: 1) improper tire inflation/tire defects leading to premature failure of the Firestone Wilderness A/T tires. Note these same tires were also used on the Ford Ranger 4x4 and were not recalled because the Ranger had the proper inflation pressure for that tire listed (primary reason) and the improperly wound lots ended up on Explorers (secondary reason) 2) The complete failure of the tire was generally a blow out at intersate speeds which is dangerous in any vehicle. Blow out a tire in anything going 70 and it will roll (or attempt to) unless the driver knows exactly what to do.
- Trucks/SUVs have a higher center of gravity, making them easy to roll over if they are driven like a car and also (until recently and with the Explorer in question) they have sold rear axles. Which when coupled with rear wheel drive, stiff rear springs, a high center of gravity, and someone who thinks their Explorer will handle like the FWD car they just replaced, makes for situation that invariably leads to an accident.
Yes, there was corporate negligance (Ford's choosing tire inflation pressure for ride rather than safety, Firestone's defects and rubber stamping of Ford's choice)...however, that is unrelated to the safety of the Explorer as a vehicle which is not that bad...just don't expect a truck to behave like car (where I think a lot of problems come from)
Note that the "new" iBook G4s use an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 graphic chip...while the revised eMac uses an ATI Radeon 9200. And it works on the G4 iBook, so it should work fine on the eMac.
golf is good and relaxing...not to mention a fine way to enjoy a cigar outside. If that doesn't lose my geek statues nothing will...although I probably lost my geek status sometime around getting married and dealing with children...
currently, tho, I do have to admin the house...which consists of 4 desktops and 3 or 4 laptops...of which I have 2 iBooks, 1 WinXP, 1 Win98, 3 WinME, 1 FreeBSD, and 1 RedHat...plus the collection in the basment..oh, well...
yeah, because it passes current through the coils and the troughs of AC sap just enough energy to not spin the motor...turning it into a giant heater. Anything that hums needs to be unplugged...
what next, "Just install it"? and a nifty electronry swish? (Hey, the Fire Fox is halfway there)
That would be stucco over steel studs or precast panels, very different than extruding a house with permanent furniture (or even extruding a shell)
Bizzarely enough Henry Ford (IIRC) was convinced of the viability of concrete houses and actually constructed a protype with the furniture poured in place as a demostration. I remember seeing this in Popular Mechanics as one those 50 years ago bits but I can't find anything on the web.
Also, you can do *anything* with steel...it's how much you want to pay, not limitations on current building materials.
Personally, I like our 1928 home...great lighting, decent layout, and it has character. All elements lacking in anything built after 1945 for me.
The way I produce neat, legiable text is printing using the all caps drafting letttering...otherwise, it's more of a scrawl.
The FAQ at Linspot suggests more than simply packaging or including OSS (as Apple and Microsoft do):
With it, we want to honour the OpenSource projects who are at the basis of LinSpot: the Apache Web Server, the ISC DHCP server, the ISC BIND Nameserver, the SQUID Web Proxy Cache and lots of other things created by motivated programmers across the globe.
Either this guy needs a better Dutch/French/Standard German-English Dictionary *OR* all the code is hacked together and intergrated into the billing/gateway software...I highly doubt a download will yield anything other than a binary for Linspot.
Okay, someone needs to point out to Jasper (I couldn't find a reasonable contact, so I'm guessing investment@linspot.com will know what to with it...) that it's "free" as in speech, not as in beer...the whole point of the Open Source movement is to let the code be availible for evaluation and use. The GPL is copy left and this seems to be lost in the amueterish hyperbole of what could be a legitimate business model if 1) it didn't restrict the end user setting their own pricing and 2) didn't infringe / defame / violate the GPL and OSS movement.
Other problems: No contact information, not a real company yet (to be incorporated in Belgium)
Under "Start Up Disk" in the Control Panel in Jaguar (10.2.x), it will boot into OS9 by default...so it claims...personally, I've only booted into OS X as the majority of apps I use are OSX or Fink/XFree86 based. I have a hanful of OS9 apps...Diablo, Starcraft, Warcraft, and Netscrape for Launchcast which launch OS9 when I open them.
so bascially HP analyzed all the links for May 1-21, 2003 and then decided that based on the fact a link appeared 1 or 2 days in a few blogs before appearing in a statistically significant number of blogs, everyody *must* be copying links from those blogs.
It doesn't evaluate any potential value of the link (i.e. how to remove worms would be more valuable and more likely to be repeatedly link than, say, here's the laptop I just bought. Or a funny picture that also has own intrinistic value). Plus all this information is on the internet...freely dessiminated and available for the most part. It's a bit like claiming because every newspaper is covering a story, all newspapers must be copying the first story run.
I have very strong feelings to the contary on this one...it's a pet, not a child. Go make the world a better place and adopt a child who needs home, don't delude yourself that animals can somehow take the place of children. You and your girlfriend may want to ask some serious questions about your relationship...after having dealt with the same thing, not being able to have children can be difficult.
Of course, having adopted a daughter and being married to someone who was adopted may add certain bias to my opinion.
We have three cats and they live in the basement...and I've never had a problem with them messing with my computers down there. First, like others have said, it's a pet-owner problem...the cat needs more attention either petting or playing with. Second, try aluminum foil around/over cables...cats hate the feel of foil on their paws and will avoid the area entirely after awhile (at which point the foil can be removed)
I remember finding this page by accident about a month ago and looking at the serial number on my iBook and finding it unaffected.
I did think it was interesting that around this time I had to have my battery replaced under warranty (which is only 6 mos. on the battery, even if you spring for AppleCare) that they had order my replacement battery...even though it was supposed to be normally in stock.
It depends on how the network is configured...my iBook doesn't get an IP until the DNS gives it one...because that's how I have it setup...neither do my Windows Boxen...because once again, that's how I have it setup.
Although, come to think of it, my XP box does have an IP on boot...as I have Ghostscript/virtual printer drivers setup for the Macs and I gave it a fixed IP so the they could always find the printer.
First, I screwed together a P166 with Win98, a TV-out card, and sound...hooked it up to the TV and stereo (using one free input, an RCA cable, one RCA to 3.5mm stereo and a 3.5mm extension) and used it as the TV computer...this lasted about 2 months before my wife got irked and made me clean-up the living room.
Iteration II is the notebook hooked into the stereo...as I replaced my Toshiba Protege 1110CT PII with a 12" iBook, it works pretty well for this...or I just plug the iBook in and let iTunes do the work.
The only problem I have now is iTunes won't install on Win98 (needs WinXP or Win2000) and the T sh ba (it's missing a few letters off the lid) doesn't have enough ram to be upgraded...which may be consideration if you want to use iTunes to share...
meh, Terminator:Skynet (1996) from Bethesda had vehicles, mouse look, real 3d, and all that jazz...it just never took off...although I still have fond memories of that game and playing as a Terminator ruled...especially in Deathmatch...
LEAP can be configured to work with Airport (I think it works out of the box but not sure). I do know my university uses Cisco LEAP and my iBook works where I can find wireless coverage...
For reference, I have an iBook G3 with 10.2.8 and the newest Aiport drivers.