I think the transition between something being artistic and something not being artistic, is rather smooth and not distinct. Like in Movies, the position in the art-rating, is very variable. A movie like The Godfather, is definately art, The Matrix is quite desputed, wether it is art or not, Escape From New York? Now add all the Cartoons and Animes to it, and deciding what's art and what not, becomes even more dificult. Wether something is considered art or not, depends heavily on the medium, a theatrical play is considered art, no matter how boring it is. Theater is art, period. Things are easy for those classic art-media, like paintings, music, sculpting. Other forms of artistical expressions are quite difficult to be identified as art, architecture can definately be art, but can also be simply 'drawing houses' same thing applies to designing cars or furniture. Things that we use every day, sometimes blend into being art, but are often considered something that has to be functional in the first place. This is the problem, games - and I'm not talking about computer-/video-games exclusively here - have to deal with. Wether chess is art, depends usually on the craftsmanship of the game parts, a set of chess that is manufactured by a mass-production company in Taiwan, is not really art, though, is it? Now when we port something that classical to another medium, like Computers, it does not become art instantly. It heavily depends on how the game is made for that medium. I think it is best compared to sculting, because the more detail it has, the better the crafsmanship, the more artistic it is. A simple cylindrical pillar, made of stone, wouldn't be very artistic, but by adding lots of details, and manufacturing with superb craftsmanship skills, makes it art, like in ancient greece or italy.
Now lets take a look at some Computer games. Is a game dealing about a hitorical event art, when it is well made? Things like Return to castle Wolfenstein, or Battlefields 1942 is - in my opinion - art. I would even go as far as tagging Unreal Tournament 2004 as art, just for being great generally.
A Sudoku generator? Well, I'm not sure if this is really art, this is an exampla where the use of a program is more important than it's artistic aspect. Think if it like photographs. There are those photos you look at, and that simply amaze you. Those picture, are not necessarily something elaborate, something made just for being photographed. Sometimes pictures that are ment to act as information source become art, sometimes accidentally, like the 9/11 "Falling Man".
A Photo you take with your friends when you're on vacation is usually not really artistic. This is what modern media has to deal with, when it comes to wether something is art, or not.
But I think, the general idea, that some game could be art, has to be accepted. Right now, it seems like a mere impossibility for games, to be art.
We need to accept, that a computer- or video-game can be art, and asses wether it is actually art, or how artistic it is, afterwards. Just like what we do with movies, photos, design of cars and houshold-items, architecture, pop-music and other modern media.
--polemon
Recently, I bought a bicycle for 400 Euros.
It's an old military 'velo' from Switzerland, a so called "Ordonnanz-Rad".
Build in 1936, it'll definately NOT revolutionize the world, and is not really a bargain as well. But it's still something I'd rather spend silly money on, than something, that its coolness-factor is desputed and usefulness simply not existent.
Let alone its cost-performance ratio.
Well, as a Computer Science student, I'll definatelly go for a 36' bike, that a poorly conceived 00' invention. After all, the swiss-army-bikes made it through seventy years of history - including a world war - but the Segway, won't last another five years, IMHO...
--polemon
That's great!
Can I use this effect to recharge my batterys? With the useof some BIIIG resistor or something, maybe?
And what if I hook up my Cellphone, Laptop, iPod and a kitchen appliance, like umm... A toaster, in line?
This could save ives!!!
Think of crashed airplanes, and campers, that got lost!!!
Just wait for the next storm, and ``ZAP you're back online!
I'm using OOo since about 1.5 Years, and even though i have a (2003 legal university version) version of MS Office, i prefer using OOo. Predominantly, for the easy export features to PDF, and the possibility to fully customize the applications.
One of the most severe bugs in MS Office is, that Word crashed when you try to edit documents that are larger than about 300 pages (A4 pages).
I don't know why this occures, but this is easy to reproduce, so i guess it's a bug.
So i'm using OOo for all of my Texts, and one of the buggiest features there, is the Autoformating. Especially, if you write texts in different languages.
Another bug is, that apparently OOo Writer changes the Font to your default Font if you get to the line.
Resetting the Font to what you had before is really a pain, because the font doesn't change back if you are at the end of your formated text and hit backspace.
Those are maybe minor issues, but still, they keep you from concetrated work and when you're a little tired and overworked, this can trigger a massive outburst of fury. (I experienced it on my own).
So how good OOo is, MS Office is better in detail.
MS Office lacks a lot of features OOo has, but those features it/has/, are virtually bugless
A Nice graphical LCD display would do the job, one similar to contemporary UMTS Cellphones, for instance.
This Battery powered Minimac is filling the gab between Barebone Systems and fully portables.
It's something between Desktop and Laptop (LaskTop maybe?).
This Batt powered mac would run nicely as an Adhoc Fileserver or even Adio/Video Streaming device, think of Partys and such...
On the other hand, it could be used as some sort of diagnostic device, I'm thinking here not only inside the IT-Box, Think of emeregency services like a breakdown service, or even for medical care...
The lifespan of the batteries is short, no doubt, but maybe some technology my emerge to take better control over the power consumption, I'm thinking about something like Centrino Technology here.
I don't know what kind of Batteries he used, but take a look at Lithium-Ion recharg.Batt.s used in todays cellphones.
They can provide quite large ammounts of power, are easy to recharge, and are lightweight too.
Anyway, I'll try to connect an LCD monitor to the mini of my friend's, I'll post the results if anything worth mentioning comes out
The statement "The biggest collider" is not correct, a simmilar installation, but by ways larger is the CERN in Genf (Switzerland).
The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) measures about 7 Kilometers, or 4.34 Miles in Circumference.
According to the CERN Website, a new gigantic collider is planned, that will measure incomprehensable 49 Kilometers in circumference.
Another new hadron collider is the TESLA Installation in Hamburg (Germany).
It will be a Tandem linear Collider, with it's origin in the DESY complex, wich is a pretty large Research installation itself, check their Website.
The statement "The biggest collider" is not correct, a simmilar installation, but by ways larger is the CERN in Genf (Switzerland).
The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) measures about 7 Kilometers, or 4.34 Miles in Circumference.
According to the CERN Website, a new gigantic collider is planned, that will measure incomprehensable 49 Kilometers in circumference.
Another new hadron collider is the TESLA Installation in Hamburg (Germany).
It will be a Tandem linear Collider, with it's origin in the DESY complex, wich is a pretty large Research installation itself, check their Website.
In This chart, Fortran is the first Computer Language.
This is not true, The first Computer Language, was "Plankalkül" (Plan-Calculus) invented 1936 by Conrad Zuse to program his "Z1" Computer (The first binary and programmable computer in the world).
The Programs were fed into the computer using punched 35mm Celluloyd film-rols.
Hell, did you hear about contaminated with diseases or poisoned water?
It's not contaminated or poisoned, it's the water itself, because of those nasty Hydrogen-Atoms!
Drinkink water in order to keep humans, animals and plants alive is the biggest conspiracy of all times!
So Remember: DO NOT DRINK ANY WATER!!
Drinking water will only shorten your life, and cause many diseases! If you feel thirsty, take some drugs like Cocain to decompulse the need for Water!
Trust me, i live in that Black Monolith orbiting our planet, i can tell!
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I think the transition between something being artistic and something not being artistic, is rather smooth and not distinct. Like in Movies, the position in the art-rating, is very variable. A movie like The Godfather, is definately art, The Matrix is quite desputed, wether it is art or not, Escape From New York? Now add all the Cartoons and Animes to it, and deciding what's art and what not, becomes even more dificult. Wether something is considered art or not, depends heavily on the medium, a theatrical play is considered art, no matter how boring it is. Theater is art, period. Things are easy for those classic art-media, like paintings, music, sculpting. Other forms of artistical expressions are quite difficult to be identified as art, architecture can definately be art, but can also be simply 'drawing houses' same thing applies to designing cars or furniture. Things that we use every day, sometimes blend into being art, but are often considered something that has to be functional in the first place. This is the problem, games - and I'm not talking about computer-/video-games exclusively here - have to deal with. Wether chess is art, depends usually on the craftsmanship of the game parts, a set of chess that is manufactured by a mass-production company in Taiwan, is not really art, though, is it? Now when we port something that classical to another medium, like Computers, it does not become art instantly. It heavily depends on how the game is made for that medium. I think it is best compared to sculting, because the more detail it has, the better the crafsmanship, the more artistic it is. A simple cylindrical pillar, made of stone, wouldn't be very artistic, but by adding lots of details, and manufacturing with superb craftsmanship skills, makes it art, like in ancient greece or italy. Now lets take a look at some Computer games. Is a game dealing about a hitorical event art, when it is well made? Things like Return to castle Wolfenstein, or Battlefields 1942 is - in my opinion - art. I would even go as far as tagging Unreal Tournament 2004 as art, just for being great generally. A Sudoku generator? Well, I'm not sure if this is really art, this is an exampla where the use of a program is more important than it's artistic aspect. Think if it like photographs. There are those photos you look at, and that simply amaze you. Those picture, are not necessarily something elaborate, something made just for being photographed. Sometimes pictures that are ment to act as information source become art, sometimes accidentally, like the 9/11 "Falling Man". A Photo you take with your friends when you're on vacation is usually not really artistic. This is what modern media has to deal with, when it comes to wether something is art, or not. But I think, the general idea, that some game could be art, has to be accepted. Right now, it seems like a mere impossibility for games, to be art. We need to accept, that a computer- or video-game can be art, and asses wether it is actually art, or how artistic it is, afterwards. Just like what we do with movies, photos, design of cars and houshold-items, architecture, pop-music and other modern media. --polemon
Recently, I bought a bicycle for 400 Euros. It's an old military 'velo' from Switzerland, a so called "Ordonnanz-Rad". Build in 1936, it'll definately NOT revolutionize the world, and is not really a bargain as well. But it's still something I'd rather spend silly money on, than something, that its coolness-factor is desputed and usefulness simply not existent. Let alone its cost-performance ratio. Well, as a Computer Science student, I'll definatelly go for a 36' bike, that a poorly conceived 00' invention. After all, the swiss-army-bikes made it through seventy years of history - including a world war - but the Segway, won't last another five years, IMHO... --polemon
That's great! Can I use this effect to recharge my batterys? With the useof some BIIIG resistor or something, maybe? And what if I hook up my Cellphone, Laptop, iPod and a kitchen appliance, like umm... A toaster, in line? This could save ives!!! Think of crashed airplanes, and campers, that got lost!!! Just wait for the next storm, and ``ZAP you're back online!
Hmm, seens like the ACME-Idea isn't that far away anymore...
"I don't trust no statistics that i haven't manipulated myself" (Winston Churchill)
In other words, you don't like EMACS...
I wonder when they'll finally get up with this...
Just keep your Fingernails after you cut them! They'd make a cool substitute for common FlashMemoryCards! (We need a NailDrive Nail-Reader though...)
I'm using OOo since about 1.5 Years, and even though i have a (2003 legal university version) version of MS Office, i prefer using OOo. Predominantly, for the easy export features to PDF, and the possibility to fully customize the applications. One of the most severe bugs in MS Office is, that Word crashed when you try to edit documents that are larger than about 300 pages (A4 pages). I don't know why this occures, but this is easy to reproduce, so i guess it's a bug. So i'm using OOo for all of my Texts, and one of the buggiest features there, is the Autoformating. Especially, if you write texts in different languages. Another bug is, that apparently OOo Writer changes the Font to your default Font if you get to the line. Resetting the Font to what you had before is really a pain, because the font doesn't change back if you are at the end of your formated text and hit backspace. Those are maybe minor issues, but still, they keep you from concetrated work and when you're a little tired and overworked, this can trigger a massive outburst of fury. (I experienced it on my own). So how good OOo is, MS Office is better in detail. MS Office lacks a lot of features OOo has, but those features it /has/, are virtually bugless
A Nice graphical LCD display would do the job, one similar to contemporary UMTS Cellphones, for instance. This Battery powered Minimac is filling the gab between Barebone Systems and fully portables. It's something between Desktop and Laptop (LaskTop maybe?). This Batt powered mac would run nicely as an Adhoc Fileserver or even Adio/Video Streaming device, think of Partys and such... On the other hand, it could be used as some sort of diagnostic device, I'm thinking here not only inside the IT-Box, Think of emeregency services like a breakdown service, or even for medical care... The lifespan of the batteries is short, no doubt, but maybe some technology my emerge to take better control over the power consumption, I'm thinking about something like Centrino Technology here. I don't know what kind of Batteries he used, but take a look at Lithium-Ion recharg.Batt.s used in todays cellphones. They can provide quite large ammounts of power, are easy to recharge, and are lightweight too. Anyway, I'll try to connect an LCD monitor to the mini of my friend's, I'll post the results if anything worth mentioning comes out
The statement "The biggest collider" is not correct, a simmilar installation, but by ways larger is the CERN in Genf (Switzerland). The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) measures about 7 Kilometers, or 4.34 Miles in Circumference. According to the CERN Website, a new gigantic collider is planned, that will measure incomprehensable 49 Kilometers in circumference. Another new hadron collider is the TESLA Installation in Hamburg (Germany). It will be a Tandem linear Collider, with it's origin in the DESY complex, wich is a pretty large Research installation itself, check their Website.
The statement "The biggest collider" is not correct, a simmilar installation, but by ways larger is the CERN in Genf (Switzerland). The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) measures about 7 Kilometers, or 4.34 Miles in Circumference. According to the CERN Website, a new gigantic collider is planned, that will measure incomprehensable 49 Kilometers in circumference. Another new hadron collider is the TESLA Installation in Hamburg (Germany). It will be a Tandem linear Collider, with it's origin in the DESY complex, wich is a pretty large Research installation itself, check their Website.
In This chart, Fortran is the first Computer Language. This is not true, The first Computer Language, was "Plankalkül" (Plan-Calculus) invented 1936 by Conrad Zuse to program his "Z1" Computer (The first binary and programmable computer in the world). The Programs were fed into the computer using punched 35mm Celluloyd film-rols.
Hell, did you hear about contaminated with diseases or poisoned water? It's not contaminated or poisoned, it's the water itself, because of those nasty Hydrogen-Atoms! Drinkink water in order to keep humans, animals and plants alive is the biggest conspiracy of all times! So Remember: DO NOT DRINK ANY WATER!! Drinking water will only shorten your life, and cause many diseases! If you feel thirsty, take some drugs like Cocain to decompulse the need for Water! Trust me, i live in that Black Monolith orbiting our planet, i can tell!