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571.
by spot 16y ago
Spoken like Humpty Dumpty.
572.
by spot 16y ago
And to be really clear, programming can be art. You can make art out of anything: paint, metal, plumbing, and yes code. But that doesn't mean that programming in general is art, like a beautifully coded sort function.
573.
by spot 16y ago
Sounds like you're using the "anything done well is an art" definition of art which is... uhh... bull. it just dilutes the term. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art . "programming" doesn't even make it as a "disputed category". sorry.
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by spot 16y ago
programming is neither art nor science, it's engineering.
575.
by spot 16y ago
in fact now that i look at it, if you do an image search for "string theory" the flame algorithm was used to make #1, #4 #12 #15 #20, fully one quarter of the first page of results. it was also used to represent string theory in "molecules
576.
by spot 16y ago
heh cool the first image result in there was made with my software :)
577.
Crowd-collaborative animated music video(thejohnnycashproject.com)
1 points by spot 16y ago|0 comments
578.
by spot 16y ago
not really. he's using name calling and appeals to authority. this is him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bentley_Hart
579.
by spot 16y ago
The making of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oarMXGq3gI
580.
by spot 16y ago
http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/new-york/mark...
581.
by spot 16y ago
the group is called Google Creative Labs. see http://www.notesondesign.net/inspiration/advertising/google-...
582.
by spot 16y ago
> Finally, there’s the misguided idea, long espoused by many in the tech community, that “information wants to be free.” But whether it’s in the form of proprietary trade secrets embodied by Apple’s latest iPhone or intellectual propert
583.
by spot 16y ago
they did.
584.
by spot 16y ago
certainly but the question is does the limitation arise from a legitimate technical limitation, or because apple has shorted the country real estate market?
585.
by spot 16y ago
it was killed for users, not for developers.
586.
The secrets of intelligence lie within a single cell(newscientist.com)
6 points by spot 16y ago|0 comments
587.
by spot 16y ago
windows is not a fine replacement for either :) in fact i run ubuntu on a mac mini (in addition to lots of generic pc hardware). i like mac hardware. some of it is overpriced, but some of it is fine.
588.
by spot 16y ago
the only reason i have a mac is to run photoshop and after effects. otherwise ubuntu is a fine replacement for mac os x.
589.
by spot 16y ago
true -- but this time he seems to have gone too far to turn back. then again, remember when PowerPC was better than Intel? Jobs is a master of the Big Lie.
590.
by spot 16y ago
the nexus one is totally responsive. have you seen it? i didn't downvote you, but i would guess it's for "fundamental sense of taste". that's just ranting. plus i am not aware of any evidence that the iphone has a better battery life than
591.
by spot 16y ago
it's interesting the use the phrase "creative coding" but make no reference to openframeworks, which is essentially the competition and also uses that phrase http://www.openframeworks.cc/
592.
by spot 16y ago
reminds me of glenn marshall's recent stuff: http://vimeo.com/10959289
593.
by spot 16y ago
those quotes are all from 2001. that's more than just a little "before it popped". this criticism is worthless.
594.
by spot 16y ago
the point of listing them all wasn't to justify it but to show that such threats are not uniquely muslim, as claimed in the original piece.
595.
by spot 16y ago
gack. horrible colors. please don't ever even think of using an HSV rainbow as your palette.
596.
by spot 17y ago
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/04/show-customers-wh...
597.
by spot 17y ago
this is what a service area looks like: http://tinyurl.com/y7o56e6 ie polygons instead of points on the map. disclosure: i worked on it.
598.
by spot 17y ago
> Among the many product reviews, the best was the one with a two year old having a first encounter with an iPad ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT4EbM7dCMs ). For her, the iPad was a natural, as natural as month tongue, uh, that kid a
599.
by spot 17y ago
This is (good) news for two reasons. 1) The evidence is now much better. The old studies weren't double blind and were otherwise flawed procedurally. 2) The government (many agencies) approved of the studies after decades of denials. ED
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How Adobe should respond to Apple
5 points by spot 17y ago|2 comments

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