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Critics justify their existence.
What does that phrase "inconsistencies in artist's argument" even mean? How is an album of songs an argument?
Even setting lyrics aside, if a musician puts together a bunch of songs and releases an album, it is an argument, an aesthetic one. I mean, I'm sure you can find some experimental/avant-garde wacko exceptions where the musician is purposely trying to make songs that they think sound awful, but generally the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 10:46 AM on November 17, 2008
MeFi post:
Remembering Matthew Shepard
Killing people makes me fearful, as I am also a person. I'm not trying to me smug here; it's rather silly to assume that someone who kills a black person wouldn't have the same capacity to kill a white person. Last I checked, skinheads kill each other in jail too.)
Capacity to kill a black/white person isn't the issue. To suggest that is just being disingenuous. Pretty much anybody has the capacity to kill another... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 2:18 PM on October 12, 2008
MeFi post:
Interviews with Venturous Writers
Nice. Cortazar on Hopscotch (spoilers):
To say he doesn’t kill himself is to destroy the book. The idea is that you or any other reader must decide. So you decide, the same as I, that Oliveira does not commit suicide. But there are readers who decide he does. Well, too bad for them. The reader is the accomplice, he has to decide.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 12:55 PM on October 12, 2008
MeFi post:
Down By (Copyright) Law
The whole movie is basically the songs, though -- everything's synced to the songs, they drive the story. Changing the animation now would be like trying to take The Wizard of Oz as filmed, and composing new music to match the actors' mouths and movements.
Piece of cake then, right?
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 1:06 AM on September 30, 2008
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In everything that can be called art there is a quality of redemption
...down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid...The detective in this kind of story must be such a man. The story is his adventure in search of a hidden truth, and it would be no adventure if it did not happen to a man fit for adventure. He has a range of awareness that startles you, but it belongs to him by right, because it belongs to the world he lives in.
I <3 Chandler.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 11:05 PM on September 24, 2008
MeFi post:
Fo Shizzle My Nizzle
I apologize, but...
geek freestyle battle via bash.org (which is down at the moment):
[djahandarie] we ain't here to do e-c-e
[djahandarie] we're here to do c-s-e on the w-e-b
[djahandarie] listen to me spit these rhymes
[djahandarie] while i program lines
[djahandarie] and commit web accessibility crimes
[djahandarie] word, son
[http402] You talk like your big on these I-Net... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 8:26 PM on September 22, 2008
MeFi post:
The cake is a yellow square.
There's some neat stuff in that demakes competition:
S.T.A.C.K.E.R., a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. themed tetris clone.
Someone else is doing a limbo of the lost demake.
Fillauth, an even-more-pixellated-than-the-original fallout demake.
House Globe, 2D Homeworld demake.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 9:57 PM on September 11, 2008
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T-Minus...
Such a horrible way of placating people, especially since Hawking radiation has yet to be observed. It's theoretical. It hasn't been demonstrated.
I dunno. Seems pretty appropriate given that the LHC creating a black hole is "yet to be observed," theoretical & hasn't been demonstrated.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 9:55 AM on September 9, 2008
Freeman is in place... everything's gonna be fine...just fine...
Uh oh.
No worries (?). Reddit is on the case.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 9:33 PM on September 10, 2008
MeFi post:
Spore in the wild
Seems like a lot of people here have Steam, on which I only have Audiosurf. Does anyone here have some game recommendations for a very casual gamer?
If you like abstract shoot-em-ups, everyday shooter isn't bad. Of course, there's lots of abstract shooters around for free.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 8:27 PM on September 9, 2008
MeFi post:
I Apocalypse Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Fast Times At Ridgemont High + The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift =
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Times At Ridgemont High
Adventures In Babysitting + Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai =
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai In Babysitting
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 6:34 PM on September 2, 2008
MeFi post:
So you want to be a hero?
III is the best, by the way, if you can get past all the feel-good early-90s PC crap.
QFG I-III are absolutely fantastic. IV and V....not so much. But the first three are gold.
QFGIII was alright but it seemed much shorter than the others. I like IV better than III for that reason, but IV was buggy as all heck.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 3:10 PM on August 25, 2008
Wow. I apparently had a lot more patience for mapping out the city back in the day. Can't wait to find the $%&@ moneychanger so I can get that compass & map. And that's me using the brand new "simplified" alleyways too.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 12:35 PM on August 31, 2008
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Me I'm 74% savvy
92.5 but I should've got them all really. This is basic stuff. I mean I barely passed 1st year physics with a c+ and only took that because it was a requirement and I still should have known them all.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 1:38 PM on August 24, 2008
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Death By Chocolate
The idea is neat, but even giving a pass on the italics, they just don't get the tone right. It's like they went to wikipedia to get an idea of what Lovecraft wrote about/like instead of actually reading the stories.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 10:02 AM on August 20, 2008
MeFi post:
Braid
Just wanted to add that I'm really glad whenever these game threads pop up here. As someone else has gestured to upthread, it's difficult to find satisfying discussion about gaming as art, as design, as play, as an industry, etc.
These might help scratch that itch:
versusclucluland
brainygamer
artfulgamer
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 10:26 AM on August 11, 2008
Also, I can't wait for this to come out for pc. The irony is I have an xbox, I just don't want to shell out for the wireless thingy and I don't want to run 20 odd feet of ethernet cable across the floor.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 10:29 AM on August 11, 2008
By falling for the lure of obsession (just like Tim does, to the detriment of the real women in his life) players gives in to what they’ve just been told is a bad idea. So in the end, even though you know Tim should not REALLY be catching the princess if you’re trying to see something good happen with the story, it’s impossible to resist. So there’s an explosion — and presumably a nuclear explosion. Joke’s on you, you get what you asked for and what you were warned about.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 3:16 AM on August 19, 2008
MeFi post:
Lost in the Forster
What really happened is Staci started to loose her mind.
I am usually the opposite of a spelling Nazi-- the "skill" of spelling is nothing but rote memorization and the perfect example of a task best left to computers so humans can spend their time on things that require thinking. But nothing makes me "loose" respect for people faster than that particular typo.
Don't you get it? This isn't about Staci... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 3:20 PM on August 16, 2008
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Give us this day our daily unleaded
His way of dealing with the problem of evil in His creation takes longer than we think it should. Since He sees the big picture and we don't, we have to realize He does know what He is doing.
He does indeed expect us to cooperate with Him to alleviate suffering, but also at times He calls us to suffer ourselves.
If what He is doing ("the big picture") is unknowable by us, then how do we know that... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 11:58 AM on July 31, 2008
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Googles social interface
I went to the extent of setting up a /etc/hosts entry and personal web server just to batter experts-exchange off the fucking face of my web. What a lot of shit. When Google let me exclude domains from results permanently I will ... send them a little kiss.
The customizegoogle firefox add-on will let you do that. Don't know if there's a working version of it for ff3 yet.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 1:09 PM on July 23, 2008
MeFi post:
Squeeeee!
baby donkey looks like a plush toy.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 1:08 AM on July 22, 2008
MeFi post:
Packing a Punch
Another Video, longer and in real time.
That's pretty awesome. The little crab's waving his stubby arms trying to fend it off and the shrimp is all I got yer arm right here nom nom nom.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 11:29 PM on July 20, 2008
MeFi post:
Dub(step)
Hey I heard some tribal-flavoured stuff on that dubstep.fm that reminded me that I actually sort of like tribal music. Anyone have any artist recommendations for more tribal dubstep stuff? I'm going to assume it was actually a variety dubstep I was listening to since that's the name of the station but really it just sounded like bass-heavy tribal to my undiscriminating ears.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 4:38 PM on July 14, 2008
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Phyta
Is it possible to beat level 3?
Yep. Ooh found a better, though lower rez, screenshot: these guys are the last level that keeps repeating, so if you haven't seen them yet, you've got further to go.
posted to MetaFilter by juv3nal
at 10:26 PM on July 2, 2008
