May 31, 2005
Reminds me of my kids
Sol 469 (ending on May 20):
Two meters (6.6 feet) of commanded motion, resulting in 1.1 centimeters (0.4 inch) of progress.
Sol 470:
Twelve meters (39 feet) of commanded motion; about 6 centimeters (2.4 inches) of progress.
Sol 471:
Twelve meters (39 feet) of commanded motion; about 6 centimeters (2.4 inches) of progress.
Posted by tplambeck at 11:53 PM
From Introduction to Critical Theory, by David Held
Within moments of most films starting we can predict quite accurately how they will end, who will win out, lose, or be forgotten. The structure of a popular song is well known before the song is actually heard. The first few notes, or phrases, of a hit are enough to tell us what the rest will be like. The surrounding framework of events can automatically be supplied to a detail known about a television show. Magazines and newspapers usually present little news and certainly no surprises. Even special effects, tricks and jokes are all allocated particular places in the design of programmes by experts in offices. The result of standardization and pseudo-individualization `for the physiognomy of the culture industry is essentially,' as Adorno summarizes it, `a mixture of streamlining, photographic hardness and precision on the one hand, and individualistic residues, sentimentality, and an already disposed and adapted romanticism on the other.' As long as a product meets certain minimum requirements, a feature which distinguishes it from others, a little glamour and distinctness, marks of 'mainstream' (conventional) character, it is suitable material for popular presentation.
Posted by tplambeck at 05:35 PM
From a 1915 lecture by GH Hardy on prime numbers
A science is said to be useful if its development tends to accentuate the existing inequalities in the distribution of wealth, or more directly promotes the destruction of human life. The theory of prime numbers satisfies no such criteria. Those who pursue it will, if they are wise, make no attempt to justify their interest in a subject so trivial and so remote, and will console themselves with the thought that the greatest mathematicians of all ages have found it in it a mysterious attraction impossible to resist.
Posted by tplambeck at 02:30 PM
One-Dimensional Man : Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
Posted by tplambeck at 11:17 AM
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