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[- Why I Love the Power of New Technology (By Daoud Kuttab, posted by Trebor Scholz)
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By TreborScholz, Section editors' corner
Posted on Thu May 8th, 2003 at 11:34:36 AM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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Why I love the power of New Technology
I have been fascinated by what technology can do for advancing ideas and thoughts. In 1988 I was involved in a project to train Palestinians in using small format cameras to film their own lives.
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[- Artists, activists and impassioned comments
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By Aileen, Section Filter It Yourself!
Posted on Wed May 7th, 2003 at 03:58:03 PM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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Filtered through a concern about which voices may be heard
As much as I enjoyed and appreciated Trebor's review and Brian's response, when I think of people I know, whose work I respect and admire, work that is important to me in between and around art and activism, I feel some concern that their voices could be overheard among so many words, because they use other means of expression.
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[- Look over to your right
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By Aileen, Section discordia home improvement
Posted on Wed May 7th, 2003 at 03:42:19 PM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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Do you see the link that says "Hot off the keyboard" just below your login name? What numbers do you see at the end of it?
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[- software art in verbose mode
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By amy, Section whatever...
Posted on Wed May 7th, 2003 at 11:50:02 AM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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I guess I'm a software art evangelist.
Lately, it seems like I spend more time yacking about software art than making it. But over on another group project I'm involved with, runme.org, our collective yackings about projects for this year's read_me festival are daily starting to trickle online.
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[- On crowds
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By williamegginton, Section question corner
Posted on Wed May 7th, 2003 at 06:34:54 AM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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This is an abstract for an article entitled, "Intimacy and Anonymity, or How the Audience Became a Crowd," which will appear next year in a volume entitled CROWDS from The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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[- AI, fiction, fear
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By JosephineAnstey, Section review-a-rama
Posted on Mon May 5th, 2003 at 08:01:50 AM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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I'm interested in AI for the creation of interactive actors for VR drama. This interest led me to Cyc - its founder claims it is the basis for a leap forward for humans as great as the acquisition of speech.
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[- Who is faking it: artists or activists, or both?
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By TreborScholz, Section review-a-rama
Posted on Sun May 4th, 2003 at 11:29:03 PM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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Brian Holmes' provocative opening to his recent Springerin article Liar's Poker , claims that "when people talk about politics in an artistic frame, they are lying."
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[- Choosing sections
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By Aileen, Section discordia home improvement
Posted on Sun May 4th, 2003 at 10:21:13 AM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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As described in the FAQ, the different sections are intended to "promote a certain kind of discussion, a specific style of communication and exchange", rather than organizing postings on the basis of content. That's the idea. How well does it work in practice?
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