Re: [microsound] music in the digital age

[sediment@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> i think that a big mistake (and one that's been repeated many times in the
> history of design) is to refuse to accept that what people have become
> accustomed to may in the end be what works best... like it or not.

On a somewhat similar vein some might enjoy this article by jaron lanier:
http://www.edge.org/discourse/jaron_answer.html

it's more about AI but there's much on software desing in general.

>  it seems that a lot of people are stuck on the idea of the computer
> somehow
> emulating the 'real' more convincingly, but computers AREN'T REALITY.

Preach it, brotherman.  That's what my comment about a "Virtual CD shelf"
was trying to say.  If it's so damn much trouble to make computer
environments seem like real environments then either don't bother, enjoy
the simple, flexible utility of it or leave the house and find some real
environments that satisify what you are seeking.  No one tries to make
their toaster sing.

>
> btw...about that drunken conversation...we concluded that the closest
> thing
> we could think of to a 'perfect machine' was the bicycle. wonder what
> people
> think about that...

What about parapalegics?  Or does wheelchair fall under the category of
bicycles?

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