Hey, does anyone live off campus? If so, did you do the VPN and home server thing? I just tried, and i downloaded the VPN thing, I installed it, and restarted to get the blue screen of death. So I restarted again, and now internet explorer (the piece of junk) freezes or goes crazy slow. At least I can still use firefox.
Did Rowan’s VPN just kill my desktop?
Are we supposed to post our book marks and net vibe stuff on the blog?
The Mc cloud comics further follow the ideas of the visual rhetoric article, by displaying imagery that questions the deeper relationships of visuals and text. It expresses how the text allows one to reinterpret the image before them. The images we view can merely be a concept or idea, showing some resemblance to reality. It is interesting to have an in depth look at how the human mind can mold an image and allow it to become the textual reference to which we are used too. It further challenges us to look beyond the surface in regards to visual and text definitions .There is an extended identity, which raises beyond the border of our five senses. I never considered how much impact our non- visual awareness plays a part in our everyday lives, as we interact with people and the objects surrounding us. As an artist, I can relate to how cartoon characters and their universes become an extension of one`s self. Audiences relate to cartoon characters, although they may not be a realistic resemblance.They still carry traits ,which offer some reflection to our own identity’s.
it’s freakin cold outside.
in other news, i was just ganked by a 63 night elf rogue. lame.
I find Miller’s article, “The Dark Night of the Soul” to be simply incredibly depressing, but not only that, but overblown as well. Is Miller suggesting that reading and writing are supposed to stop people from committing atrocities like 9/11 and Columbine? And even so, these two tragedies are so incredibly different in every scope, it’s difficult to think that one cure could solve both of them. One involves the destruction of two gigantic buildings, the deaths of thousands, and one is in a school, by two socially inadequate and fed-up kids took out their teachers and fellow students. 9/11 revolves around religion, extremism, and government culture – Columbine is about bullying and the breaking point.
As a writer and a realist, I find it an absurd belief to think that reading and writing would stop tragedies like this. Reading and writing are mean to cultivate intelligence, imagination and originality, and all of those things can be used for good or bad, and are unfortunately not exclusively tools of good people. I think Miller fails to recognize that reading and writing are objective skills, and that they can be used for anything. In my opinion, if Miller thinks reading and/or writing could stop any of these tragedies, he is totally, sorely wrong.
After I read Howard’s article on internet plagarism, I found myself thinking back to “the Machine is us/ing us” video. In the end of the video, it typed out that “we’ll need to rethink copyright” and that is one of the many ideas Howard suggests. Though I find his article a little jumbled and packed with a lot of thoughts in not a lot of text, this was one I found the most interesting. In this internet age, people have access to more information then ever before, quicker, and more conveniently. Conventional idea of copyright and originality seem to fail slightly in the wake of an internet that everyone can edit. Think about wikipedia. Anyone can edit and write in it, and it is clear that thousands of people have put hundreds, maybe thousands of hours of work into, yet they take no credit and demand no copyright money. In fact, they leave anyone open to add or change their information at will. I think Wikipedia is the first example of an internet-adapted world, where text is shared, rather then enviously hoarded with ideas such as ‘copyrighting.’ Howard also mentions the internet has sped up and increased the amount of intertextuality that happens in the world, and I think this is completely true as well. And with this increase of intertextuality comes the erosion of the concept of personal holdings on any piece or idea. As Howard suggests, plagarism may be easier or harder – most certainly more expensive, if one 6-page paper costs $68 – but in this day and age, it is more different then anything else. And I think the concept of plagarism and copyright will have to be rethought to adapt to the way our culture takes, gives, and edits at will where the internet is concerned.
Do students these days plagiarism more then they used do? Who knows?
The article was interesting to read. The value of words is taken to a greater level , when infused with imagery. The message has a larger imprint on the human mind, when a visual display is tied to the presented text .Applying text to a image allows one to ponder the greater possibility of a picture`s meaning. The simple image alone could only be viewed on face value. Like the painting of the pipe for example, it would be seen for what it appears to be and nothing else if it were not for the riddle placed at the bottom. The bonding of text and image provides a intellectual challenge. The word applies to other objects, beside what is shown in the picture. It causes one to ponder the relationship between text and it`s visual interpretations.
my next post in the morning will be internet plagarism, I promise. for now, i’d just like to tell everyone i did complete my goal of 50,000 words this month, making me a winner of 2007’s NaNoWriMo, and this is a huge accomplishment fo rme, and i feel a awesome.
however, my novel is not yet finished. heh.
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After reading the article on internet plagiarism, I agree with most of the authors discussed in the article, that because of the accessibility due to the internet, plagiarism has increased. The internet has become the main source for obtaining research or information for most students, and its is so easy to just copy and paste right from the source. However, because plagiarism has increased, I feel that there has been more of an effort in trying to prevent plagiarism as much as possible. Mainly, I’m referring to the websites dedicated to detecting a plagiarized paper. I think people are becoming more aware of this issue of plagiarism that the internet has made more common.
Here are some images, which I found to be very interesting. Video game art is not taken very seriously . There are very few art books out there , which offer character paintings or conceptual design work. It`s quite a shame, since the drawings and paintings are lovely. Most of the images out there are basically fan art. I believe these images are actually official art work. Anyway, here are the pictures. I hope you enjoy them.
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