We're still discussing Sally's paper on the The Affect of Animated GIFs.
It looks as if she is slapping herself. I initially thought she was dancing, but no, I'm convinced she is giving herself a bitch-slap.
That might be one of the affects of animated GIFs that Sally missed.
har har.
I keep thinking I should be able to figure out what he's saying. The best I can come up with is "p-shim-shoy" which doesn't really mean anything.
20-minute work-out. Berlin-style.
I'm a bad responder these days with the teaching. Sorry.
Tom, I have trouble swallowing the Gif as an ecological stance. I think the environmental issues in computing are up against similar problems as the automotive industry. Newer cars are cleaner, but it means more bloody cars. My latest macBook (thank you SUNY Purchase) is way better than my last machine (LED display primarily).
New computers run cooler, quieter, on less power, and give off less radiation, with each generation.
The animated Gif may require less server space than some Flash animations, but all of those Processing sketches on rhizome are just code - way smaller than a gif. Newer does not always mean larger.
My point is - yes, they are thinking up "cool" ways to suck up the newer processor speed and ram, and yes those things almost always suck. But not completely always, this was as true in 1987 as it is today.
BTW, I found a fantastic history of animated gifs.
http://www.zzzptm.com/ani1.html
Probably old hat to y'all but I hadn't seen it.
oh ... maybe these should go under the other thread. Sorry bout that. whatever.
Might as well continue here since this post is still on the front page.
Joester's History of Animated GIFs link is pretty funny (no I never saw it before). Quote:
During the Vietnam War, the animated GIF project was revealed in the book, The Pentagon Papers , which then led to increasing use of the term "Running Dog" to identify those who supported the increasingly unpopular conflict. Further, it led to a Congressional inquiry into the military use of animated GIFs that lasted 3 years, from 1977 to 1980. (Increasing pressure from the right wing of the Republican party brought an abrupt halt to the investigation.) Although the above GIF was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, the findings of the Congressional inquiry remain sealed.
(Sally via remote computer)
Yeah, it's hard to get people to click on a link about the history of gifs, but I don't want to spoil the fun either.
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We're still discussing Sally's paper on the The Affect of Animated GIFs.
- L.M. 9-24-2009 4:06 pm
It looks as if she is slapping herself. I initially thought she was dancing, but no, I'm convinced she is giving herself a bitch-slap.
- thom (guest) 9-24-2009 10:37 pm
That might be one of the affects of animated GIFs that Sally missed.
- L.M. 9-25-2009 12:12 am
har har.
- sally mckay 9-25-2009 2:32 am
I keep thinking I should be able to figure out what he's saying. The best I can come up with is "p-shim-shoy" which doesn't really mean anything.
- sally mckay 9-25-2009 2:34 am
20-minute work-out. Berlin-style.
- thom (guest) 9-25-2009 2:45 am
I'm a bad responder these days with the teaching. Sorry.
Tom, I have trouble swallowing the Gif as an ecological stance. I think the environmental issues in computing are up against similar problems as the automotive industry. Newer cars are cleaner, but it means more bloody cars. My latest macBook (thank you SUNY Purchase) is way better than my last machine (LED display primarily).
New computers run cooler, quieter, on less power, and give off less radiation, with each generation.
The animated Gif may require less server space than some Flash animations, but all of those Processing sketches on rhizome are just code - way smaller than a gif. Newer does not always mean larger.
My point is - yes, they are thinking up "cool" ways to suck up the newer processor speed and ram, and yes those things almost always suck. But not completely always, this was as true in 1987 as it is today.
- joester (guest) 9-26-2009 5:13 pm
BTW, I found a fantastic history of animated gifs.
http://www.zzzptm.com/ani1.html
Probably old hat to y'all but I hadn't seen it.
- joester (guest) 9-26-2009 5:15 pm
oh ... maybe these should go under the other thread. Sorry bout that. whatever.
- joester (guest) 9-26-2009 5:20 pm
Might as well continue here since this post is still on the front page.
- L.M. 9-26-2009 6:40 pm
Joester's History of Animated GIFs link is pretty funny (no I never saw it before). Quote:
During the Vietnam War, the animated GIF project was revealed in the book, The Pentagon Papers , which then led to increasing use of the term "Running Dog" to identify those who supported the increasingly unpopular conflict. Further, it led to a Congressional inquiry into the military use of animated GIFs that lasted 3 years, from 1977 to 1980. (Increasing pressure from the right wing of the Republican party brought an abrupt halt to the investigation.) Although the above GIF was obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, the findings of the Congressional inquiry remain sealed.
(Sally via remote computer)
- anonymous (guest) 9-28-2009 6:58 pm
Yeah, it's hard to get people to click on a link about the history of gifs, but I don't want to spoil the fun either.
- joester (guest) 9-30-2009 8:56 pm