XYplorer Beta Club

You don't have any friends, or are bored by your old ones? Make some new friends by pointing them to the grass!

johnny Cash ?

What? The grass wasn't done by Vincent Van Lessau?

I like the forums, but the grass is always greener on the other site.

admin wrote:You don't have any friends, or are bored by your old ones? Make some new friends by pointing them to the grass!

Very nice! Did you advertise this elsewhere? I guess we should spread the word like at CNET and other forums etc.

serendipity wrote:

admin wrote:You don't have any friends, or are bored by your old ones? Make some new friends by pointing them to the grass!

Very nice! Did you advertise this elsewhere? I guess we should spread the word like at CNET and other forums etc.

Spread it as you like! I won't take part in the spreading, because I like sitting back in my social scientist rocking chair and watch things taking shape (crowd stalking). "You can save 25 euros if you spent 25 euros!" -- how will this paradoxical message fly with the web crowd?

How did you actually get this idea?

tux. wrote:How did you actually get this idea?

Which idea?

To reward art knowledge.

tux. wrote:To reward art knowledge.

Well, I'm an artist. I just do software to survive. And of course I "reward art knowledge" only in big shiny ironic quotes, because it's so easy to solve, and even if you have no clue at all, you just need a max of 15 brute force attempts...

PS: Maybe I should say I was an artist. That software thing got a bit out of hands recently...

admin wrote:Well, I'm an artist. I just do software to survive.

Ah, didn't know that. Indeed, as an artist you can't really survive. Depends on the art, of course.

admin wrote:And of course I "reward art knowledge" only in big shiny ironic quotes, because it's so easy to solve

Depends. But it is actually a pity that it doesn't require more.
(Still thinking about participating in the contest.)

tux. wrote:

admin wrote:Well, I'm an artist. I just do software to survive.

Ah, didn't know that. Indeed, as an artist you can't really survive. Depends on the art, of course.

Yep, I heard the art of investment banking might pay the bills.

I wouldn't call it art as it does not require any brain work. I would prefer "the art of faking bills".

tux. wrote:I wouldn't call it art as it does not require any brain work. I would prefer "the art of faking bills".

IMO it's the other way round: art does not require much brain (if by brain we mean a tool to solve problems), but many other things like talent, passion, practice, endurance... Investment banking OTOH needs mucho brain (if mono-dimensional) for all I know, but not a big amount of body or soul.

Serious art needs serious brain. Hip-Hop is called "art", too, but...