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April 2007, 8 posts, 204 lines

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There are people getting paid to do this. On tax money, no doubt. Grey matter almost as good as dark matter; both are invisible.

National Hurricane Predictions, University of Colorado
- comparing predictions verbally -

-year predicted actual error comment
-2001 6 hurricanes 9 hurricanes 50 % wrong
-2002 more -7 less -4 43 % wrong
-2003 more yet -8 a few more -6 25 % wrong
-2004 the same -8 more -9 12 % wrong, but close
-2005 less -7 many more -15 114 % so wrong
-2006 more -9 many less -5 44 % wrong
-2007 the same -9 ...... ..

The Tribune presented this as a graph, as if it needs a graph, but graphic artists need to keep busy also, in an article about the prediction of hurricanes for this year by the University of Colorado. Back to the topic:

It is so exciting to see science in action. They predict 9 hurricanes, good to many decimal places: (7+9+15+5)/4 = 9.00000000000000000

Through 2004, they were getting more and more accurate! Only 12 % off-base in 2004, when Katrina hit.

The prediction of 9 hurricanes for this year will be wrong by 48 percent, if we average the errors. Thus expect 13 hurricanes (or 4) for sure.

Math in action.

/jno

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David Cordero's Obama As Jesus Sculpture Causes Stir Chicago Art Student Depicts Presidential Candidate As A Messianic Figure

[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/03/politics/main2641741.shtml]

--- Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki

While I respect First Amendment rights and don't think Senator Obama was trying to be offensive, as a rule, I'm not a fan of politics that offend artistic sensibilities.

I'm on the verge of canonizing Judas.

--- Che Baraka

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"A 7' tall and 10' wide creature resembling a dinosaur skeleton, constructed of flexible plastic tubes and powered by the wind, is coming from Holland to walk across the IUPUI campus on April 12 from 4:00-5:00pm.

...Following the Strandbeest's walk through the University College courtyard and the University Library lawn, it will rest just outside Lecture Hall Room #101, located at 325 University Blvd on the IUPUI campus.

...At 7:00pm, Jansen will lecture about his work inside Lecture Hall Room #101. The lecture is free and open to the public."

Purdue University School of Informatics, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN USA. [http://informatics.iupui.edu/events/event.php] ?id=532 & [http://informatics.iupui.edu/news/story.php] ?id=531

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something that is 12' x 42" is set to exhibit somewhere soon that also happens to be red with flecks of gold and captures the morning sun like a brave mirror. gallery placards are useless. mt/db

From: "Justin Goh" Reply-To: group at othergroup.net To: group at othergroup.net Subject: othergroup 3058: Theo Jansen at Purdue Thurs April 12, 7pm Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 12:28:19 -0500

...Following the Strandbeest's walk through the University College courtyard and the University Library lawn, it will rest just outside Lecture Hall Room #101, located at 325 University Blvd on the IUPUI campus.

...At 7:00pm, Jansen will lecture about his work inside Lecture Hall Room #101. The lecture is free and open to the public."

Purdue University School of Informatics, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN USA. [http://informatics.iupui.edu/events/event.php] ?id=532 & [http://informatics.iupui.edu/news/story.php] ?id=531

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I do not know what you are specifically referring to but I do agree that a lot of the promotional materials that are available do not generally do much to enlightened the viewer.

Theo Jansen's website and even the youtube clip on the other hand are quite informative. and I like the way talks about art and engineering.

On 4/9/07, Dogmatic gallery wrote: > something that is 12' x 42" is set to exhibit somewhere soon that also > happens to be red with flecks of gold and captures the morning sun like a > brave mirror. > gallery placards are useless. > mt/db

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"strandbeest" translates to "beach animal"

What is "informatics"?

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as far as I know, informatics is that area of computer science that deals with data. the compilation, storage, modelling etc of data. Lots of applications, from law to medical fields.

On 4/9/07, jno wrote: > "strandbeest" translates to "beach animal"

> What is "informatics"?

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from artnet, it may be old news for some of you... ** [http://www.thebrogan.org/]

the blog they refer to is right on the front page.

*ART RAISES CONFEDERATE IRE IN TALLAHASSEE* * *The *Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science* in Tallahassee, Fla., has started a blog where visitors can post comments in response to what has become a national controversy surrounding a work by sculptor *John Sims* in its current "AfroProvocations" show, Feb. 27-June 3, 2007. The work, titled *The Proper Way to Hang a Confederate Flag*, features the stars-and-bars being dangled from a noose in a 13-foot-tall wooden gallows. It drew fire from *Bob Hurst*, head of the 56-member Tallahassee chapter of the *Sons of Confederate Veterans*, whose comments were reported in a story in the *New York Times*. Since then, the museum claims to have received thousands of emails and calls, while an *America Online* survey about the dispute racked up more than 247,000 responses.

Hurst demanded that Sims' sculpture be removed from the exhibition on the grounds that Florida state law makes it illegal to deface the Confederate flag. Brogan director *Chucha Barber* is standing behind the display, however, noting in a Mar. 19, 2007, blog post that "[d]uring the nine years I have been at the Brogan Museum, none of the hundreds of artists who have been featured (including *Monet* and *Picasso*) have ever focused the eyes of the community (indeed the world) on the Brogan as has John Sims." "AfroProvocations" features more than 100 works by six artists, including *Steven Bernard Jones*, *Sangoyemi Ogunsanya*, *Mary Proctor*, *O.L. Samuels* and *Pat Ward Williams*.

On 4/4/07, che baraka wrote:

> David Cordero's Obama As Jesus Sculpture Causes Stir > Chicago Art Student Depicts Presidential Candidate As A Messianic Figure

> [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/03/politics/main2641741.shtml]

> "While we respect First Amendment rights and don't think the artist > was trying to be offensive, Senator Obama, as a rule, isn't a fan of > art that offends religious sensibilities."

> --- Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki

> While I respect First Amendment rights and don't think Senator Obama > was trying to be offensive, as a rule, I'm not a fan of politics that > offend artistic sensibilities.

> I'm on the verge of canonizing Judas.

> --- Che Baraka