April 2007, 8 posts, 204 lines
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
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
"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
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" ...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
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
"strandbeest" translates to "beach animal"
What is "informatics"?
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 > What is "informatics"?
from artnet, it may be old news for some of you...
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[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 > 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
"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.
"The walls between art and engineering exists only in our minds."