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[bloodorchid]

also, i'd like to add in that the pros who eyeballed stuff then made it had practice beforehand, ie apprenticeship & being taught by parent, etc

[namelesswonder]

I didn't really like District 9 (can't put my finger on why), but I DID like Prometheus.

[Urban Forager]

I agree District 9 was quite good. I haven't seen Moon; I'll have to watch it. Thanks for the tip Canio.

[bloodorchid]

I really liked District 9.

i fixed that for you *huffs*

[canio6]

I agree District 9 was quite good. I haven't seen Moon; I'll have to watch it. Thanks for the tip Canio.

Nothing earth shattering but a definite step up from the usual "Lets spend 99.98% of our budget on explosions and hope they don't notice the story was written by Michael Bay and the dialog by George Lucas" type movies.

[Urban Forager]

I said most, not all. And I would argue that the things made by people who felt their way through the stone as they chipped away at it are much better than things which were simply assigned a numerical value and chopped out. Think of an old forged sword vs a modern cast one.

You might be surprised to find out that in most ancient art that we find aesthetically pleasing the geometry is pretty consistent. If you look at the ratio of the blade to the hilt it doesn't vary much and that is precisely why we find it beautiful even apart from the craftsmanship.

This is also true for sculpture. The artists that made works of art didn't just hack away at stone until they felt they were done.
They worked out the geometry before hand. If you study great sculptures you will see that they were working with geometry.
In ancient Greece the students of Pythagoras who were in engaged in deep study of natural science and self understanding were called "mathematekoi" , those who studied all. When we think of math today we think of computation and math in the past was so much more than that.

I recommend reading A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe by Michael Schneider. It will open your mind to the beauty of math.

[Grok]

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[kenn]

You might be surprised to find out that in most ancient art that we find aesthetically pleasing the geometry is pretty consistent. If you look at the ratio of the blade to the hilt it doesn't vary much and that is precisely why we find it beautiful even apart from the craftsmanship.

This is also true for sculpture. The artists that made works of art didn't just hack away at stone until they felt they were done.
They worked out the geometry before hand. If you study great sculptures you will see that they were working with geometry.
In ancient Greece the students of Pythagoras who were in engaged in deep study of natural science and self understanding were called "mathematekoi" , those who studied all. When we think of math today we think of computation and math in the past was so much more than that.

I recommend reading A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe by Michael Schneider. It will open your mind to the beauty of math.

You can see the difference between Greek and Roman sculptures

[cori93437]

One who whores themselves out for nothing more than attention is simply a slut. Considering my level of sexual deviancy, that term is not entirely inaccurate.

How is a person who is not sexually active (yeah,that time in middle school STILL doesn't count) able to really know their level of sexual deviancy...

[canio6]

How is a person who is not sexually active (yeah,that time in middle school STILL doesn't count) able to really know their level of sexual deviancy...

Well, one could argue the attraction factor...if one were attracted/sexually excited by deviant activities (whatever the heck that means) even if not sexually active they could consider themselves a sexual deviant.