15 02, 2008

linux & windows in greece

By |2016-01-12T21:11:29+02:00February 15th, 2008|technology|0 Comments

Είναι αλήθεια ότι το Linux θεωρούταν πάντοτε ένα λειτουργικό σύστημα για computer geeks. Οι περισσότεροι που αποφάσιζαν να το χρησιμοποιήσουν ήταν είτε ερευνητές είτε διαχειριστές (δίκτυα, servers κτλ). Έτσι η χρήση από απλούς χρήστες (Desktop use) (καθ)υστέρησε πολλά χρόνια.Η βασικότερη δυσκολία ίσως να βρίσκεται στον τρόπο σκέψης μας που έχει ταυτιστεί με την χρήση του Windows. Είναι γεγονός ότι ο απλός χρήστης δεν θα ήθελε να περάσει σε κάτι εντελώς διαφορετικό από αυτό που χρησιμοποιεί χρόνια και κάνει τη δουλειά του, ούτε να είναι ο μόνος με linux και να μην μπορεί να επικοινωνήσει με τους άλλους. Είναι όμως έτσι; Σήμερα υπάρχουν διανομές linux/debian που στοχεύουν ακριβώς σε αυτό. Στο να είναι φιλικές προς τον απλό χρήστη να υποστηρίζουν συμβατότητα με τις περισσότερες των εφαρμογών που υπάρχουν σε Windows/Macos (αρκετές θεωρούνται πλέον και καλλίτερες) και φυσικά να είναι δωρεάν. Κοιτάξετε π.χ. Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandrake, SUSE και θα αρχίσετε να καταλαβαίνετε [...]

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7 02, 2008

Zotero, Run-time Error ‘5891’

By |2016-01-12T21:11:29+02:00February 7th, 2008|technology|2 Comments

Following this discussion: http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/2052/runtime-error/ Here is a sample document with the error (docx, doc). To reproduce it just try to insert a citation on page 8 (On some pages it is not reproducible). I was not able to figure out what makes it happen, but there seems to be a bug on VB code somewhere... (word or zotero?) Regards, μο. p.s. here is the error screen and another doc file that I created:doc2 (see my first comment)

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6 02, 2008

Democracy and Dissapointment

By |2016-01-12T21:11:29+02:00February 6th, 2008|philosophy, politics|0 Comments

This is an interesting public conversation between Simon Critchley and Alain Badiou that took place on November 15, 2007 at Slought foundation. It features a first session were Simon Critchley outlines his thoughts about democracy and disappointment as presented on his recent book (Infinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance). His analysis is based on his quasi-Levinasian, Badiouan, Lacanian and Kantian ideas about ethics, politics and philosophy and he is mainly interested in the politics of resistance-military neoliberalism, neo leninism, neo anarchism. In the next session Badiou outlines his thoughts upon 6 phrases that he spotted on Critchley's Book, and tries to relate/contrast them to his philosophical beliefs. Badiou, A., & Critchley, S. (2007). Democracy and disappointment: alain badiou/simon critchley on the politics of resistance, Conversations in Theory. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved from http://www.slought.org/content/11385/. The Conversation can be downloaded from this link. Slought Foundation quotes: "In disoriented times, we [...]

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5 02, 2008

Έκθεση – Α. Καρακατσάνης

By |2016-01-12T21:11:29+02:00February 5th, 2008|art|0 Comments

Την Τετάρτη 6/2/2008 θα γίνουν τα εγκαίνια της ατομικής έκθεσης του Απόστολου Καρακατσάνη στην Γκαλερί Άλφα Δέλτα. Η έκθεση θα διαρκέσει ως τις 15/3/2007. Γκαλερί Άλφα Δέλτα, Παλλάδος 3, 105 54 Αθήνα, τηλ. +30 210 322 87 85, fax +30 210 322 87 85, e-mail: a[at]@otenet.gr www.adgallery.gr apos[at]syros.aegean.gr Μπορείτε να κατεβάσετε το news-letter από εδώ: Μερικά από τα έργα είναι: Μαζί

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18 01, 2008

Video Compression

By |2016-01-12T21:11:29+02:00January 18th, 2008|technology, tutorial|2 Comments

This is a short introduction to Video Compression techniques by using free software tools. These include video codecs and VirtuaDub. Here is another Tutorial for HandBrake [>>] (easy to use, less technical jargon). What do we call Video Compression Video Compression refers to the methods for reducing the quantity of data used to represent video. It is a straight forward combination of image compression and motion compensation. To compress a video file we need two things: a video codec and a video editing tool. What is a codec A codec is short for COder/DECoder and is basically a small piece of software that is used to Encode and Decode video. In order to compress a video file you need to download and install the relevant codecs on your system. In our case, download and install a codec-pack that includes all of the codecs that will will need for the rest [...]

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14 01, 2008

ert-archives

By |2016-01-12T21:11:29+02:00January 14th, 2008|Uncategorized|0 Comments

A few days ago, the ERT made publicly available a small part of its audiovisual archive: http://www.ert-archives.gr Although this move is considered an important first step towards the public availability of a unique collection, the administrative (?) decision to stream the material over a proprietary, commercial product made open/free, participatory/p2p and commons-oriented communities to protest. We must never forget that ERT is sustained by a form of obligatory taxation were greek residents have been contributing to the accumulation of this cultural wealth. We all wonder, who is behind all these? Who's decision was to design such a platform? Here is how it is done: http://www.ert-archives.gr/wpasV2/public/index.aspx DIGITIZATION OF ARCHIVES Minister of State and Government Spokesman Theodoros Roussopoulos, Minister of Economy and Finance George Alogoskoufis, and Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) [>>] President Christos Panagopoulos, presented a pilot project on December 10 for the documentation and digitalization of ERT's historic audio-visual archives. [>>] [...]

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14 01, 2008

How Philosophers Die

By |2016-01-12T21:11:30+02:00January 14th, 2008|philosophy|0 Comments

It is a piece of ancient wisdom that to philosophise is to learn how to die. From Socrates onwards, the philosopher is the person who has no fear of death, but accepts their fate with calm and contentment. Yet, how do philosophers themselves die? This song will explain and the answers are unexpectedly and darkly funny? As some of you might recognize, this song is also an indirect homage to Brian Eno. Taken from the show Sex, Death and Desire, written and directed by John Simmons of Ouch! Media and founding member of Critchley and Simmons.

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8 01, 2008

the corporation – zeitgeist

By |2016-01-12T21:11:30+02:00January 8th, 2008|documentaries, politics, religion|3 Comments

During the christmas break, I 've had the chance to watch the following documentaries: The corporation (2003, Achbar) WINNER OF 26 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS! 10 Audience Choice Awards including the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, THE CORPORATION explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal "person" to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?" The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics - including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore - plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change. Along with the groundbreaking 145-minute theatrical version of the film, the two-disc DVD has [...]

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8 01, 2008

Bingo The Clown-O, Yes you ARE Bingo!

By |2016-01-12T21:11:30+02:00January 8th, 2008|animation, art, philosophy|0 Comments

(1998, Chris Landreth) Ideal ego and the ego ideal. The image you assume and the symbolic point which give you a place and supplies the point from which you are looked at. A nice example of the interaction of the Lacanian "three registers of human reality": the imaginary, the symbolic and the real. Bingo is based on a short play, Disregard This Play, by Chicago's Neo-Futurist Theater Company. The story is a little ditty of existentialist hell in which the central character, Dave, is told he is a clown. At first he denies, then he argues, then he dispairs, and ultimately, he concedes.

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