How is the guitar hero example not just an example of locked down proprietary consoles vs. free software ideals?
Put another way: if the console/game were free and open, guitar hero would be the equivalent of a starting point, or maybe (even a tutorial like B07.sampler.pd), that you do before going on to do more expressive and creative things with the controller-- just a way to build facility on the controller. And there would be a community of people modding the hell out of the game, and creating new games. So in this alternate universe guitar hero would be a good thing (that leads to better things), but it would still be a technological parody. The Rube Goldberg machines and the fridge are great examples of parodies-- I suppose we can call them technological parodies if we want to be precise. But for things that are not actually meant as parodies, it's a misnomer that just seems like an ideological term of derision. -Jonathan --- On Wed, 6/22/11, Charles Henry <czhe...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Charles Henry <czhe...@gmail.com> Subject: [PD] [OT] technological parody was: Pd performance at TED To: pd-list@iem.at Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 9:00 PM eheh, I'm glad the concept of "technological parody" is giving so much to discuss :)We should put up a twitter account with the #technologicalparody (kidding) M I caught on to it, just because I liked the phrase so much. But there are some real examples--Rube-Goldberg machines come right to mind, but you never see them in real life as anything other than comedy. There may be more real-life examples from hacker/builder communities--like, say, a robotic fridge designed to fire a can of beer into the air. Although it may be an awesome novelty, it's not actually practical. Hence, it's nearly a mockery of robotics to build it. No offense to the creators of beer can canons--but you knew it was going to be a joke before you started. So, there's a clear comparison between Pd and Guitar Hero that illustrates the difference. With Guitar Hero on your favorite console, you have a specialized controller, useless for any other "games", that only plays canned guitar riffs from a CD. Moreover, the software has to run on particular hardware. Then, a clever programmer with Pd can take that same ridiculous controller and use it for whatever he/she wants. Chuck -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
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