The latest of the latest. I am at a lan party in Lynwood. Duran Duran is playing on the stereo. And now Fuel. I am DJ, unappointed, but coincidence drives much in our world. I just happened to have a working computer with sound next to the receiver, so here it goes. I had a problem with shoutcast that crashed my system hard, which is a rarity in Linux. That's too bad, but it happens. Until computers have perfect stability like their analog or even consumer electronic (CD players) counterparts, they cannot be used very well as live musical instruments. I see great capability strained by the constant crashing. Linux has a way to ensure that bluescreens do not happen normally. That is a huge step towards perfect computing, not just musical computing. The ability for computers to playback already recorded music has created a great benefit for music lovers, but will progress towards completely dynamic computer-generated music. Some minor attempts have been made. The most interesting commercial application of dynamic music and multimedia given by a computer is Rez video game for Sony Playstation 2. Players interact with the game through their character in a computer world where light and sound mix. My experience with this game is minimal (lack of PS2), so I can't comment on much more than it's attempt and success at it's goal of synestasia.
Hello friends of Javantea's Fate. It's been a poor few weeks. My work on Hack Mars is stalled and my job is no longer an excuse for not working. I'm happy, but I'm not pleased with my progress. I can't seem to force myself, so I'm just going to let it slide until I'm inspired again. Creating a video game is tough. The small things that are the base of the video game are easy to write separately. But together, it's a huge undertaking. Perhaps this is how game companies work: one person writes as much as he can and hands it to the next person who does as well as she can, and so on until it is finished. But quite a while ago I totally gave up on handing off any of my work: no one else would do it. Not until I have money that I don't have. Well, the solution is to do it myself. A person must rely on himself, because that is all he has. Here I have talent, a bit of effort, and a purpose. This is my task. But that puts a lot of pressure on me to produce results. When I make a mistake, who do I blame? When I'm a lazy bum, who do I fire?
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