2010年11月17日 星期三

QQ presentation

QQ is a kind of instant message software, it means that you have the possibility of discussing in private with other qq members anywhere in the world. You can discuss in mode text " QQ Chat " or possibly speak as in the telephone in live "QQ Voice Chat”, or even see other people’s face in the video mode. Communication is free except your expenses of connection. QQ allows keeping a review of your dialogues texts, as well as the possibility of sending offline messages to your friends. The function of qq is just like what msn does.

It has many services which combine the function of facebook, blog, email, some other software and so on .
Because of these services, people can try their best building good images on qq, which helps them develop better characteristics. .i have a friend, who is not that much outgoing and prefer stay alone. He always feels depressed, and doesn’t know what to do. Since he began to use QQ and constructed his online identity, he became a much more outgoing person. He spent a lot of time on his QQ identity and become a superior member, which gives him more inspiration to perform better on his identity.

Now I’m going to give you Some more information about how to be a superior member on qq.
This is the table of QQ Upgrade days. You can see the each line can stand for an aspect……..if get a sun in your QQ grade, it means you have a high level in your QQ identity. And it also means you spend a lot of time on your QQ identity. Regular members need 320 days to get a sun.
With level of the sun (16 class) and users above, they can enjoy the rights of custom QQ portrait and establish a QQ group privilege.

We can see that in order to build up a better identity on qq, people need to spend a lot of time on it. On one hand, people like to create their beautiful QQ identity, but on the other hand, they can also say what them want to say in QQ chat. According to the example of my friends .he try his best to show his perfect qq identity.at first, his is very introvertive,but after he set up his perfect qq identity.he feels confidence to make friends by qq identity.
Conclusion They spent their painstaking effort and much time.but they feel confidence in their qq identity and become outgoing in their
real life.

2010年11月10日 星期三

Is it reasonable to consider computer games as art?



a) How does Adams define art? Do you agree with his definition?
Adams thought that there are library art, like writing and drama. Then the fine arts: sculpture and painting, music and dance. There are also the decorative arts: wallpaper, fabrics and furnishings. And Adams also says that the boundaries between art and non-art are not hard and fast. Also Art has been considered to be self-expressive and thus a spontaneous act that has no formulaic characteristic.
On one hand, I agree with his definition, because he said all the part of art is right, but on the other hand, the art is not only he said in the traditional way for our modern city, we should add the more definitions about the art, the street arts and some art from our simple life.
b) According to Adams, what is needed for videogames to be considered as art?
According to Adams, the interactivity preclude art is needed for videogames to be considered as art, that art is a form of communication from the artist to viewer starts to interfere.

2010年11月3日 星期三

Playing video games


According to the film, what are some pros and cons of playing videogames for individuals and societies?
I have to say Different games may have different pros and cons.
Cons:
Firstly, I think playing videogames playing video games will harm our physical health; but some games are opposite to this, it may help people do some exercises.
For example, the game called Dance Dance Revolution helps players burn extra pounds while they are playing. As players follow the beat of the song associated with the game, they face the screen to move on a 3-foot square platform with an arrow on each side of the square – pointing up, down, left, and right.
Secondly, if someone loses himself in the videogame, they may waste much time to study or work. And people may get violence in their real life.
Thirdly. If we take much time to play the videogames it affects our study negatively. For example, you can see the dialogue below for a mother and a child.
“Honey, I have signed you up for advanced math and social science classes in this summer, so you will have something to do,” Mother tells her 12-year-old son. “Can I play some video games with my friends?” her son asks. “I think you don’t want to waste your time on that.” This conversation between a mother and her son implies that parents believe that video games are the cause of children studying less. They claim that the fewer video games children play, the more they achieve in the future. Although parents believe playing games has a negative influence on their children, some evidence shows that playing video games yields positive results.

Pros:
When we play the videogame which can help us improve our thinking and inspiration. That is good for us.
According the film, is there any evidence that digital games can encourage aggressive values and anti-social actions in the real world? Do you agree?
Yeah, I think there is really any evidence that digital games can encourage aggressive values and anti-social actions in the real world.
Should governments have the right to ban certain games? Why or why not?
Maybe the governments should ban games the games which has negative effects to our body.
I have already said the cons in the first question, and different games may have different pros and cons. So we need to know what kind of games is good for us and what is not. And then the governments can use come policy to ban the games.

Technologies bodies in art


Which artist’s work do you find the most interesting?

In accordance with Stelarc Exoskeleton’s work, I feel very fantastic about it. Not only weirdness about Stelarc Exoskeleton’s work, but I also find that it is impossible to the art in our bodies. Because of these reasons, I am quite interested in his work.

Describe one work by that artist in detail, and explain, what is interesting about it.
Artist, Stelarc is renowned for his augmented body art forms. Here he has built a giant spider like walking frame.


He tried to use a suspension type to show his body. He use lifting hook to let himselves hang in the sky. He did it in different place every time. And he calls this posture of indifference.
I feel very amazed that he did this posture of indifference in this way without shed blood. He can use his third hand to control his body. And also he can let his body move or not move in anyway. He just needs to take care of his muscle into the lifting hook.


In Japan, he uses his signal of his muscles to control his body and then move his body up and down. The acting played last 30 minutes.I think he is very smart to do in this way. And I have not seen in this way in china mainland.