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post #106 of 199
6/26/07 at 11:38pm
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One of my favorites is the SS Andrea Doria.

Built in the '50s. You are just intent on proving my point, aren't you?
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post #107 of 199
6/26/07 at 11:38pm
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Built in the '50s. You are just intent on proving my point, aren't you?

I know it was built in the '50s. That's modernist.
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post #108 of 199
6/26/07 at 11:43pm
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I know it was built in the '50s. That's modernist.

A real modernist would know that modernism peaked in the '20s. Andrea Dorea was a Miami rest home compared to Ile de France and Normandie.

Jeffrey, I tried, in a spirit of genuine goodwill. We now return to our regularly scheduled contempt.
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post #109 of 199
6/26/07 at 11:46pm
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But it doesn't eliminate those damned pixels.
Pixels are the "grain" of the modern era, man.
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post #110 of 199
6/26/07 at 11:48pm
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A real modernist would know that modernism peaked in the '20s. Andrea Dorea was a Miami rest home compared to Ile de France and Normandie. Jeffrey, I tried, in a spirit of genuine goodwill. We now return to our regularly scheduled contempt.
If you mean by the Bauhaus or Adolf Loos, that was the beginning of modernism. People commonly refer to the mid-century as Modernist as well. I understand that you are contemptuous of '50s esthetics--witness your opinions on Brasilia--however, that does not negate the fact that the '50s is still considered Modernist by convention. Peruse this site: http://www.wright20.com/
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post #111 of 199
6/26/07 at 11:50pm
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I understand that you are contemptuous of '50s esthetics

No, no. I meant my contempt for you, personally.

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witness your opinions on Brasilia
Brasilia is a nightmare. Visit, and you will see.
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post #112 of 199
6/26/07 at 11:51pm
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No, no. I meant my contempt for you, personally. Brasilia is a nightmare. Visit, and you will see.
Did your spirit of goodwill vanish as fast as those WMDs disappeared? I don't plan to visit Brazil, but I'll take your (biased) word on it. I think you're really obsessed with me in a Fraiser-esque sort of way.
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post #113 of 199
6/26/07 at 11:56pm
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Pixels are the "grain" of the modern era, man.

So much less character than film grain. Even Mondrian wouldn't have found such regularity charming.
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post #114 of 199
6/26/07 at 11:57pm
Just out of curiosity, can you tell the difference between film and digital? Guess away...
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post #115 of 199
6/27/07 at 12:02am
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Brasilia is a nightmare. Visit, and you will see.

I've heard that Chandigarh is also less than a smashing success.
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post #116 of 199
6/27/07 at 12:06am
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Just out of curiosity, can you tell the difference between film and digital?

Guess away...


These photos don't show up on my work computer. Also, if they're on the internet, the analogue photos would be digital scans.

If this is anything like guessing which are the real or fake breasts, I'm bound to score high.
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post #117 of 199
6/27/07 at 12:24am
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These photos don't show up on my work computer. Also, if they're on the internet, the analogue photos would be digital scans.
Thats the punchline a-hole. Thanks for ruining it. Everything in print media ends up as a digital picture, whether it was originally taken from film or not. Thats why digital photography makes a lot more sense to the professional print photographer.
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If this is anything like guessing which are the real or fake breasts, I'm bound to score high.
Lets see how you do? http://sinsecticide.tripod.com/portf...ven_Copy_1.jpg http://sinsecticide.tripod.com/portfolio/canoe.jpg http://sinsecticide.tripod.com/portfolio/grid.jpg http://sinsecticide.tripod.com/portf...ain_Copy_1.jpg
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post #118 of 199
6/27/07 at 12:27am
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It's good to have enthusiams, even frivilous ones, but it's best not to let said enthusiams cloud your mind to the extent that you think something is best because you like it.

I love ocean liners (and I came to love them when I was younger than you were when you started posting on this forum) but I have to admit that as technology they are inferior to modern transportation, and there is a reason why they are gone.
If you think that's one of the more frivolous obsessions I have, my other one is luggage.

I love high-end luggage. I wish they would put a complete book out. They have books on watches and pens, why not suitcases?
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post #119 of 199
6/27/07 at 12:31am
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Pixels are the "grain" of the modern era, man.

+1. It's the same thing just in a diff format.

Jon.
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post #120 of 199
6/27/07 at 12:37am
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+1. It's the same thing just in a diff format.

Jon.

*moment of panic*

Now that Jon thinks he agrees with me, I have to either A: Change his mind, or B: reverse my opinion tactfully and exit the conversation. Otherwise my credibility is completely shot!

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