Am Fre, 2003-08-22 um 15.34 schrieb Robert Jonsson: > Friday 22 August 2003 15:03 skrev Daniel James: > > > In a digital world there is a big difference between the number of > > > external inputs/outputs you have and the number of internal tracks > > > you utilize. > > > > Sure, but he doesn't use a computer and was thinking in terms of a 24 > > track tape machine with 24 analogue inputs. He perceived that 8 > > analogue inputs on a digital system wouldn't be enough for a *solo* > > project, because he believed that professional musicans all use 24 > > track equipment - so he had to have 24 inputs too. > > > > My concern is that sometimes the technology doesn't enable creativity, > > it puts up a new barrier - such as overcomplexity. > > I can't remember who it was that said that 'any sufficiently advanced > technology is indistinguishable from magic', anyway, it is true. Arthur C Clarke mentioned this.Quite reactionairy-i tend to say, i made the experience, that mistaking technology for magic often slows the process of learning how to work with that Technology. More than once i said to myself - "WoW! it is THAT easy - if i would have known how easy it is i would have reached this point two houres ago..." This is especially the case since i switched to LINUX. Playing around with closed Software for Years made my believe that Software is a magic lore. > In the short term it may seem like overcomplexity, in the long term however > it's evolution and will soon be what average joe uses, without thinking about > it. At least a good deal of this complexity comes with the way programmers think: i need this function - this new library gives me that easily - so i use it. i want these fancy buttons and i want them now - lets make those dudes out there install another toolkit. > There is a possibility that it really _IS_ overcomplexity, but then something > else will come along, a new paradigm, that takes over. Evolution saves the > day once again :) > > Myself I don't think it is too complex, it may be magic to those who haven't > taken the plunge yet though. I agree, besides it can be quite funny to learn from scratch. Thus i save the money and the time that others spend on playing strategy-games > /Robert > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Daniel >
