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I do not envy translators. One summel, I read Antigone and actually got a second copy so I could read a different translation because the first was way too modern.The Nagle seems to have the opposite problem, with its extreme, not even formallity, but what seems to be deliberately confusing language. The translations today, however, seemed really solid. I liked them.

Also, I’m wondering how they wrote numbers. I did a quick google and it seemed to be (mostly) what looks like the modern Greek alphabet with the letters corresponding to progressively bigger values. Why were numbers such a hard concept? Why did 0 even have to be invented? Isn’t the first things babies learn (via peekaboo) 0 and 1, not here vs here? (I’ve only just located the child development building on campus, so I’m really not qualified to speculate.)

I write notes in the margins during class about things I want to comment on and then proceed to spend forever trying to decipher what I wrote. All I want is the validation to be told ancient Greeks didn’t always write perfectly. Or maybe the invention of paper is what let’s us write quickly and sloppily. My hand doesn’t move fast enough for my thoughts. Was it even worse for people who had to manually carve their words letter by letter? Or was the language more concise? Or is this how people feel taking notes on laptops? I took notes for the first time last night on my computer and I hate how much more time-efficient it was in terms of ease to keep up and freedom to move around (I don’t even type correctly, it’s all index finger RIP ASDF and JKL;) But I don’t actually remember what I write. I wonder if the fact they read less and wrote less meant they were better at remembering what people said because they came into contact with less information.

Or were people just always the same?

[Update: I remember what I wrote]

The fact Sparta’s legendary discipline hinged on not coming into contact with anything mentally stimulating is pathetic. It reminds me of parents who are super strict and then once the kid gets to college they go wild and wind up hospitalized with alcohol poisoning. (Which theoretically wouldn’t happen for the Spartans who learned how to handle their liquor, nor the Athenians.) A system like that can’t last, because a military society like that will either conquer (and come into contact with others) or be conquered (and come into contact with others).

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BUS 308 Week 4 Lecture 11 Part Two Linear Regression

BUS 308 Week 4 Lecture 11 Part Two Linear Regression

Read Lecture Eleven. Lecture Eleven provides information showing a strong positive correlation and a significant linear regression existed between the individual’s salary and midpoint (used as a substitute for grade). This is not an unexpected outcome in a company. How useful are these in understanding what drives salary differences? Why? What…

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rookery building, D.H. Burnham & Co, 1888, Chicago,  interior stair

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Louis Sullivan, Wainwright Building, 1890-91 St. Louis, MO, HABS 1940, Lester Jones

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I stumbled across this building as I was looking for examples of techno-utopian architecture. Although this may not be a techno-utopian style like we looked at in class, it is certainly a utopian style, and I would even argue that it is just a different style of techno-utopia. Nonetheless, it is a great example of hybridization. It combines the ideas of techno-utopia, montage, and even monumentality. The unique part of the tower is the fact that it will be "invisible". The technological ability to do this is why I would classify it as a variation of the techno-utopia we looked at in class. The interesting part of how this would be achieved is that they would create a reflective skin on the building using LED's and specially positioned optical cameras. The reflective skin reminded me of the how the Glass Skyscraper does the same thing as a form of montage, so I thought the Cheongna City Tower (or Tower Infinity) would also be a form of montage with its reflective exterior. However, I am not sure how the idea of invisibility would be accomplished through this.

The monumental aspect of the building is achieved in a couple of ways. The first is that it strives to do the exact opposite of what most other skyscrapers try to do by being less visible. In its attempt to be less visible, it becomes a monumental building because of its sharp contrast to the typical skyscraper. The second way it achieves a monumental aspect its inspiration from Louis Kahn. Louis Kahn often referred to the power of "absence" and the strength of "nothingness" and also aimed to create architecture with the same monumentality as the ancient ruins he had seen in Greece and Egypt. The designers of this skyscraper were influenced by these ideas and attempted to design a building that was both monumental and "invisible".

Currently, it is just a proposed design but is hoped to be completed in time for the 2014 Asian Games in September of that year.

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Montage at UMMA

This is a computer rendering proposed for the expansion of the UMMA shown from the back - walking out of Tappan Hall. I think it's a great place to start an exploration of montage present in this building, which happens in appears in many different ways. Moving from left to right across the photo, the style of architecture changes so dramatically from the Beaux-Arts inspired south wing. The middle portion is mainly glass and doesn't speak much itself, but invites you in and appears as though it is a sort of magical tunnel. On the northern end, the building is constructed of ultra-sleet concrete. This transition alone creates a sort of montage effect.  

This shot is taken as if one is standing to the side of the building, facing south down State street. On the left, you can see one of the temporary installation galleries. One can gaze in at what is happening inside, often set up to be experienced by the numbers who walk by unknowingly each day. This gallery often changes, new ideas, new look - but you can almost always catch your reflection staring back at you when the glass is dark. Walking around this building, one can always find a new angle from which to examine it, and new associations with which one might conceptualized it. 

Definitely not a bad place to have class. 

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I like Paige Mollison's example of a small apartment, and how it epitomizes functionalism. Often, in homes such as these, no space is spared, no item unnecessarily large. Such is the case, too with motor homes and many boats - and other apartments, as well. Take this microapartment in Manhattan, for example. At 90ft^2, it is undoubtedly one of the smallest legitimate homes in the city, if not the nation. No flashy fireplaces are added, because there is simply no space. In addition, the bed is located above the doorway, to make room for extra space.

This video actually got me thinking about designing small spaces based on function, and some aesthetics. The barest functions of what would normally be seperate rooms - from a living room to a study to a bedroom - are all meshed together in one space, but still serve separate functions in their own tiny spaces due to the mish-mash of furniture and built design.