Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00414
To: rzeigle@tiger.lsuiss.ocs.lsu.edu
From: JVernonM@aol.com
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:32:30 EST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: questions
In a message dated 2/14/99 11:56:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
rzeigle@tiger.lsuiss.ocs.lsu.edu writes:
> I get the impression that some feel that since BEAM
> is only good
> for "art and expensive toys", that it is less valid than other ways of
> thinking. As a sculptor myself, I can not possibly imagine a more worthy
> real world application than art and entertainment. These are two endevors
> that enrich the lives of every human being. I won't presume to speak for
> any on else but, I think the last thing we need is more machines to make
> more stuff so that people can buy even more mass produced junk that they
> don't need. Industrial robotics may be a valid RWA in some cases but i
> feel that it certainly lacks the soul that art has. Even if a robot were
> built that could perform the menial work involved in say, the lost wax
> casting process, I don't think that there is an artist out there that
> would buy one.
You are absofrigginlutly correct!
Sincerely,
Jim
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