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Ako kontrapríklad odporúčam dnešný článok a diskusiu na idnes.cz, prípadne tvrip zo záveru dnešného prenosu Českej Televízie.

Stojí preto za úvahu, kto komu vlastne závidí.

Buď je zlomok civilizácii, ktoré sa dožijú éry v ktorej by boli schopné robiť vlastné simulácie veľmi blízky nule, alebo sa rozhodnú tieto simulácie nerobiť, čo sa nám ale ukazuje ako nepravdepodobné. Ak ani jedno z týchto tvrdení neplatí, potom je pravdepodobnosť toho, že žijeme v simulácii veľmi blízko 1.

Napísal som krátky článok, ktorý rozoberá, čo by bolo potrebné na počítačovú simuláciu celého sveta a prečo by dávala zmysel teória, že v takejto zimulácii žijeme už teraz.

Prečítať si ho môžete tu: myslienkasimulacie.pdf

V hre života a evolúcie sú za stolom traja hráči: ľudia, príroda a stroje. Ja sa prikláňam na stranu prírody, ale podozrievam prírodu, že je na strane strojov.

— George Dyson, Darwin Among the Machines

Napísal som úvahu zaoberajúcu sa hroziacimi apokalyptickými scénarmi (najmä spôsobených technológiami, teda takými, za ktoré by sme si mohli sami).

Môžete si ju prečítať tu: totosunaseposlednestorocia.pdf

Haruki Murakami publikoval prvú novelu v japončine v roku 1979 a odvtedy mu vychádzajú pravidelne nové a nové knihy, dnes už v 44 jazykoch. Obaly rôznych vydaní jeho kníh sú vo všeobecnosti medzi dizajnérmi obľúbené (Wonderful Murakami covers from all around the world, Cover designs for Murakami).

Mne sa ale najviac zapáčila britská verzia spoločnosti Vintage Books (dcéry Random House), ktoré robí Ruth Rowland (používajúc cudzie fotky). Tieto obaly sú už nejaký čas okolo nás, prvým bola The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle vydaná v 1999, ale aj dnes vyzerajú čisto a moderne. Vychádza to zrejme z minimalistického, jednoduchého dizajnu, ktorý sa vo veľkom opiera o typografiu.

Obrázky som zozbieral z internetu v najlepšej dostupnej kvalite (cez tineye.com).

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Sputnik Sweethearth, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Underground a After the Quake už patria do mojej zbierky, jedného dňa ich snáď budem mať všetky.

Toto je esej na kurz Spoločenské aspekty informačných a komunikačných technológii na matfyze.

Prvý mobilný telefón demonštroval v roku 1973 doktor Cooper z Motoroly, trvalo však ďalších desať rokov, kým ho firma začala pod menom DynaTAC predávať. Kedysi boli mobilné telefóny dostupné len pre bohatú vrstvu a top manažérov. Dnes je vo Veľkej Británii viac mobilov ako obyvateľov, tvrdí Guardian.co.uk.

Celú prácu (má tri strany) si môžete prečítať tu: mobilnetechnologie.pdf

Kliknite na infografiku pre zväčšenie.

Narodil sa v roku 1948 v Kolumbii.

Keď mal osem rokov, jeho mama-prostitútka ho vyhodila z domu, pretože sa pokúsil zaškrtiť mladšiu sestru.

Časom sa dostal do väzenia za vykrádanie áut. Tam ho znásilnili dvaja muži, oboch na druhý deň zavraždil.

V dvadsiatke bol prepustený. Nasledujúcich desať rokov sa túlal po Južnej Amerike, kde vraždil (a znásilňoval) malé dievčatá od deväť do dvanásť rokov. Za desať rokov sa mu ich podarilo zlikvidovať viac ako 350. Podľa vlastných slov občas stíhal aj tri za týždeň.

Raz ho v Peru prichytili Indiáni, keď prepadol desaťročné dievča. Odvliekli ho do dediny, kde ho zahrabali po hlavu po zem, poliali mu ju sirupom a posypali mravcami. Zachránila ho turistka, ktorá ho mala odovzdať polícii, ale pustila ho. A tak pokračoval v svojej práci.

V 1983 ho konečne polícia chytila a podarilo sa ho usvedčiť. Neskôr sa sám priznal k stovkám vrážd, dokonca odhalil svoje masové hroby.

Maximálny trest v Ekvádore je ale dvadsať rokov odnatia slobody. Ekvádorským úradom preto neostávalo nič iné ako Pedra prepustiť v roku 2003 na slobodu.

Nie je známe kde sa Pedro López nachádza a čo v súčastnosti robí.

[zdroj: st.city 2011/28]

Long since the year 1455, when Jonatan Gutenberg introduced the printing press, people have been concerned about the look of the type. The web typography looked initially awful, but it has got better over time. At first, there were only images, which are actually used till nowadays for beautiful web headings to these days (e.g. Apple.com). Later the options of choosing and adjusting the font improved greatly and finally we can embed the entire type since CSS2. Today we can create amazing typography on the web.

But typography is not merely about choosing the right type face.

Size

You should never set a text size under 12px, in fact you should set it higher. It is important for the main body of text to be comfortably legible, but not too large and ‘screaming’ though. You know, what is completely legible on your huge 70" high definition plasma display doesn’t have to be as good on my iPad. If you are not sure about your text size, enlarge it.

“Physically 16pt is as big as 11pt in print.” — Wilson Miner

Hierarchy

When we decide on the body text size we need to construct a uniform hierarchy of headings and sub-headings. Alternating the size of text is the best way to differentiate content and show clearly to your visitors the relative importance of separate elements. This means your readers will be able to scroll to the important parts if in hurry—and will gain what they—and you want.

You can change hierarchy with styles other than size and colour as well, for example all-caps. It is popular to use serif (like Times New Roman) on headings and sans-serif (like Helvetica) on the body as well. This is due to the low resolution of computer screens in comparison with the printed paper. Serifs don’t appear in enough detail in lower font sizes—like below 16 pixels.

Of course it is important for this hierarchy to be consistent among all of your pages.

Space & Measurements

Let your text breathe. Really, you need to stop being afraid leaving blank space on your webpages. This negative space will help to target your reader’s focus on the content. It is good to have the line-spacing CSS property set to at least 140% of your text-size. Great type designers put large effort to all the little white spaces between their letters. Because the space is what forms the shape.

The space around the content is important as well. In general it is best to break the page into a grid in which everything—lines, columns, navigation, headings, sidebars, header—fits perfectly. Some of the cells on this grid should be left blank, so that the reader doesn’t feel trapped.

It is best to have line width of 40 to 80 characters in one column design. If the lines are too short the text pulls apart, if the lines are too long the visitor looses focus. This is called measurement. Most type designers agree that the ideal web line measurement is about 65 characters.

Contrast

White text on yellow background may look great on the billboard, but it isn’t well-readable. It is important to give the text enough contrast to be legible. Especially on a backlit computer monitor. Every time you are not sure about your contrast, take a picture of your page and put it to greyscale. You will find it out immediately.

It is not good to have long reversed texts—like white text on black background or similar. It can be nice on short columns or headers but it is tiresome for normal text. Look at the real life. We have many reversed posters, covers and signs, but no magazines or books.

If you start to follow these guidelines, your typography will become brilliant. However, sometimes the rules are here to be broken. Design is always about creativity.

Článok bol uverejnený na yreg.blog.matfyz.sk, ako úloha na predmet Moderný prístup k webdizajnu.

Vedúci Katka, Kubo, Peťo, Zuzka, Marek a Janči

Vedúca Kaja

Účastníci Maťo, Anino a Vierka

Účastníci Ja, Veronika a Maťo z tímu Bola raz jedna sova a veverička na univerzite, až jedného dňa nespravili skúšku

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What would happen to social interactions between humans if you could pull a device out of your pocket, press your finger on it a few times, and be in contact with practically any person in the world, instantly?

What would happen if practically any human being in the world could have access any book ever published, within 20 seconds?

What would happen to the advancement of science, medicine, and technology, if you could pull a device out of your pocket, ask it any question you could think of, and then get the correct answer within 30 seconds?

We live in the future

Lately, I've been thinking about the improvements to human knowledge and changes in culture afforded by the technological innovation in the past thirty years. I try to see through my bias. But it still feels like, even though the scenarios above exist today for a significant portion of people on Earth, human society hasn't really changed as much as I would have expected it to.

I try to imagine myself as a person in 1970 predicting a future in which the above scenarios are true, and I think about limitless opportunities and rapid innovation; I think about most medical problems being solved incredibly quickly, I think about new drugs and new surgical techniques being invented every month. I think about innovations in travel and transportation technology. I think about possibly being able to get to Los Angeles from San Francisco with the same fare as the Subway in Manhattan. I think about human life expectancy growing rapidly due to the curing of disease.

But human life expectancy hasn't changed at all, really, and travel is still relatively expensive (though cheaper, of course, but not by much). We had the Concorde, but now we don't. Since the 1970's, not much has changed. We still have the same airplanes, with slight improvements. We still have the same cars, with slight improvements. And we still have the same medical procedures, with slight improvements.

The scenarios above exist today, in a literal sense. I can pull my iPhone out of my pocket, and get the answer to any question I can imagine, instantly. But the existence of those scenarios hasn't really improved the speed at which we advance the state of art in science and technology. Why not?

Don't panic.

via dustincurtis.com