tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post115569880532676496..comments2024-03-28T14:13:23.835-04:00Comments on By Neddie Jingo!: Achieving RepresentationNeddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079885040758748553noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1155868407127288892006-08-17T22:33:00.000-04:002006-08-17T22:33:00.000-04:00Yeah, Wren, I got into the game right at the begin...Yeah, Wren, I got into the game right at the beginning of the Desktop Publishing Revolution, and I still have in my files an overhead foil from my predecessor in the job. It was an amazingly laborious task, with rub-on arrows, type set either with the Letraset rub-on or by sending manuscript out to a photomechanical typesetter and then carefully pasting it in place. You'd think the amount of work would have allowed the creator to do a lot of thinking about the subject matter -- not to mention a great deal of economy in the execution. But -- and that's a big but -- the artist and the author were never the same person. <BR/><BR/>And yes, we are SO fucked.Neddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079885040758748553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1155866438376622952006-08-17T22:00:00.000-04:002006-08-17T22:00:00.000-04:00So little has changed. I used to make overhead sli...So little has changed. I used to make overhead slides for military briefings in the longago, and they looked remarkably similar to this nasty PowerPoint image.<BR/><BR/>The main difference was that I created them with colored adhesive cels, an Xacto blade and rub-down lettering, very, very slowly.<BR/><BR/>The holes in the logic have always been there. They've just gotten a WHOLE lot bigger.<BR/><BR/>And W is the ultimate clueless commander. We're all fucked.Wrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09285813981508179421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1155850567312412492006-08-17T17:36:00.000-04:002006-08-17T17:36:00.000-04:00Though with typical Frat boy selfisness... Absolut...Though with typical Frat boy selfisness... Absolutely no plan for a reach around, a gentle word ashared smoke.... I guess we are left chewing the cushions....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1155832426487681572006-08-17T12:33:00.000-04:002006-08-17T12:33:00.000-04:00That's putrid. We're so fucked we're out of th' c...That's putrid. We're so fucked we're out of th' cigarettes afterwards and we're chewing couch filling.<BR/><BR/>Remember when they were pushing Bush as th' "CEO President" like that was an actual selling point?<BR/><BR/>I have a great idea for a guest blog now, though.Bobby Lightfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00671706326620424357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1155762022717161982006-08-16T17:00:00.000-04:002006-08-16T17:00:00.000-04:00Actually I think that it rather successfully illus...Actually I think that it rather successfully illustrates Bush as a uniter. These seperate forces have all been effectively funneled right up the ass of Amurika....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1155744720161306742006-08-16T12:12:00.000-04:002006-08-16T12:12:00.000-04:00That visual metaphor, on first glance so imposing,...<I>That visual metaphor, on first glance so imposing, so inevitable, is in reality a deeply evil and dissembling</I> disguise.<BR/><BR/>I think you just won the All-England Summarize Derrida Competition.<BR/><BR/>Fellow haters of Powerpoint are advised to check out <A HREF="http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/index.htm" REL="nofollow">The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation</A>.<BR/><BR/>--nashtbrutusandshort<BR/><A HREF="http://categoricalaperitif.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Categorical Aperitif</A>nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06197147046558468601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1155742399362590812006-08-16T11:33:00.000-04:002006-08-16T11:33:00.000-04:00sorry for the double.damn the internets.sorry for the double.<BR/><BR/>damn the internets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1155742355880280632006-08-16T11:32:00.000-04:002006-08-16T11:32:00.000-04:00arrows, pressure, failure: it's a nice metaphor.th...arrows, pressure, failure: it's a nice metaphor.<BR/><BR/>those small arrows push inwards, forcing the whole process to the glorious right-side goal, where all will be well. but if one (or more) of those arrows isn't strong enough to push its share of the process inwards, the pressure in the system caused by the rest of the arrows will cause the whole thing to burst, rupture, herniate at the point where the weak arrow failed. and the guts will spill out onto the floor. and the doctors will get their shoes dirty. but that's ok, beacuse they have other shoes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1155742159068164402006-08-16T11:29:00.000-04:002006-08-16T11:29:00.000-04:00arrows, pressure, failure: it's a nice metaphor.th...arrows, pressure, failure: it's a nice metaphor.<BR/><BR/>those small arrows push inwards, forcing the whole process to the glorious right-side goal, where all will be well. but if one (or more) of those arrows isn't strong enough to push its share of the process inwards, the pressure in the system caused by the rest of the arrows will cause the whole thing to burst, rupture, herniate at the point where the weak arrow failed. and the guts will spill out onto the floor. and the doctors will get their shoes dirty. but that's ok, beacuse they have other shoes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1155736846949307122006-08-16T10:00:00.000-04:002006-08-16T10:00:00.000-04:00I make powerpoint presentations for the military, ...I make powerpoint presentations for the military, and they're still making them like that. I got goosebumps looking at this slide, thinking, "they make slides like this over the whole military?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1155736277783382652006-08-16T09:51:00.000-04:002006-08-16T09:51:00.000-04:00You got a problem with George Allen, macaca?His at...You got a problem with George Allen, <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/14/AR2006081400589.html" REL="nofollow">macaca</A>?<BR/><BR/><I>His</I> attention span and depth of knowledge are undoubtedly even shorter than Dubya's, so who could be more qualified to ruin, er, run the country in '08 and beyond?XTCfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12361374492348913096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1155728413838568842006-08-16T07:40:00.000-04:002006-08-16T07:40:00.000-04:00Presentation Zen at http://presentationzen.blogs.c...Presentation Zen at http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2006/08/powerpointifica.html has some good things to say about this in particular and presentation in general.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04639265958695262241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1155728125913250052006-08-16T07:35:00.000-04:002006-08-16T07:35:00.000-04:00I can just picture Georgie, handed this graphic by...I can just picture Georgie, handed this graphic by Rummy as he in turn gets <I>his</I> eight seconds to impress Dear Leader. W, immediately grasping the plan depicted says, "So we put the squeeze on 'em 'til they work together?" And Rums, of course, says, "You got it." And they both smile.<BR/><BR/>BTW, it's been documented that eight seconds is exactly the length of W's attention span.Kevin Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17490345765638949916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1155727661731630192006-08-16T07:27:00.000-04:002006-08-16T07:27:00.000-04:00The medium is the massage, right? I agree about th...The medium is the massage, right? I agree about the difference between the paragraph "cause leads to effect" and the image Cause [big arrow with a drop shadow filled with yellow-to-orange vertical gradient] Effect. <BR/><BR/>I like the effect of the little stars for bullet points, though - subliminally invoking both profitable munitions sales for the defense contractors and promotions ofr the military brass.<BR/><BR/>And has anyone <B>ever</B> successfully made a curved arrow in PowerPoint?H. Rumbold, Master Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584302712998121919noreply@blogger.com