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    by Machines - Final Work 1 Concept The purpose of this project is to investigate the use of home-made or repurposed machines to generate geometric patterns. Jackson Pollock redefined what it was to produce art. He removed prior boundaries to making art. His move away from conventionality was a liberating signal to future artists. It is my endeavour that machine assisted art will expand my horizons and lead me to new forms of artistic expression. 2 History of Machine Art

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    PTI Essay In Sherman Alexies novel‚ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ the main character‚ a 14-year old Spokane Indian named Arnold Spirit‚ has a hard time being an Indian on the Rez because he is unlike the other Indians. In the chapter “The Black-Eye-of-the-Month Club” Arnold is being described as a kid who is born with many physical problems and ever since Arnold was born he has been teased and bullied not only by children but adults also. Even though Arnolds life has been a complete

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    The song “What Kind of Man” by the band Florence & The Machine was released in 2015‚ yet still features many jazz influences. The lyrics are a metaphor for a broken relationship that is worsening‚ although the narrator wants to leave. For example‚ Florence Welsh‚ the lead vocalist‚ sings that her lover “let me dangle at a cruel angle/oh‚ my feet don’t touch the floor.” This line is not literal‚ metaphorically comparing the relationship to being hung over a canyon. These lyrics‚ written by the singer

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    Pregnancy Riddle in “Metaphors” “Metaphors” is a lyric poem was written by Sylvia Plath in 1960. It is a confusing riddle in which the reader must pay attention to its appropriate voice‚ sound‚ word choice and metaphorical language to find that Plath is actually talking about pregnancy. The central theme of this poem is about what it’s like to be a pregnant woman. Plath wrote “Metaphors” during her pregnancy‚ showing the aesthetics‚ effects‚ and implications of motherhood. On close examination

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    The Conceptualization of 17th Century Inferiority in Conceptual Metaphors Our perception of the social system‚ morality and human relations is an influential factor on how human´s mentally and linguistically express themselves through figurative speech. By examining human´s tendency to personify abstract entities with concrete structures‚ increases our understanding of how the human lexicon associates and maps multiple source domains with their targets. As each individual´s experiences and background

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    Machine Guarding—An Overview Overview Of Topic Machine operators who understand a machine’s hazards and how to control them will have a reduced risk of injury. Proper operation of the machine‚ including the machine guards‚ can improve productivity as well as safety. There are five general techniques for safeguarding machine operation‚ but all guards must be able to prevent contact‚ must be secured in place or be otherwise tamper-proof‚ must create no new hazards‚ should allow for lubrication

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    Can Machines Think?

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    Can Machines Think? Draft due: 2/25/13 Final draft due: 3/1/13 Introduction to Philosophy Section 05G Spring 2013 CO In the articles of Computing Machinery and Intelligence by Turing and Minds‚ Brains‚ and Programming by Searle‚ many different arguments are made for and against the claim‚ can machines think? Now just as they did in their articles‚ I will explain what I mean by machine and think. A machine is a mechanical object designed by human beings to assist us in our lives. And when I

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    The Machine Stops Essay

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    The Machine and Modernism “The Machine Stops” by E.M. Foster explores the collapse of modernistic ideas and the detrimental effects of human progression as a result of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment. One of the characters‚ Kuno‚ realizes that flaws exist within the Machine they live in because it has failed him. Whereas‚ his mother‚ Vashti‚ worships the machine and all it has done for her‚ as it allows for her to live a comfortable life with all she feels that she needs. Modernism

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    Extra Credit Paper April 23‚ 2013 Moral Machines – Ethics The future of computing and machinery is changing at such an extremely fast pace that we need to invest in the application of ethics to the world of machines. But there are many problems with programming a machine to act ethically. Ethics are simply emotional expressions and machines can’t have emotion. Computers don’t have the practical wisdom that Aristotle thought we use when applying our virtues. What about the ethics of the lesser

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    The Machine Stops Analysis

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    to the point to where we could not live without it. The book “The Machine Stops” could be accurately compared to the way people around the world live their lives. For example‚ In “The Machine Stops” their society became so dependent on technology‚ that when technology died‚ the people died

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