Michael Schwarz

Thomas Raab

Thomas Eder

Oswald Wiener-whose activities covered many fields, whose roots are in the arts, and who by necessity became a researcher-made it difficult for his ideas to be accepted by science throughout his life. This has different reasons, one of them being his seemingly eccentric approach to understanding artistic research as not contrasting with discursive science, and another one being the fact that he linked informatics with self-observation. The book also includes conversations of the authors with Wiener about the three stages of forming a theory: "From language critique to cognition theory", "From cognition theory to automata theory", and "From automata theory to Weisertheorie". The book is intended for those who have read and are familiar with Wiener's writings as well as for social scientists and psychologists.

Talks on Poetics, Formalisms, and Introspection

Oswald Wieners' Theory of Thought

As a versatile and creative thinker, Oswald Wiener (1935—2021) developed from an artist into a researcher out of sheer necessity. At the end of his life he emphasized: ”I do not aim at a synthesis of introspection and automata theory but rather at contrasting them. Which relationships identified in introspection can — in a fairly satisfactory way — be understood as realizations of relationships within a formal system, e.g., the formal system of automata theory. Or the other way around: How well does automata theory as a model (i.e., the computer as mental metaphor, 'Physical Symbol Systems,' today's Artificial Intelligence ...) capture essential features of human thought? What does 'in a fairly satisfactory way' mean in this context? What, and how strongly, does the formal system abstract from natural processes?“ In this book, three conversations with Wiener about the development of his theory and four essays introduce and elaborate on this new ap proach to the theory of thought, which has previously received too little attention in academic discourse. A pivotal role is played by Wiener's last major essay ”Cybernetics and Ghosts.“

Conversations and Essays on Fundamental Issues in Cognitive Science

Oswald Wiener's Theory of Thought

Carl Albing

Describes Java application development on Linux, covering such topics as business-logic object analysis, Java servlet UIs, JSP, Swing GUIs, and database design.

Java Application Development on Linux

Michael Wimmer

Elmar Eisemann

Ulf Assarsson

Important elements of games, movies, and other computer-generated content, shadows are crucial for enhancing realism and providing important visual cues. In recent years, there have been notable improvements in visual quality and speed, making high-quality realistic real-time shadows a reachable goal. Real-Time Shadows is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of real-time shadow techniques. It covers a large variety of different effects, including hard, soft, volumetric, and semi-transparent shadows. The book explains the basics as well as many advanced aspects related to the domain of shadow computation. It presents interactive solutions and practical details on shadow computation. The authors compare various algorithms for creating real-time shadows and illustrate how they are used in different situations. They explore the limitations and failure cases, advantages and disadvantages, and suitability of the algorithms in several applications. Source code, videos, tutorials, and more are available on the book’s website www.realtimeshadows.com.

Real-Time Shadows

Michael Bauer

Peter Mösle

An important consideration for energy-efficient buildings is their primary energy requirements over the entire life cycle. How to determine this? What integrative factors influence the performance of a healthy and sustainable building? This, while it may be important for clients and architects to know, is frequently not very transparent. This book has been written to assist with clarifying target criteria and expanding horizons when it comes to ecological buildings. It is meant as a handbook and source of reference for clients, architects, planners and building operators, to provide them with pertinent information about their design, construction and operation: how to do this in the most energy-efficient and economical manner? Also, there is feedback and documentation about prominent buildings like the Hamburg Dockland or the Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg in Stuttgart. They provide excellent architectural examples for detailed construction and design solutions. Further, there are insightful interviews with architects and clients about many important buildings, which help turn this book into an integrated source of reference for sustainable architecture. - A Guideline for Planning, Construction and Operation of sustainable Buildings - A source of reference for clients, architects, planners and building operators - Innovative architectural examples with sustainable concepts and design

Guidebook for Sustainable Architecture

Green Building

Gudrun Linne

Die Ziele einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung sind nicht mehr ernsthaft umstritten. Von einer praktischen Umsetzung ist man aber noch weit entfernt. ExpertInnen aus unterschiedlichen Disziplinen und Praxisfeldern diskutieren, wie nachhaltiges Wirtschaften und Arbeiten realisiert werden kann.

Wie ist nachhaltiges Wirtschaften machbar?

Handbuch Nachhaltige Entwicklung

This volume details the wider use of Linux. It provides a table at the front of each chapter to enumerate the software discussed in that chapter, which of the seven major Linux distributions include each package and and the URLs of the software's home page and download page.

Practical Uses for Open Source Software

Multitool Linux

Eddy Sisson

Ginger Beck

James Kirkendall

If you have ever driven by a building and wondered what has happened within its walls, you know what drives Abandoned Arkansas. Every day neglected structures are on the verge of being demolished or in desperate need of renovation. Join Michael Schwarz, Eddy Sisson, Ginger Beck, and James Kirkendall through the forgotten history of the Natural State, from the Majestic Hotel in Hot Springs to Dogpatch USA, an abandoned theme park once loved by thousands. Travel to decayed places around the state and bear witness to the vandalism, weathering, and slow death of countless historic buildings. It's simultaneously heartbreaking and captivating. Through historic documentation, these photographers hope to immortalize the stories of the places they visit beyond the building's finite lifespan, and to preserve an echo from the past. To see over 150 locations and more photos from abandoned places around the state, please visit AbandonedAR.com

Michael Schwarz

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