Music
When is the music for a "Main Title" cue label played?
While the opening credit information is being displayed.
What did Fernando Corbato and his team at MIT build in 1963?
A timesharing system called CTSS(Compatible time-sharing system).
Define institutions.
Formal and informal rules that structure human interactions.
Which regions in the brain are involved in object recognition?
Variety of regions in the temporal lobe.
What is the name of the progress Angelo Barovier used to make perfectly clear glass?
Lixiviation.
After surveying fourteen Science Fiction films, what triadic progression did Scott Murphy conclude is associated with outer space most often?
MTTP-Major tritone progression.
What did Kemeny and Kurtz create in 1964?
A new programming language called BASIC(Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code).
Define logrolling.
Supporting a colleague's pet project with the objective to later win support for one's own pet project.
Which areas of the brain are specialized for processing color, shape, and form information?
Bottom or ventral parts of the occipital and parietal cortex.
What is a good example of the elaborate decoration on clear glass?
Behaim Beaker.
What advertising motif does the prologue of Dune resemble?
THX Deep Note, a company specializing in high fidelity sound reproduction.
How did McCarthy purpose timesharing could happen?
By having multiple keyboard terminals all connected to a central computer.
Define a common resource in terms of rivalry and excludability.
High degree of rivalry and low excludability.
What is the role of direction selective neurons in area MT?
They fine action potentials maximally when they detect movement in a particular direction.
Which characteristic was so unique about cristallo glass?
It was perfectly colorless glassware.
Why did Vivian Sobchack, in her first book, suggest that there were so few standout science fiction scores?
Because so few top Hollywood composers chose to write for the science fiction genre.
What was McCarthy's vision?
A computer that would be available as a public utility service, like water or electricity.
Define a lobbyist.
Agents hired by firms to petition legislators to continue price supports.
What are some characteristics of visual agnosia?
Not able to draw or describe an object clearly but struggle to match its appearance with their memory of its name or its purpose.
What legal statues dictate regarding the art of glassmaking in Venice beginning in 1291?
They restricted all glassmaking to the island of Murano, near Venice.
What did Vivian Sobchack say about science fiction film music when she published a second, expanded edition of her book in 1987?
She applauded the innovative music in these films and also acknowledged the music in various older science fiction films for its inventiveness.
Why did Dartmouth professors think FORTRAN was not suitable for beginners?
It was difficult to learn, and existing FORTRAN compilers took several minutes to translate a program into machine code.
An important limitation constraining institutions and organizations is the need for?
The need for voluntary cooperation.
What are the consequences of damage to the dorsal visual stream?
Issues with perceiving motion visually, spatial orientation, and the guidance of movements through visual space.
How did Venetian artisans decorate their clear glass objects?
With colored glass canes and fine filigrees, colorful enamels, and gold foils.