Cultural motivations also explain this involvement: the critical stance adopted by the "cultures" of rap, electro, techno, etc., tends to make obsolete the image of the artist as a creator who avoids the engineering aspects of the commercial distribution of his recordings.
Modern coal mining has been mechanized for decades, rendering obsolete the image of soot-smeared miners wielding picks and shovels (though miners still bear the unmistakable helmets with lanterns) Today, miners operate computer-driven hydraulic machinery costing hundreds of millions of dollars.
As a result, Weber feels that his brand of storytelling is becoming obsolete: "Instruments, images, tests, metrics, surgery, pharmaceuticals: no room left for Weber's anecdotes".
A new study has shown that social media might be making this image obsolete, with online networks giving peer pressure a digital boost.
While we're thrilled about these wins, we're also looking forward to the day when stories celebrating diversity will be obsolete because the images we see will reflect the wonderfully unique world we live in.
Ćosić is a pioneer of what is called net.art, and other artists have worked in similar areas by making playful images with obsolete browser technology, chat windows and the like.
Gazopa's big idea is to render keywords obsolete when it comes to image search.
Image credit: Slightly obsolete vanity shelf, by yours truly, on Flickr.
Six-step inverter drive topologies (see image): Now largely obsolete, six-step drives can be either VSI or CSI type and are also referred to as variable-voltage inverter drives, pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM) drives, square-wave drives or D.C. chopper inverter drives.
America's reality -- economic consolidation and job downsizing, agricultural consolidation and the demise of family farms -- makes obsolete America's lagging self-image.
