Warcraft III Gone Gold

0x00 writes "Shacknews seems to be the first to report that Warcraft III has gone gold. The press release is here. Blizzard have announced that the game will be available July 3rd around the world - just in time for my mid-year University break (great timing!)." Update: 06/13 15:16 GMT by M : Please consider the fact that Blizzard is suing people who write software to interoperate with theirs when deciding whether you want to purchase this game.

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[Fantanicity]

Please consider the fact that Michael doesn't like puppies before moderating me down.

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[NeoOokami]

Amen..

Re:-1, Pedantic

[ceswiedler]

Huh? By definition, white colors look "whitest" to our eyes when in sunlight (in the same way white looks green under flourescent light). That doesn't mean the Sun's light is white. The sun's light is yellow-orange, because of its temperature. If it were hotter, it would be bluish, and our eyes would have evolved to see white properly under that bluish light.

Re:-1, Pedantic

[LMCBoy]

By definition, white colors look "whitest" to our eyes when in sunlight (in the same way white looks green under flourescent light). That doesn't mean the Sun's light is white.

Um, yes it does, I'm afraid. You're saying that the Sun's light is yellow-orange, yet it somehow makes white objects look white. That is simply not possible.

It's easier to understand if we make a distinction between the color of light and the color of non-luminous objects. A non-luminous object has an apparent color based on how efficiently it reflects different colors, convolved with the mix of colors of the light it is reflecting.

For example, an object that looks blue under white light looks blue because it reflects blue light better than other colors. The same object will look black under a red light. A "white" object is one which reflects light of all colors equally well. So it takes on the color of the light it is reflecting (it looks red under red light, blue under blue light, yellow under ywllow light, etc.). So, instead of "white", let's call it "neutral".

Now, take such a "neutral" object outside on a sunny day. Note its apparent color. That's the color of sunlight, by definition. It's true that our perception of that color as tint-free is subjective, and a product of our evolution in a sunlit environment. That is exactly why I said the Sun must be white, almost by definition. It would be truly bizarre if our eyes perceived light from our Sun as anything but white.

Hope that helps.

(PS- try looking at the Sun (briefly!!!!) around noon, instead of at sunset. Like I said in my original post, the Sun is heavily reddened when it is near the horizon; that's why most people think it's yellow (because they only see the Sun when it's "in the way" near the horizon) )