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Life-Size Photo of a Blue Whale
Smivs writes "The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society have posted a navigable life-size photo of a blue whale! It will take a while to look at all of it, but it starts at the eye (which is a great idea). The picture is navigable — there is an insert of the whole picture and you can change the view by moving a cursor around — but if you just let it run, the whale will slowly 'swim' past you. It's a bit like being in a submarine with the whale going past a porthole. Definitely worth a look!"
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The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society have posted a navigable life-size photo of a blue whale!
I already have a life-size photo of a blue whale, thanks.
Of course, from my 5MP digital camera, that means a resolution of only 2dpi, but still "life size" in the sense that it would take 110ft (by a couple dozen rolls wide) of plotter paper to print.
One of the most horrifying experiences I've ever had was at the National Museum of Natural History and seeing the Blue Whale replica as a small child. Thanks for bringing those memories screaming back to the surface.
after only 10 comments... anyone have a mirror?
I have life-size map of the US. The scale says "1 mile = 1 mile".
When people ask where I live, I say "E5".
[Thank you Steven Wright.]
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Actually, my startup company already has a working beta along those lines. It's a map search, it's life sized, and it's got a three-dimensional, interactive interface. We call it BoxSearch, and it works like this.
You walk into the Immersive Interface Device, which looks like a large cardboard refrigerator box. We close the flaps on the Immersive Interface Device and render the environment: a high-resolution, three-dimensional map of the world, and then when you walk out of the device, you're in the BoxSearch virtual map. The resolution is incredibly high, the colors are bright and crisp, and using our proprietary BoxSearch technology, you can actually touch, hear, and feel objects in the BoxSearch virtual world, just as you would in the real world. The BoxSearch virtual world includes every object you would see in the real world down to individual grains of sand, and it's updated constantly to reflect the current location of people, cars, etc. The only drawback so far is that movement is limited to the speed through which you walk through the BoxSearch virtual map space.
If you have a few million dollars and are interested in investing in the next Google, contact me and I'll put you in touch with the people at BoxSearch and give you a tour. For now, BoxSearch and the Immersive Interface Device are located in the living room of my apartment, but once we get more funding we're hoping to move to more professional accomodations.
You mean something like a harpoon?
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I am an attourney from the firm Dewey, Phucum, and Howe, contacting you on behalf of the company, Redundant, Overly-broad, Far-fetched, Lame and Completely Obscure Patents and Trademark Exploiting Registry, LLC. (Hereafter known as ROFLCOPTER, LLC). ROFLCOPTER, LLC. asserts that you have violated 1,337 of their patents in your 'BoxSearch' product and demand that you cease and desist all development and production and turn all assets over to ROFLCOPTER, LLC, along with eleventy billion dollars to cover legal expenses. Foremost among these patents is USPTO# 867,530,911, which covers "Any large box used in a manner that causes you to make large sums of money." Clearly your BoxSearch product is an exact copy of ROFLCOPTER, LLC.'s patent, and therefore you owe us 'large sums of money'.
We look forward to your large check.
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You must have one of those Apple 3000" displays.
But haven't spotted the pot of petunias yet.
;-)
Go on, flame me till I'm charcoal about it being the wrong type of whale... you know you want to