S1m0ne (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258153/) stands out as one film which deals with digital actors, people keep saying how actors will be replaced soon but I don't think that's the case.
Computers are crap at emulating people's movements and voices, take for instance the recent Spiderman films where you see spidey crawling up a wall, it's some of the most unconvincing 'human' movement I've seen in a blockbuster movie which relies on CGI for additional effects.
When a person walks, almost their entire body rearranges itself slightly to move it's center of gravity, a CGI still of person can look extremely real but that's because they've managed to emulate skin and ultimately muscles so the skin moves as on a real person, but they've forgotten about the mass of the muscles, bones, organs etc. and how it affects the entire frame of the person when in movement.
Colin Friels portrays someone who appears to have Aspergers extremely well, and it's a very funny film to boot. You don't have any excuse not to get it, the Australian DVD is region 0 so it'll play in any DVD player as long as your setup can handle PAL format.
33, I do have friends I visit on a regular basis, I avoid crowds and phones when I can, just got a mobile a month ago, had one before but rarely used it and lost it - didn't care.
Something positive about the internet (yes it's not all used by MySpaceCasers) is when I got a net connection back in '95 you could have said boo to me by email and I'd have jumped a mile, now someone can tell me to fuck off and I can shrug it off.
Being able to converse with people without having to look them in the eye, something which I can now do easily, or have to 'think on my feet' meaning I can compose email/usenet/forum replies in my own time, has given me a confidence that I wouldn't have gotten any other way. It's given me a thick skin when before it was transparent.
b3ta is one of my favourite hangouts (21 front page images to date), I love how people can be absolute bastards to one another and nobody takes it seriously because we're all there to let off steam & have fun.
Common to Aspies is obscessions, mine is electronics, computers and gadgets, finding the computer room in 3rd grade showed me what I wanted to do in life - I still am and I'm having a lot of fun with it, learnt them completely on my own (touch type without looking at the screen, figured out the algorhythm for autostereograms in my head etc.) and almost all the people I know think I'm a wizard on the PC, especially with video conversion, capture, cleaning, editing etc.
Life can still suck like a bitch at times though, even with friends and family I can feel completely alone when amongst people.
Thank god for 24 hour Tescos, I can shop at 3am without the crowds:)
If I could fake my Aspergers it would also mean I'd have the skill to fit in and find life and social situations easy.
God knows how many times I wished I was 'normal' so I didn't stand out from the crowd, on the other hand being 6'2" that can't usually be helped, too many short people in the world!
Surely I'm not the only here to have seen that US documentary film about electric cars called: Who Killed The Electric Car? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489037/
It's a nice idea but the power hungry devices of today are just getting more and more power hungry so doubling the output of a standard power plant will just serve to keep the new power hungry devices running.
The Urban Mover company I pre-ordered an electric bike from are working on a hydrogen fuel cell that converts heat to electricity initially for their scooters but will probably see cars being powered too.
Anything in the electricity generation area that improves upon previous methods of squeezing as much power out of your fuel souce can only be a Good Thing[tm].
I recall seeing basic plans online showing you how to use the flash circuitry from a disposable camera to neutralize RFID chips, the principle behind it is to use a coil of wire hooked up to where the bulb usually connects and put the RFID chip in the center of the coil when you press the flash button.
Has anyone actually tried 'building' and using an RFID 'zapper'?
Amazon are comitting fraud if they don't have permission to take the money. Morally the people should pay but legally they don't have to.
Anyone remember the Dixons £100 Kodak cameras some years ago? At least one person bought a whole bunch of them in the hope Dixons would cough up, they did and the person(s) sold the cameras on eBay and used the money to buy a top-notch camera.
It seems companies aren't being so nice anymore when it comes to cock-ups they themselves make.
Surely an electricity generating material would be easy to sell to the keep-fit crowd, joggers could have their mp3 players charged by their tracksuit etc. - but you wouldn't see me dead in Apple iPod Shorts.
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Oh dear god, you'd need an industrial photocopier to cope with that...
P.S. I believe you have my stapler
They could be somewhat more fun if the photocopier were to print out 3D pictures of the secretary's arse, in full colour.
"Could somebody please explain to me why the whole shape-changing robot thing is useful?"
Somebody's never seen any of the Terminator films.
The Replicators.
When the robots gain the ability to create more of themselves using whatever metal they can get their pliers on, then we'll be in trouble.
"Exactly when did the US conquer all of Earth, pray tell?"
On the day Coca-Cola, McDonalds & obesity were exported.
What about an internal GPS device? that way when it phones home it tells you exactly where it is.
So this isn't a story about the Beadle's About theme tune. How disappointing.
KFG, if I had moderation ability I'd mod you down as a troll.
S1m0ne (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258153/) stands out as one film which deals with digital actors, people keep saying how actors will be replaced soon but I don't think that's the case.
Computers are crap at emulating people's movements and voices, take for instance the recent Spiderman films where you see spidey crawling up a wall, it's some of the most unconvincing 'human' movement I've seen in a blockbuster movie which relies on CGI for additional effects.
When a person walks, almost their entire body rearranges itself slightly to move it's center of gravity, a CGI still of person can look extremely real but that's because they've managed to emulate skin and ultimately muscles so the skin moves as on a real person, but they've forgotten about the mass of the muscles, bones, organs etc. and how it affects the entire frame of the person when in movement.
One film that I think EVERYONE should watch is the Australian film "Malcolm" (1986). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091464/
Colin Friels portrays someone who appears to have Aspergers extremely well, and it's a very funny film to boot. You don't have any excuse not to get it, the Australian DVD is region 0 so it'll play in any DVD player as long as your setup can handle PAL format.
33, I do have friends I visit on a regular basis, I avoid crowds and phones when I can, just got a mobile a month ago, had one before but rarely used it and lost it - didn't care.
:)
Something positive about the internet (yes it's not all used by MySpaceCasers) is when I got a net connection back in '95 you could have said boo to me by email and I'd have jumped a mile, now someone can tell me to fuck off and I can shrug it off.
Being able to converse with people without having to look them in the eye, something which I can now do easily, or have to 'think on my feet' meaning I can compose email/usenet/forum replies in my own time, has given me a confidence that I wouldn't have gotten any other way. It's given me a thick skin when before it was transparent.
b3ta is one of my favourite hangouts (21 front page images to date), I love how people can be absolute bastards to one another and nobody takes it seriously because we're all there to let off steam & have fun.
Common to Aspies is obscessions, mine is electronics, computers and gadgets, finding the computer room in 3rd grade showed me what I wanted to do in life - I still am and I'm having a lot of fun with it, learnt them completely on my own (touch type without looking at the screen, figured out the algorhythm for autostereograms in my head etc.) and almost all the people I know think I'm a wizard on the PC, especially with video conversion, capture, cleaning, editing etc.
Life can still suck like a bitch at times though, even with friends and family I can feel completely alone when amongst people.
Thank god for 24 hour Tescos, I can shop at 3am without the crowds
If I could fake my Aspergers it would also mean I'd have the skill to fit in and find life and social situations easy.
God knows how many times I wished I was 'normal' so I didn't stand out from the crowd, on the other hand being 6'2" that can't usually be helped, too many short people in the world!
Is it true that the iPhone will only have 1 button?
It is possible to have too many tech toys, you start running out of space to put them all... as I found out from experience.
Anyone wanna buy a BigTrak?
Surely I'm not the only here to have seen that US documentary film about electric cars called: Who Killed The Electric Car? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489037/
Go watch it.
It's a nice idea but the power hungry devices of today are just getting more and more power hungry so doubling the output of a standard power plant will just serve to keep the new power hungry devices running.
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Just look at at this previous SlashDot article: http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02
The Urban Mover company I pre-ordered an electric bike from are working on a hydrogen fuel cell that converts heat to electricity initially for their scooters but will probably see cars being powered too.
Anything in the electricity generation area that improves upon previous methods of squeezing as much power out of your fuel souce can only be a Good Thing[tm].
Perhaps if enough PCs were put to the task they could create new Shakespearean masterpieces. 64bit Night and all that.
I recall seeing basic plans online showing you how to use the flash circuitry from a disposable camera to neutralize RFID chips, the principle behind it is to use a coil of wire hooked up to where the bulb usually connects and put the RFID chip in the center of the coil when you press the flash button.
Has anyone actually tried 'building' and using an RFID 'zapper'?
Pity the poor people who end up having to pay or return "Everybody Loves Raymond".
Actually no, don't.
Amazon are comitting fraud if they don't have permission to take the money. Morally the people should pay but legally they don't have to. Anyone remember the Dixons £100 Kodak cameras some years ago? At least one person bought a whole bunch of them in the hope Dixons would cough up, they did and the person(s) sold the cameras on eBay and used the money to buy a top-notch camera. It seems companies aren't being so nice anymore when it comes to cock-ups they themselves make.
Surely an electricity generating material would be easy to sell to the keep-fit crowd, joggers could have their mp3 players charged by their tracksuit etc. - but you wouldn't see me dead in Apple iPod Shorts.
It doesn't matter how original a message or image someone comes up with to be inscribed on the craft, Banksy will probably tag it after launch.