Most of us are living in 2011, which means Linux desktop environments didn't suck and have actually looked quite nice (matter of taste of course, Personally I prefer KDE4's look to Win7) for a couple of years by now,... here are a couple of videos to bring you back to this decade/century : starting at 20', here, here, and here... and that's just KDE4.6. Plenty other good looking, fast and easy to use WM/DE's where that comes from, or just do yourself a favour and educate yourself by trying some liveCD.
extra point to you for not going AC when troling though...
I saw it in IMAX the first time I saw it, and my color vision is actually better than most mens, it's actually better than most womens.
(GP called Pecosdave)... sorry for assuming you read a thread beginning at the top, or that you recognize sarcasm when you see it...
The technology didn't seriously improve by much, and I'm rather sure the movie theater experience was quite dark. I actually went in expecting to be awed by the 3D effects ( I knew what to expect from the ~story~), but the picture quality stroke the folks I was in there with (who, by the way, *loved* Avatar...no accounting for taste) and me as somehow disturbingly toned down. Then I saw the 2D version and I was "wow... it's actually *colourfull*!". Might have been the (brand new) tech used in the theater I saw it of course...
I was talking about video games with enabled 3D stereoscopy. Even though, I think there was a weird strategy game on the Amiga which used r/w glasses, and Magic Carpet had that option too... so yeah, it's far older than that even for video games.
yep.. focus control is a problem, although your brain (and your eyes) tend to adapt fairly fast to the new situation, especially when playing video games, as you tend to be much more focused (not only sight-wise). The drawback, of course, is that once you stop viewing stereoscopic displays your eyes need to readapt to the real world, which can 1) take some time and 2) be a real danger to eyesight for kids who don't have 20 or more years of experience "seeing" (see also the whole Nintendo 3DS warnings).
One way or the other, the current crop of Stereoscopic display tech is not really worth the pain (or the money)
apparently we have here and here. I'll give you that the first link is a blurry mess, and the second link doesn't even have any pictures, only some weird line art;)
There is a big difference between video games and movies though. I used to play in 3D in the 90s (yeah.. the tech is THAT old, if not older), using modified directX drivers with wireless Asus shutter glasses, and I absolutely loved it (System Shock 2 or Thief in 3D were amazing), but in a video game, generally, YOU decide where to focus and the extra depth adds a great deal to the way you can apprehend your surroundings which can be virtually vital depending on the game. In movies, the only thing it adds is a solitary *wow" when, once again, something is thrown or jumps at the camera, along with a lot of "wtf" moments when the director decided to use depth of field blur to force you to look at certain parts of the screen (Yes, Mr. Cameron, I'm looking at you!). Watch "Avatar", "Toy Story3", "Up" or any of the other recent "3D enhanced wow it's so cool" movies in 2D. The movies work as well, if not better (My vision is better than the rest of the universe, Pecosdave, and I *DID* see a loss of luminosity and colors in Avatar 3D when compared to the 2D version)... Thus, 3D is nothing to kill a duck about, but if it's pushed enough it's a good way to have higher entry fees for movie theaters and sell more TVs, along with additional glasses.
Calling it a scam might be a bit too strong, but you might call it a marketing ploy to sell more shit to the masses, similar, in some ways, to "improved razorblades" or "washing powder" that apparently washes even whiter than their predecessors.
weird, I never thought of netbooks as a fad... just as a very cool and needed extension of the "portable computers" products which suffered badly from mis-marketing (initially aweful choices of linux distros and then increase in price and specs to accomodate windows). At least, on a netbook, you *can* be productive.
from my limited experience with japanese and kanji, I can see where you're coming from, although a good grafic tablet would probably be even better than a touch interface (but I'm no expert, so...). I was obviously speaking about latin alphabet based text of course.
You do know what kind of answers you are going to get, right?
[ tablet fanboy mode ] if it's not for you, then don't buy one. there are people out there who just do not need a keyboard! It's all about mobility, man! Think of all the space you can save with such a device, space you can then fill with a bluetooth keyboard, bluetooth mouse, bluetooth usb adapter, and other peripherals and ports that are standard on any basic notebook[/tablet fanboy mode ]
Either use a physical board or a simulator (I seem to recall there is one of those as part of the GCompris suite) and build different logical gates out of wires, switches and some lightbulbs (or chainsaw/lasers/fricking sharks if you get more kicks out of it). Once you've done this you will actually understand how a modern computer actually works. The difference between what you built and a real world processor is quantitative.
The symetrical one with the big (red) ball. the thumb goes on the left mouse button, the ring finger and pinky on the right mouse button The area needed for it is approximately equal to the size of my hand. I must admit that I didn't really try to play any FPS for an extended length of time with it, as my standard mouse is also already plugged in (so switching to it is not a problem). Once I got used to the trackball though, it pretty much replaced the mouse for work related tasks.
It really depends on what the task is. Moving a trackball in a perfect vertical or horizontal line isn't that difficult, but in first person shooters I find it harder to aim (although I tried Amnesia with the trackball yesterday, and it was actually easier to use wheels.) In scrolling elements (scrollbar, drop down menues, etc), the trackball is much more functional than a mouse though. Oh.. and it's a killer at marble madness clones;)
Ever tried any modern one? I'm using a Logitech Trackman Marble Mouse at the moment.I *do* have a regular mouse (MX Revolution) too, as for certain tasks (many types of games for example) a trackball really doesn't cut it, but it is very easy on the wrist and the hand, and as precise as any mouse I ever used. On the plus side, you really don't need any particular surface or area. Touchpads, on the other hand, are just painfull in every aspect.
I agree. Different tools for different jobs. Mices, trackballs and drawing pads all have their advantages with different tasks, but somehow I'm still searching for an area in which trackpads (and trackpads-like devices like the evomouse) have re better than (or are even as good as) more traditional devices.
using a logitech trackball right now, works on every surface, needs extremely little space, I don't need to push a mouse, and it looks nice and not like something out of a japanese manga for pre-schooler... so... what's the point of the evomouse again?
You know, he may be a fanatic, but he is quite realistic with the "tracking" part. If you understand german, check out this animation (you can still watch the animation if you don't understand german and get the overall idea though).
Basically, some politicians asked for the 6 months of basic data about his phone useage ( which towers he was near to, with whom, when and for how long he was on the phone) mobile phone providers are required to keep in germany, and journalists at Die Zeit combined those with publicly available updates from his twitter and FB account and his party's website to reconstruct where he was and what he was doing in those 6 months.
They were not only able to track him, but also to build quite a detailled profile of his everyday life and personality that way
Another way to put it is that he is a dreamer with a goal. If you ever played any of the games of the Creatures series (especially Creatures3 and, astonishingly, Creatures Village, both available at GOG.com), you probably know that the norns felt quite real and sometimes behaved in bafflingly intelligent-looking ways. So, although I don't think he'll reach his ideological goal to 100%, I'm looking forward to see how Grandroid turns out.
please mod parent "+1, funny". Besides, in practically everything you said, beside the hillarious bits, they might not have been the last, but they were definitely not the first ("touchscreen mobile devices" included)
YOU have been watching too much Walt Disney! I wished there was a label on the "Snow White" DVDs "WARNING : This movie could make your kids avoid healthy food!".
Jokes can be badly spoiled if the "pointe" (can't remember the english wordfor that) is revealed beforehand, and Red Dwarf is mostly about jokes. In case you haven't seen it yet, Queeg500 is Holly playing prank.
Other TV Shows, in particular those with an overall storyarch, and movies in general can be hurt by spoilers (thus the "Here be spoiler" titles at imdb). By the way, Wash dies in the end and River takes his place, Darth Vader is actually Luke and Leia's father and the three knocks come from Donna's Father.
Spoilers are killing the fun for many people.
On the other hand, I don't think fans of the show will read spoilers beforehand anyway.
how about a different approach, and you raise the minimum wage, so that those unemployed don't have to hunger but working gets more attractive? Same result, except that nobody dies.
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GeOs : steampunk future? ;)
Most of us are living in 2011, which means Linux desktop environments didn't suck and have actually looked quite nice (matter of taste of course, Personally I prefer KDE4's look to Win7) for a couple of years by now, ... here are a couple of videos to bring you back to this decade/century : starting at 20', here, here, and here ... and that's just KDE4.6. Plenty other good looking, fast and easy to use WM/DE's where that comes from, or just do yourself a favour and educate yourself by trying some liveCD.
extra point to you for not going AC when troling though ...
I saw it in IMAX the first time I saw it, and my color vision is actually better than most mens, it's actually better than most womens.
(GP called Pecosdave)... sorry for assuming you read a thread beginning at the top, or that you recognize sarcasm when you see it ...
The technology didn't seriously improve by much, and I'm rather sure the movie theater experience was quite dark. I actually went in expecting to be awed by the 3D effects ( I knew what to expect from the ~story~), but the picture quality stroke the folks I was in there with (who, by the way, *loved* Avatar ...no accounting for taste) and me as somehow disturbingly toned down. Then I saw the 2D version and I was "wow ... it's actually *colourfull*!". Might have been the (brand new) tech used in the theater I saw it of course ...
I was talking about video games with enabled 3D stereoscopy. Even though, I think there was a weird strategy game on the Amiga which used r/w glasses, and Magic Carpet had that option too ... so yeah, it's far older than that even for video games.
yep .. focus control is a problem, although your brain (and your eyes) tend to adapt fairly fast to the new situation, especially when playing video games, as you tend to be much more focused (not only sight-wise). The drawback, of course, is that once you stop viewing stereoscopic displays your eyes need to readapt to the real world, which can 1) take some time and 2) be a real danger to eyesight for kids who don't have 20 or more years of experience "seeing" (see also the whole Nintendo 3DS warnings).
One way or the other, the current crop of Stereoscopic display tech is not really worth the pain (or the money)
apparently we have here and here. I'll give you that the first link is a blurry mess, and the second link doesn't even have any pictures, only some weird line art ;)
There is a big difference between video games and movies though. .. the tech is THAT old, if not older), using modified directX drivers with wireless Asus shutter glasses, and I absolutely loved it (System Shock 2 or Thief in 3D were amazing), but in a video game, generally, YOU decide where to focus and the extra depth adds a great deal to the way you can apprehend your surroundings which can be virtually vital depending on the game. ... Thus, 3D is nothing to kill a duck about, but if it's pushed enough it's a good way to have higher entry fees for movie theaters and sell more TVs, along with additional glasses.
I used to play in 3D in the 90s (yeah
In movies, the only thing it adds is a solitary *wow" when, once again, something is thrown or jumps at the camera, along with a lot of "wtf" moments when the director decided to use depth of field blur to force you to look at certain parts of the screen (Yes, Mr. Cameron, I'm looking at you!). Watch "Avatar", "Toy Story3", "Up" or any of the other recent "3D enhanced wow it's so cool" movies in 2D. The movies work as well, if not better (My vision is better than the rest of the universe, Pecosdave, and I *DID* see a loss of luminosity and colors in Avatar 3D when compared to the 2D version)
Calling it a scam might be a bit too strong, but you might call it a marketing ploy to sell more shit to the masses, similar, in some ways, to "improved razorblades" or "washing powder" that apparently washes even whiter than their predecessors.
It would also have to account for wind, distance, speed, windows etc.
Well, it is also available for Linux and OSX,so Windows shouldn't be a problem
weird, I never thought of netbooks as a fad ... just as a very cool and needed extension of the "portable computers" products which suffered badly from mis-marketing (initially aweful choices of linux distros and then increase in price and specs to accomodate windows). At least, on a netbook, you *can* be productive.
from my limited experience with japanese and kanji, I can see where you're coming from, although a good grafic tablet would probably be even better than a touch interface (but I'm no expert, so ...). I was obviously speaking about latin alphabet based text of course.
You do know what kind of answers you are going to get, right?
[ tablet fanboy mode ] if it's not for you, then don't buy one. there are people out there who just do not need a keyboard! It's all about mobility, man! Think of all the space you can save with such a device, space you can then fill with a bluetooth keyboard, bluetooth mouse, bluetooth usb adapter, and other peripherals and ports that are standard on any basic notebook[ /tablet fanboy mode ]
Either use a physical board or a simulator (I seem to recall there is one of those as part of the GCompris suite) and build different logical gates out of wires, switches and some lightbulbs (or chainsaw/lasers/fricking sharks if you get more kicks out of it). Once you've done this you will actually understand how a modern computer actually works. The difference between what you built and a real world processor is quantitative.
The symetrical one with the big (red) ball. the thumb goes on the left mouse button, the ring finger and pinky on the right mouse button The area needed for it is approximately equal to the size of my hand. I must admit that I didn't really try to play any FPS for an extended length of time with it, as my standard mouse is also already plugged in (so switching to it is not a problem). Once I got used to the trackball though, it pretty much replaced the mouse for work related tasks.
It really depends on what the task is. Moving a trackball in a perfect vertical or horizontal line isn't that difficult, but in first person shooters I find it harder to aim (although I tried Amnesia with the trackball yesterday, and it was actually easier to use wheels.) In scrolling elements (scrollbar, drop down menues, etc), the trackball is much more functional than a mouse though. Oh .. and it's a killer at marble madness clones ;)
Ever tried any modern one? I'm using a Logitech Trackman Marble Mouse at the moment.I *do* have a regular mouse (MX Revolution) too, as for certain tasks (many types of games for example) a trackball really doesn't cut it, but it is very easy on the wrist and the hand, and as precise as any mouse I ever used. On the plus side, you really don't need any particular surface or area. Touchpads, on the other hand, are just painfull in every aspect.
I agree. Different tools for different jobs. Mices, trackballs and drawing pads all have their advantages with different tasks, but somehow I'm still searching for an area in which trackpads (and trackpads-like devices like the evomouse) have re better than (or are even as good as) more traditional devices.
using a logitech trackball right now, works on every surface, needs extremely little space, I don't need to push a mouse, and it looks nice and not like something out of a japanese manga for pre-schooler ... so ... what's the point of the evomouse again?
You know, he may be a fanatic, but he is quite realistic with the "tracking" part. If you understand german, check out this animation (you can still watch the animation if you don't understand german and get the overall idea though).
Basically, some politicians asked for the 6 months of basic data about his phone useage ( which towers he was near to, with whom, when and for how long he was on the phone) mobile phone providers are required to keep in germany, and journalists at Die Zeit combined those with publicly available updates from his twitter and FB account and his party's website to reconstruct where he was and what he was doing in those 6 months.
They were not only able to track him, but also to build quite a detailled profile of his everyday life and personality that way
Another way to put it is that he is a dreamer with a goal. If you ever played any of the games of the Creatures series (especially Creatures3 and, astonishingly, Creatures Village, both available at GOG.com), you probably know that the norns felt quite real and sometimes behaved in bafflingly intelligent-looking ways. So, although I don't think he'll reach his ideological goal to 100%, I'm looking forward to see how Grandroid turns out.
..., Unix, GUI animations/transparency, ...
please mod parent "+1, funny". Besides, in practically everything you said, beside the hillarious bits, they might not have been the last, but they were definitely not the first ("touchscreen mobile devices" included)
YOU have been watching too much Walt Disney! I wished there was a label on the "Snow White" DVDs "WARNING : This movie could make your kids avoid healthy food!".
Jokes can be badly spoiled if the "pointe" (can't remember the english wordfor that) is revealed beforehand, and Red Dwarf is mostly about jokes. In case you haven't seen it yet, Queeg500 is Holly playing prank. Other TV Shows, in particular those with an overall storyarch, and movies in general can be hurt by spoilers (thus the "Here be spoiler" titles at imdb). By the way, Wash dies in the end and River takes his place, Darth Vader is actually Luke and Leia's father and the three knocks come from Donna's Father. Spoilers are killing the fun for many people. On the other hand, I don't think fans of the show will read spoilers beforehand anyway.
of course, Red Dwarf is a TV show and not a band, but I'm sure you wanted to point out something really interesting with your comparison.
how about a different approach, and you raise the minimum wage, so that those unemployed don't have to hunger but working gets more attractive? Same result, except that nobody dies.
hmm .. Pretty sure half automatic and automatic weapons are banned (for civilians) in Switzerland.