There are absolutely no limits to how far we can make robots look human-like and cute. Just look at Lucy. Why, she looks so natural and loveable, I doubt any of us would find her threatening or repugnant.
Michael Freeman has some nice books. You can check them out here. What I like about his digital photography series (light and lighting, nature and landscapes, portraits, and close-ups) is that he provides lots of nice colorful examples. Those work nice for me because I try to emulate them and generally end up with nicer pics than if I didn't know where to start shooting from. Metering and aperture are the same basics from film days and those are the things you have to learn by experience. (Much like typing, you can't expect to understand how the whole photo-graphy works unless you understand aperture and shutter).
To understand white balance, take a picture of an object inside, under fluorescent lighting, and then take the picture of the same object outside in direct sun, and compare the two. The one taken inside will have a yellow tone to it, which you wouldn't notice without comparing because our brains compensate for color differences. Camera's white balance can usually filter out negative (or sometimes desired) effects of various color sources (fluorescent, tungsten, direct sunlight, bright background etc.).
I don't know as much about photography as some folks on/. but here is my advice: take lots of pictures, and often. You'll get better at composition, and will start seeing the photos in your head. That's one advantage of digital over film. It doesn't cost anything to shoot 150 pics in one day, and pick out 5-15 satisfactory ones.
as far as apple games go, you'd be right if you were talking about sports games. i don't believe there are too many of those. but if you're talking about FPSs: wolfenstein, call of duty, various quakes, halo, jedi knight, jedi academy, battlefield 1942, america's army, NOLF, XIII, Unreal Tournament 2004, doom, medal of honor, and i'm sure there are some other ones i'm forgetting.
so if one is an FPS player, saying that there are only 30 games for apples, or that their gaming collection sucks, they sound about as informative as a noob screaming "you're a cheater", and need to re-educate themselves
and if one is not an FPS player, then they're probably not a power gamer anyway.
Apple's design goes beyond aesthetics. For example, the new keyboard's don't have a "scroll lock" or "num lock" keyes. The reason for this is not just so that they can eliminate a few keys, but because they're not needed. If I have a full size number keypad, why would I want to switch it off and on? (and for those 12 of you that actually use the diagonal arrows instead of arrows, I don't really care to hear the explanation) And WTF is "scroll lock" again?
agreed! here's hoping that the leading man is van damme, or possibly hugh jackman, keanou reeves, or russel crowe! it would be nice if they just mish-mashed "jurassic park" with "butterfly effect" and feed the drivel down our throats!
by the way does anyone else think that making the robots evil in "i robot" was a stroke of genius, the likes of which we haven't seen since star wars ep 2?
Your comment is funny, but one of the advantages of this process is that it can convert any organic waste (burned pizzas, mc donalds leftovers etc), not just turkey-guts. And since US wastes a lot of food daily, I think we could comfortably be supplying all the "fuel" for these plants.
I have been looking at such books, but I have to say I like the "OS X in a nutshell" version better, because of their nice and extensive Unix command appendix. The Jaguar edition has been out for a while, but I'm waiting for the Panther edition.
First a disclaimer: I am a Mac fanboy. I've got one, I love it and I reccomend it to everyone who's looking for a new computer.
But what the heck is with all the sexy nonsense? Since when did we start humping Macs and iPods? "Sexy bits of computer art that both inspire lust..." Lust? Sure their products might be sleek and very well designed, but to call them sexy and lusty ALL the time? I'll take good ol' T&A over hardware any day.
I have to disagree with you. The old trailer told us nothing about the movie, and made us think that maybe Doc. Oc knows who Spider-man really is.
The new trailer explains that he doesn't really know that. He only knows that Parker can get Spider-man, because that's what Green Goblin's son told him.
It's pretty easy to figure out most of the movie then:
Parker's life is messed up by being Spider-man, so he quits doing it.
Green Goblin's son wants to find Spider-man, since he "killed his dad".
Doc. Oc is created in goblin's lab by accident.
Goblin's son tells him to find Spider-man, by going through Parker.
Doc. Oc kidnaps MJ to get Spidey.
Spidey comes back and gets his ass kicked by Oc, who then delivers him to Goblin's son.
From there on it's pretty much guesswork but it's pretty easy to guess that Spidey wins at the end and gets the girl.
Granted, I wasn't expecting a masterpiece, but it'd be nice not to know most of the plot of the movie from watching one trailer.
The problem with p2p programs is that they mostly have generic stuff. Stuff like "*some famous pornstar with ugly fake tits* eats out *another famous pornstar with nice tits*".
If you're looking for a collection of your favorite actress, or something more off the beaten path (sorry) p2p is no good.
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Did Apple also excluded one or more of the States of America?
Yes...Canada.
There are absolutely no limits to how far we can make robots look human-like and cute.
Just look at Lucy.
Why, she looks so natural and loveable, I doubt any of us would find her threatening or repugnant.
Michael Freeman has some nice books. You can check them out here.
/. but here is my advice:
What I like about his digital photography series (light and lighting, nature and landscapes, portraits, and close-ups) is that he provides lots of nice colorful examples.
Those work nice for me because I try to emulate them and generally end up with nicer pics than if I didn't know where to start shooting from.
Metering and aperture are the same basics from film days and those are the things you have to learn by experience. (Much like typing, you can't expect to understand how the whole photo-graphy works unless you understand aperture and shutter).
To understand white balance, take a picture of an object inside, under fluorescent lighting, and then take the picture of the same object outside in direct sun, and compare the two.
The one taken inside will have a yellow tone to it, which you wouldn't notice without comparing because our brains compensate for color differences.
Camera's white balance can usually filter out negative (or sometimes desired) effects of various color sources (fluorescent, tungsten, direct sunlight, bright background etc.).
I don't know as much about photography as some folks on
take lots of pictures, and often.
You'll get better at composition, and will start seeing the photos in your head. That's one advantage of digital over film. It doesn't cost anything to shoot 150 pics in one day, and pick out 5-15 satisfactory ones.
as far as apple games go, you'd be right if you were talking about sports games. i don't believe there are too many of those.
but if you're talking about FPSs:
wolfenstein,
call of duty,
various quakes,
halo,
jedi knight,
jedi academy,
battlefield 1942,
america's army,
NOLF,
XIII,
Unreal Tournament 2004,
doom,
medal of honor,
and i'm sure there are some other ones i'm forgetting.
so if one is an FPS player, saying that there are only 30 games for apples, or that their gaming collection sucks, they sound about as informative as a noob screaming "you're a cheater", and need to re-educate themselves
and if one is not an FPS player, then they're probably not a power gamer anyway.
Apple's design goes beyond aesthetics. For example, the new keyboard's don't have a "scroll lock" or "num lock" keyes. The reason for this is not just so that they can eliminate a few keys, but because they're not needed.
If I have a full size number keypad, why would I want to switch it off and on? (and for those 12 of you that actually use the diagonal arrows instead of arrows, I don't really care to hear the explanation)
And WTF is "scroll lock" again?
Can you say "five miles per hour"!
I think I peed my pants when I saw that picture.
agreed!
here's hoping that the leading man is van damme, or possibly hugh jackman, keanou reeves, or russel crowe!
it would be nice if they just mish-mashed "jurassic park" with "butterfly effect" and feed the drivel down our throats!
by the way does anyone else think that making the robots evil in "i robot" was a stroke of genius, the likes of which we haven't seen since star wars ep 2?
"...since it means that everyone will use the same clean gas as us,..."
Not me baby!
Me and my '83 Monte Carlo (V8, 305, no Cat) will still be riding free!
Your comment is funny, but one of the advantages of this process is that it can convert any organic waste (burned pizzas, mc donalds leftovers etc), not just turkey-guts. And since US wastes a lot of food daily, I think we could comfortably be supplying all the "fuel" for these plants.
I would do it on behalf of comcast! for free!
Consumers care about more than size ... yes, things like size!
I have been looking at such books, but I have to say I like the "OS X in a nutshell" version better, because of their nice and extensive Unix command appendix.
The Jaguar edition has been out for a while, but I'm waiting for the Panther edition.
First a disclaimer: I am a Mac fanboy. I've got one, I love it and I reccomend it to everyone who's looking for a new computer.
But what the heck is with all the sexy nonsense? Since when did we start humping Macs and iPods?
"Sexy bits of computer art that both inspire lust..."
Lust?
Sure their products might be sleek and very well designed, but to call them sexy and lusty ALL the time? I'll take good ol' T&A over hardware any day.
I think the joke is on you man.
Have you ever seen penguins jump in the water? Those little fuckers are so good at sliding in, they hardly displace any water at all.
What Darl needs up his ass is an eServer.
Your theory, while thought-provoking, is totally wrong.
Everyone knows that we are inside a fingernail.
Thank you for your time and efforts.
You bring a good point.
No one mentions that the theory was postulated by a relatively unknown graduate student Mr. Khaaan!
Kirk by the way is a much better captain than Piccard. No-nonsense "let's all just get laid" kinda guy.
If it is shaped like a funnel, does it point up -- like a Dunce Hat, or down -- like a toilet bowl?
here ya go:w .asp? DEPA=1&item=27-129-138
http://secure.newegg.com/app/CustratingRevie
Since MS thought Lindows sounds too close to Windows, what prevents Ford from thinking that Linspire sounds too close to Aspire?
Earlier today, I was looking into buying a Ford Aspire, and I thought I got a great deal on one, as I wired the money into the dealer's account.
When I came to pick it up, the dealer handed me a CD with some "Aspire" operating system?
WTF? Where's my Aspire?
We didn't make YUGOs in 1960s!
Shoot, we were lucky if we had a Lada, or if you were really good to The Party, maybe a Citroen!
I have to disagree with you. The old trailer told us nothing about the movie, and made us think that maybe Doc. Oc knows who Spider-man really is.
The new trailer explains that he doesn't really know that. He only knows that Parker can get Spider-man, because that's what Green Goblin's son told him.
It's pretty easy to figure out most of the movie then:
Parker's life is messed up by being Spider-man, so he quits doing it.
Green Goblin's son wants to find Spider-man, since he "killed his dad".
Doc. Oc is created in goblin's lab by accident.
Goblin's son tells him to find Spider-man, by going through Parker.
Doc. Oc kidnaps MJ to get Spidey.
Spidey comes back and gets his ass kicked by Oc, who then delivers him to Goblin's son.
From there on it's pretty much guesswork but it's pretty easy to guess that Spidey wins at the end and gets the girl.
Granted, I wasn't expecting a masterpiece, but it'd be nice not to know most of the plot of the movie from watching one trailer.
The problem with p2p programs is that they mostly have generic stuff. Stuff like "*some famous pornstar with ugly fake tits* eats out *another famous pornstar with nice tits*".
If you're looking for a collection of your favorite actress, or something more off the beaten path (sorry) p2p is no good.
Computers get twice as fast every 18 months!
Does it support Ogg Vorbis?
If so, then this is definitely an iPod Killer!
And if not, this is certainly the beginning of the end for Apple.