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  1. Re:X3D vs. VRML on Review Of 3D Web Browsers · · Score: 1

    x3d is backward compatible with vrml
    its designed by the same people
    and like its predecesor
    it is an ISO standard

  2. Re:Grrrreat on Text to Speech Software Copies Any Human Voice · · Score: 1

    no im not michael jackson.
    are you mccauly caulkin? emanuel lewis?
    are you some rummy bum runner?
    looking for some same sex action?
    im flattered for sure, but your barking/backing up into the wrong tree hole

    his story as opposed to the real story.
    hate the term if you must, i didnt say i liked it
    ;)

    i hate the actual fact that people are going to great lengths to fictionalize change and water down what really happens , and this 'could' be a tool to instigate more falsies

    imagine winston churchills speak slightly altered

    or martin luther king....

    take that great police action called the vietnam war for instance

    yay!! america one!

  3. Grrrreat on Text to Speech Software Copies Any Human Voice · · Score: 2

    i guess this can only mean more fraudulent accounts of his-story.

    more astronomical accounts of what 'might have' be
    said.

    maybe now the G8 can fake the sounds of that protester shouting 'yeah shoot me i wanna die'

    and maybe they can fake Dmitri Sklyarov shouting 'jail me im bad'
    of course hearing all my fave dead celebs
    selling coca cola will be so good for humanity too

  4. Helmut Dersch Rocks on IPIX Shuts Down Free Software Developer - Again · · Score: 1

    if coding your way outta court was possible
    this GentleMan could do it

    ive used his tools b4,they rock !
    they are solid java that does run everywhere!

    and does more than ipix could every dream of
    {customisable gui and a compass feature movies objects etc!!}

  5. Re:Canada as a spacefaring nation... on Canada Plans Mars Mission · · Score: 1

    and while we are at it
    lets bring back the arrow
    jet fighter

  6. i love vrml on 3D Formats from Commercial Software vs. VRML & Java3D? · · Score: 2

    anyone who has actually done some
    research into what mpeg4 will do when it reaches FULL maturity
    realizes that vrml is inside it at the core system level

    why?
    because it will be there for streaming 3d
    and avatars etc

    anyone who says vrml is not robust enough has
    not used it to its full potential

    that being said im the first to admit that the main problem with vrml is conformance and
    interoperability {check the archives at web3d.org} . too many plug ins and viewers
    but that just pulls it up to par with html xml and
    most other web languages
    :O

    the others are fairly cool
    {adobe and macromedia}

    macromedia has expressed interest in
    having some sort of vrml to shockwave3d i/o and interoperability

    java 3d does have the ability to
    produce worlds based off of vrml
    but its so slow and i dont want to compile a
    new applet for every different browser and version!

    the other more corporate offerings are just that

    btw vrml is an iso standard and the next level:
    X3D will be a great step in its continued growth

    also check out blendo a vrml derivative to be induced onto the playstation2, its done by sony
    so... http://www.blendomedia.com
    it has the abiity to use live video as well

    and as far as being too lazy to produce quality
    vrml well ....
    this took me eight hours:
    http://www.hyperbomb.com/ayb/

    use cortona plugin {by far the best for windows}
    for proper enjoyment {course macromedia and adobes are only avail on windows too}
    http://www.parallelgraphics.com

    i have exp helping vrml on linux too via the openvrml {rpms at www.hyperbomb.com/openvrml/} and freewrl projects both located at sourceforge.net

    but these projects go slower than the commercially developed ones... i wonder why?

    oh and here is another short example of a sphere in vrml
    -------
    #VRML V2.0 utf8
    Sphere {}
    -----------

    phwew that was tough

    be advised ive been using vrml since 1995
    its easy out put from databases too
    why?
    cuz its plain old text not some bloated binary format!

    toodles

  7. dont let em on More Thoughts on Microsoft vs. Open Source · · Score: 1

    remember....
    how microsoft blew java out of the water with the confusion they generated by introducing
    incompatibilities with their version of java?

    could they do the same to opensource?

    by confusing the public with yet another buzz word
    shared source bah!

  8. wavhide on The Rise of Steganography · · Score: 1

    the church of the subgenius had this
    wicked lil app
    a way to hide text inside of wave files
    it did this by replacing the lsb's
    with the text
    unnoticable quality difference
    now if only someone would do this for mp3's...

  9. some products do on Commercial Support for Open Source Products? · · Score: 2

    there has been some discussion of this latley around werk etc
    postgres has support

    mod_perl you can even buy support for

    im sure this is an industry waiting to boom

  10. i remember... on Could We Have Had Cell Phones In The 60s? · · Score: 1

    travelling with my dad in the late 70's/early 80's using a radio phone by motorola

    i managed to dial out
    but when the operator got my call she wasnt to happy

  11. check out vrmls extension geovrml on Open Source, GIS and Data Visualization? · · Score: 2

    this is for 3d representation of gis data
    http://www.ai.sri.com/geovrml/

    very cool!
    the http://www.parallelgraphics.com
    cortona vrml plugin has support for it too

  12. Re:How to get on mbone? on Experimenting w/ High Performance Computing and Multicasting? · · Score: 1

    ive tried to and its hopeless unless you got lots of money or live on a campus

    also some isp's dont support
    so if you want to mrouted tunnel
    what happens is you need a handshake with
    an already existing mbone route

    and they just dont let anyone hook up to these afaik

  13. is microsoft one big troll on Microsoft Clarifies Jim Allchin's Statements · · Score: 1

    it seems that microsoft is just trolling shouldnt everyone just let them spew and look like idiots all by themselves? i mean why wreck a perfect record!!

  14. i cant wait for an ALS in redmond ,WA on Slashback: Palace, Perl, Coastalism · · Score: 1

    you know right in the back yard
    you think Bill would come out w the shot gun and start bussin'?

  15. mbone try the mbone on Live Streaming Video? · · Score: 1

    a lil more agrovating but is an option http://www-mice.cs.ucl.ac.uk/multimedia/software/

  16. sending those envelopes back on Spammer Gets Spammed · · Score: 1

    with a brick attached they have to pay for it

  17. anyone rememeber Electric dreams on Neural Networks In The Home? · · Score: 1

    scary the computer gets the geeks girl

  18. back to '92 on Charging Cash For Links · · Score: 1

    yah like lets all start using gopher and veronica again!

  19. lets not forget on New MPEG 4-Based Open Source Codec · · Score: 1

    mpeg-4 is to be more than just for video and or audio it will be encompassing streaming web based techs such as html vrml/web3d/x3d javascript and java too im all for the 3ivx but just leave room for dessert ok?@!

  20. what about the public domain on Read To Your Children, Go To Jail (Not Really) · · Score: 1

    i thought after 50 years after an author deaths, and if no relative claims rights the work of lit/art becomes public domain ie it is not owned by anyone i think adobe is treading in dangerous territory they cant proceed to claim they have any sort of distribution right to this afaik

  21. hmm on Why Software Still Sucks · · Score: 1

    i dont think lanier brought us
    vr but he did bring to us a type of software that still exists today

    he was the one who was able to get a computer program to replicate itself, oh yes, a-life, not just a-intel

    please correct me if im wrong

  22. Re:Windows 98? on Ask Kevin Lawton About Plex86 · · Score: 1

    groovy im anxious to here how you do make out

  23. Re:Windows 98? on Ask Kevin Lawton About Plex86 · · Score: 1

    so how does one make plex86 run a windows95? i got plex86 running yadda yadda but how does one make the windows95.img file? i could find a point blank explaiin on this

  24. Re:It's funny on Ask 'They Might Be Giants' · · Score: 1

    hmm lemme see most of the comedians you americans watch are from canada hmm jim carey or what about john candy rick moranis and will sasso?! besides skinny puppy there are quite a few other musicians tool, nomeans no, ahem , celine dion {no i dont listen to her!} and tonnes more as foar as serious actors hmm michael j fox held americas heart for a while oh and pamela lee anderson hmmm yah no originality here

  25. Re:this is for 3D not 2D on Tighter Video Compression With Wavelets · · Score: 1

    nope mpeg4 is gonna support 3d streaming read the spec its pretty simple to see vrml is the 3d its be xml-ized into x3d, which in turn is being incorp'd into mpeg4 as xmt omega