Thank you. I thought that I had seen this before(years ago), but couldn't quite recall where
To be honest, I was impressed with the first redundant chips (decades ago.)
Obviously, someone very bright said, "We're stamping these circuits on the die; let's put in a self-test, and just stamp a whole bunch." Even the Apollo missions back in the "60s had redundant CPUs (albeit not single chips) that would 'vote' on decisions, and vote out the odd man.
I just can't figure out why this is 'news'... Ah/.
what if the camera loses its calibration? how do you fight that without knowing?
Some speed cams shoot pictures of you in certain positions, taggged with time hacks. It is fairly simple math to show position 1 @ sec 2 vs. position 2 @ sec 4 and calculate speed.
With radar cams you can subpoena calibration records.
Do you have any proof or is this just speculation like most people who were caught speeding?
what if the camera loses its calibration? how do you fight that without knowing?
Some speed cams shoot pictures of you in certain positions, taggged with time hacks. It is fairly simple math to show position 1 @ sec 2 vs. position 2 @ sec 4 and calculate speed.
With radar cams you can subpoena calibration records.
Thank you, that was what I was about to say, massively redundant, cool but it does not actually repair itself back to the way it was before, as it 'heals' it uses up that ability.
Not even new.
They have been building self-testing, redundant chips for years.
I've got the OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator Review (NIA) and it works fairly well for gaming. As far as I can tell, it does pick up muscle contractions (eyebrow raising) better than brain activity. Takes a lot of training, too.
I had a lot of intermittent reading trouble with it, until I started smearing the sensors with electrode paste, then I got more consistent results.
I can't wait to see the TV weather report in Texas if this passes...
"Well as y'all know, we lost our weather satellite, so, here goes: it was purty hot today, so I reckon probably purty dang hot tomorrow, too. Ain't no clouds right now, but 'cha never know, do ya. Billy-Joe; back to you..."
I was about to post the same thing. *to the parent* the original point of HDR, when done correctly, is to make photographs and other pictures appear more realistic than a normal photograph.
Good point.
I always laugh when I see a monitor or TV advertised as "Unlimited contrast ratio." Really? If I watch "Lawrence of Arabia" I could burn my retina looking at the sun? Or, I could put on "Flash Dance" and do some spot welding?
I think that's got a lot to do with the use of HDR, which your eyes naturally don't see. The images look fantastic, but if you were actually standing in a physical world, you'd see things differently.
Close. Your eyes DO see "HDR" contrast range* (up to 10,000,000:1) and brightness, but of course, most monitors can't reproduce that contrast or brightness range (they typically run about 1000:1, more or less...)
So, in HDR games, movies and photography, they sometimes squeeze the wider real-world contrast range into the narrower range of the monitor; with the net effect looking a little odd.
* Think of the brightest sunshine to the deepest black shadow
I thought HD porn was great. Now HMD porn... fantastic.
You do know that this means instead of seeing your old wife in some crappy $50 lingerie, you'll strap on your $125,000 HMD and see your old wife in some crappy virtual lingerie.
Surely any dedicated gamer would see the value in simply injecting a thickening agent into the endolymph of the Vestibular system. With careful dose control, that should induce a matching lag in the perception of motion, thus providing a highly realistic experience!
*Ability to walk and/or perform normal ocular saccades not guaranteed, please refrain from the use of industrial silicones in medical applications.
Won't and can't work. My car is 24 years old. I know what every single part is, and you can probably find my fingerprints on all of them. There is no way to attach a device like this that I can't disable or remove it.
Not the point.
Once this is government mandated, you will have to carry this with you - just like having plates, registration and proof of insurance. If they stop you, and you don't have it, they will fine/impound you.
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So nice to see a Goon Show quote on /.
Carry on...!
Thank you. I thought that I had seen this before(years ago), but couldn't quite recall where
To be honest, I was impressed with the first redundant chips (decades ago.)
Obviously, someone very bright said, "We're stamping these circuits on the die; let's put in a self-test, and just stamp a whole bunch." Even the Apollo missions back in the "60s had redundant CPUs (albeit not single chips) that would 'vote' on decisions, and vote out the odd man.
I just can't figure out why this is 'news'... /.
Ah
what if the camera loses its calibration? how do you fight that without knowing?
Some speed cams shoot pictures of you in certain positions, taggged with time hacks.
It is fairly simple math to show position 1 @ sec 2 vs. position 2 @ sec 4 and calculate speed.
With radar cams you can subpoena calibration records.
Do you have any proof or is this just speculation like most people who were caught speeding?
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1ysODn_1Nr4/TNLUdWSK8AI/AAAAAAAAEHs/S2Sms335Uxk/s1600/photo+evidence+dismissed.jpg
see also: Google
what if the camera loses its calibration? how do you fight that without knowing?
Some speed cams shoot pictures of you in certain positions, taggged with time hacks.
It is fairly simple math to show position 1 @ sec 2 vs. position 2 @ sec 4 and calculate speed.
With radar cams you can subpoena calibration records.
Thank you, that was what I was about to say, massively redundant, cool but it does not actually repair itself back to the way it was before, as it 'heals' it uses up that ability.
Not even new.
They have been building self-testing, redundant chips for years.
Here's a paper from 1982:
http://www.computer.org/csdl/trans/tc/1982/07/01676058.pdf
1988:
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=3187
etc...
Surprisingly fitting username
I was wondering if he was one of the Boston Felchers.
Will they be banning cel phones, too? Most of them have cameras in them.
I've got the OCZ Neural Impulse Actuator Review (NIA) and it works fairly well for gaming.
As far as I can tell, it does pick up muscle contractions (eyebrow raising) better than brain activity. Takes a lot of training, too.
I had a lot of intermittent reading trouble with it, until I started smearing the sensors with electrode paste, then I got more consistent results.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/649
Snow Crash also has sever plot holes and really weak ending.
Wow really?
What book that included VR chat-rooms and anti-virus software did YOU write back in 1992?
I can't wait to see the TV weather report in Texas if this passes...
"Well as y'all know, we lost our weather satellite, so, here goes: it was purty hot today, so I reckon probably purty dang hot tomorrow, too. Ain't no clouds right now, but 'cha never know, do ya.
Billy-Joe; back to you..."
I was about to post the same thing. *to the parent* the original point of HDR, when done correctly, is to make photographs and other pictures appear more realistic than a normal photograph.
Good point.
I always laugh when I see a monitor or TV advertised as "Unlimited contrast ratio."
Really?
If I watch "Lawrence of Arabia" I could burn my retina looking at the sun?
Or, I could put on "Flash Dance" and do some spot welding?
I think that's got a lot to do with the use of HDR, which your eyes naturally don't see. The images look fantastic, but if you were actually standing in a physical world, you'd see things differently.
Close. Your eyes DO see "HDR" contrast range* (up to 10,000,000:1) and brightness, but of course, most monitors can't reproduce that contrast or brightness range (they typically run about 1000:1, more or less...)
So, in HDR games, movies and photography, they sometimes squeeze the wider real-world contrast range into the narrower range of the monitor; with the net effect looking a little odd.
* Think of the brightest sunshine to the deepest black shadow
If you outlaw glass, only outlaws will have glass.
"You can have my glass when you pry it from my cold, dead, bloody fingers."
--Charlton Heston
I've seen many people walking around with them on in the Bay Area, and they actually look pretty natural and non-geeky.
Looking 'non-geeky' up in the Bay Area is kind of like being the 'young one' at the Elder care home.
I am so going to write an app for this. Overlaying naked bodies on top of the people you're actually talking to. Great!
You: Oh Hi, Grandma, Grandpa...
Grandma: Honey, you look kind of sick. Are you feeling all right?
You: Let me just turn this off...
Offer a girl a synthetic diamond ring and see how far that gets you.
Get her one of these and it's all good:
http://gemesis.com/education/faqs/
However, if you get to see your wife in over 2500 different piece of virtual lingerie, the system will have paid for itself.
...or to save time, you could just view your wife in one virtual NASCAR Sprint Cup Car.
(Danica Patrick only.)
You must not be a very experienced 'mixed reality' user.... I control my mixed reality, no matter the source!
It's so refreshing to see psychotics represented here on /.
Not too many people, really. Most of them hang out by the train station. They don't pay anything for mixed reality. ...
Agreed. The difference with this system (apart from the $125,000) is that you can control the mixed reality you're in.
$125,000 up front plus $25,000 per year in maintenance. Almost nobody will actually see one of these in real life.
I saw this at SIGGRAPH. It was cool, but not useful in any consumer level way. There are full immersion HMDs for gaming, and Google Glass for AR.
You might see this at the retail store level: trying on virtual clothes, customizing your new car, etc.
I thought HD porn was great. Now HMD porn... fantastic.
You do know that this means instead of seeing your old wife in some crappy $50 lingerie, you'll strap on your $125,000 HMD and see your old wife in some crappy virtual lingerie.
Surely any dedicated gamer would see the value in simply injecting a thickening agent into the endolymph of the Vestibular system. With careful dose control, that should induce a matching lag in the perception of motion, thus providing a highly realistic experience!
*Ability to walk and/or perform normal ocular saccades not guaranteed, please refrain from the use of industrial silicones in medical applications.
You can do this magnetically.
"Tick", hyphen, "tack"? Your 3D printed clock sounds like junk.
But his breath is minty fresh.
I wouldnt say that text captcha's are "too easy" for computers to solve
Apparently, use of apostrophes is far too hard for you to solve.
It's a bot, dude...
Won't and can't work. My car is 24 years old. I know what every single part is, and you can probably find my fingerprints on all of them. There is no way to attach a device like this that I can't disable or remove it.
Not the point.
Once this is government mandated, you will have to carry this with you - just like having plates, registration and proof of insurance. If they stop you, and you don't have it, they will fine/impound you.