Nowhere near as extravagant, but yes
on
Cube House
·
· Score: 1
I made a cubicle roof solely to shut out the fluorescent lights overhead, which the accountant (apparently) desperately needed.
Mine was constructed out of 1x2 and black fabric, and earned me quite a few more odd points around the office... though my green hair phase probably added some, too.
It made me wonder what angle the laser was firing at. If it was fired almost directly away from the camera, you would be seeing laser light from waay in the distance, where the light would've spread to a large radius. Note the difference in brightness, too. Or, maybe it has something to do with the optical properties of air near the laser beam (ionization, maybe).
Yep - I just want to catch it before it starts to get bad, so I can transfer it to my next-gen storage media.:)
I've had enough hard drives go that I'm completely sick of losing data... I'm considering a RAID 5 array, but I still need to do backups in case of catastrophic failure. So... yeah.
The only thing I'm nervous about there is archival quality... some research is suggesting that generic white-label CD-Rs are starting to go faster than their name-brand counterparts. [info, discussion]
He's using the same exact communications protocol that all the machines are using to communicate.
He has all of his implants (reminding us of that fact was the only redeeming factor of the sex scene in Reloaded, IMO), so it's not unreasonable to think that he has some modicum of external communication capacity.
Now, to get the whole deal, you've gotta be physically jacked in... but I never found the "I can feel them now" to be as mystical as it could've been.
The integrated flux of the strongest burst, GB790305, was 10^-4 ergs/cm^2 (the time structure of this pulse was consistent with a
rotating or precessing neutron star; the period is about 8 seconds). A lethal dose to unshielded astronauts would be about 4 x 10^6 ergs/cm^2, so anyone 200,000 closer to the burster than we were had better have good shielding.
...
If the burster was at 5 billion light years (say), the lethal radius for unshielded astronauts would be around 25,000 light years. I hope one doesn't go off in our galaxy soon.
We might get beat up real good by one of those bad boys - the Earth could get cooked if one happened right outside our neighborhood. Ah well, what's life without a little excitement?:)
It's notable because they took the original ideas from the 1940s and were able to render them much more easily with the tools we have available today.
If the film had been completed in the 1940s or '50s, it would've been more difficult (or at least time-consuming) to get the perspectives correct. As the article says:
"It makes perfect sense that Disney used computer technology to do the 360-degree turns and to make some of the images seem more dimensional than they might in a 2-D cartoon," said [Leonard] Maltin, whose books include Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons. "Dali's work was always very dimensional, and he was keenly interested in playing with perspective."
Um, you mods are on crack. That's not flamebait, it's a paraphrased quote from a famous Warner Brothers cartoon featuring Marvin the Martian and Bugs Bunny entitled "Hare-Way to the Stars." The exchange in question goes like this:
Bugs Bunny: "Eh, pardon me, Doc. I've got to get back to the Earth." Marvin: "Oh, the Earth will be gone in just a few seconds. It obstructs my view of Venus." Bugs Bunny: "It does?! That's a shame." Marvin: "Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!"
He mentions having reached 90% of his bandwidth allocation for this month, so I would guess a Slashdotting wouldn't help things. Here's the full text of the article, to hopefully stem some of that tide.
Today's Featured Article I've been personally shut down...
Thursday, August 21 2003 @ 12:46 AM CDT Contributed by: Un-Thesis Views: 788
Apparently I have been subpoenad, personally, on 8-17-2003 by an as-yet unknown entity under the DMCA clause, because of xmule, when it went on to gov'ment radar w/ the e-matters.de alert:P The subpoena lasts, suposedly, until Dec 6, when i must stand infrotn of a federal appellet court
100% of My job is online 100% of My school is online 100% of My friends are online 100% of My hobbies are online
and if i can't use a comptuer at all, they might as well put me in a federal prison taht allows me to read and purchase any book i want...
As of 7:43AM MST (-7 UTC) my personal internet connection was shut down due to "unacceptable use". It took me 6 hours to finally contact my ISP customer support, a local cable modem provider, because they were swamped with MSBLASTER calls.
I was redirected to a 1800 number who redirected me to some other number, etc, until i finally reached a federal clerk's office in Washington, D.C. who informed me that it *seems* as though I have been personally subpaened by the USA Gov'ment on behalf of the RIAA. They told me that they were limited in their search for information due to the late hour (8PM EDT (-4 UTC)), but that the prosecuting body that issued under hte auspicies of the DMCA and NOT in the same category as the other 8,000+ copyright violation affidavits issued by the RIAA in recent months.
Additional bad news: xmule.org has reached 90% of its allocated monthly bandwidth. It is the 19th. I am very incapable of rectifying this decision w/out knowledgeable outside assistance in the United States (due to telephone communication required). If you can help me set up the other webserver, please contact me at 520-296-3408.
Unless DRASTIC action is taken within the next 48 hours, or my internet connection is restored, xmule.org forums will be permanently shut down until the bandwidth issue can be resolved.
Supposedly, the subpaena was filed on 8-17-2003. For those that know, the e-matters.de published xmule ni its security bulletin, thus, probably, raising us to teh level of teh RIAA's notice for the first time. Since I am the only american developer, and since i am really the only main developer, it seems they struck at the source.
I have not received written or otherwise announcement of the subpaena, and i still do not know the ramifications of my injunction. I may be able to use dialup or even DSL, cable is certainly out, or I may be completely barred form teh internet (this message might be illegal)
At this point i *know* i will need to hire a civil rights attorney, and if I am not liable to a prison sentence, then I might be able to leave the United States to either Mexico or Canada, at which point i will also need money to relocate...So any donations are greatly appreciated. PLEASE use the Amazon donation box, since it requires no online access by me, while paypal erquires a connectino.
I wont' know what my options are until some time tomorrow or later. Development of xMule seems to be the most likely target of me, since I have downloaded very little copyrighted material over the last, o, 6 months. I figured that before i found out i was banned completely from the internet i would send this mesasge...
Keep it real...weclome to the Fourth Reich of Amerika.
Kinda what I expected from the tone of your comment, but I figured I'd ask for clarification. And besides, I like using the words "non sequitur" whenever I get an excuse.:)
But I will kick ass and take names if someone next to me is talking during RotK in December.
That's a bit of a non-sequitur, because it falls under the rules of a private establishment. Speech on private property can be restricted by the owner of the property, and isn't protected under the Constitution.
Unless, of course, you were making a broader statement, e.g. "I endorse freedom of speech until it inconveniences me." But that doesn't seem to be the case.
Or maybe you're going to go see RotK on public property...
My theory about the premonitions involves the machinery that the machines implanted in the pod-grown humans.
If you notice, during the sex/rave scene and any other scene involving people, a comparatively large emphasis is placed on flesh and the ports that are left on/in the people. I think they were trying to make the point that those particular humans were still connected to the Matrix in some way. That was my rationalization for why Neo was able to control the Sentinels.
I enjoyed the Thirteenth Floor as well, but it seemed a little too simple by comparison. It felt more like a long Outer Limits episode rather than a full movie. The simulation-within-a-simulation idea makes for a good mystery, but the philosophy involved isn't as satisfying. However, I always enjoy Craig Bierko's performances (Long Kiss Goodnight, anyone?).
Nope, sorry, it's gone... I only got about 8 people that tried that link all told, and only 3 or 4 of them to completion. Not a very popular torrent.:) The site itself seemed to hold up well, so you should be able to get them from the original source.
Slashdot Mirror
I made a cubicle roof solely to shut out the fluorescent lights overhead, which the accountant (apparently) desperately needed.
Mine was constructed out of 1x2 and black fabric, and earned me quite a few more odd points around the office... though my green hair phase probably added some, too.
Photos here...
Mod parent AC up, contains valid torrent link for the video (maxing out my T1 as we speak:
http://alge.nlc.no/smoothteddy.avi.torrent
Here's a followup link to that photo:
i ve.html#92482221
http://oxblog.blogspot.com/2003_04_06_oxblog_arch
It made me wonder what angle the laser was firing at. If it was fired almost directly away from the camera, you would be seeing laser light from waay in the distance, where the light would've spread to a large radius.
Note the difference in brightness, too.
Or, maybe it has something to do with the optical properties of air near the laser beam (ionization, maybe).
It does seem slow, so here's a mirror of all the stuff I was able to get:
t m
http://www.mskf.org/mirrors/gigapixel/gigapixel.h
Site seems slow, here's a mirror of the first page:
t m
http://www.mskf.org/mirrors/gigapixel/gigapixel.h
Yep - I just want to catch it before it starts to get bad, so I can transfer it to my next-gen storage media. :)
I've had enough hard drives go that I'm completely sick of losing data... I'm considering a RAID 5 array, but I still need to do backups in case of catastrophic failure.
So... yeah.
The only thing I'm nervous about there is archival quality... some research is suggesting that generic white-label CD-Rs are starting to go faster than their name-brand counterparts.
[info, discussion]
The 4x DVD-Rs that I bought just recently from a brick-and-mortar shop were about $56 for 25, or $0.52/GB.
I know you can get them cheaper online... and if you want to go for a slower recording speed (I don't) you can get them about half price.
Tape may be more convenient for large backup jobs, and maybe I'll use it eventually... but for now, DVD is looking pretty good for home applications.
Exactly.
;)
Bluetooth.
He's using the same exact communications protocol that all the machines are using to communicate.
He has all of his implants (reminding us of that fact was the only redeeming factor of the sex scene in Reloaded, IMO), so it's not unreasonable to think that he has some modicum of external communication capacity.
Now, to get the whole deal, you've gotta be physically jacked in... but I never found the "I can feel them now" to be as mystical as it could've been.
If you're impressed by how these "magnetars" can affect us, check out gamma-ray bursters.
From http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/mnr/s
Ah well, what's life without a little excitement?
If the film had been completed in the 1940s or '50s, it would've been more difficult (or at least time-consuming) to get the perspectives correct. As the article says:
"
IT"?
What the heck was that, Ctrl+M-I-T?
Here's the full text of the article, to hopefully stem some of that tide.
Anyone want to help out and get another mirror up? :)
I've only got 5 GB of traffic for this month.
Here's a mirror:
Kinda what I expected from the tone of your comment, but I figured I'd ask for clarification. :)
And besides, I like using the words "non sequitur" whenever I get an excuse.
Unless, of course, you were making a broader statement, e.g. "I endorse freedom of speech until it inconveniences me."
But that doesn't seem to be the case.
Or maybe you're going to go see RotK on public property...
My theory about the premonitions involves the machinery that the machines implanted in the pod-grown humans.
If you notice, during the sex/rave scene and any other scene involving people, a comparatively large emphasis is placed on flesh and the ports that are left on/in the people. I think they were trying to make the point that those particular humans were still connected to the Matrix in some way.
That was my rationalization for why Neo was able to control the Sentinels.
I enjoyed the Thirteenth Floor as well, but it seemed a little too simple by comparison. It felt more like a long Outer Limits episode rather than a full movie.
The simulation-within-a-simulation idea makes for a good mystery, but the philosophy involved isn't as satisfying.
However, I always enjoy Craig Bierko's performances (Long Kiss Goodnight, anyone?).
Nope, sorry, it's gone... I only got about 8 people that tried that link all told, and only 3 or 4 of them to completion. Not a very popular torrent. :)
The site itself seemed to hold up well, so you should be able to get them from the original source.