I concur. Up here in Toronto, one of our local stations (CityTV) has a tendency to bleep out the word "mother" while leaving the word "fucker" untouched.
Probably one of the FEW novels that really NEED CGI in order to get it done...
Let's not forget one of the sci-fi classics -- Larry Niven's Ringworld.
The arc itself in the background of (almost) every scene, not to mention the Kzin and the Pierson's Puppeteer -- These would all require massive amounts of CGI.
"So they're showing us demos in Flash 4 so that people can't "view source" to rip off the code? Meaning that the ads are actually NOT Flash 4 but something else..."
Correct -- The finished product is done in Flash 5.
The reason these "Shoshkeles" don't work with Navigator is poor feature support in Navigator's Flash player. Alas, it does not support transparent Flash movies.
While this "new" form of advertising (I put "new" in quotations, as this kind of thing has been around for almost a year -- though now it's got some ridiculous name) may seem very annoying, the ability to create transparent SWFs in both major browsers is something I have always wanted. Oh well, I doubt that'll ever happen.
So, to be safe, just stick with good ol' Navigator!
Along a similar line, you might want to take a look at Takeo Igarashi's 'Teddy' applet, a real-time cartoon-rendered modeling utility. It's still a research prototype, but it has a lot of potential!
P.S. Sorry about the atrocious spelling of my last post... Too much coffee!
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Sorry, Lars, but there's no "S" in the sequence. ;)
Actually, if I recall correctly, it was "Married with Children..." that was Fox's first major success.
This, however, lends even more credence to your argument. ;)
On a (slightly) related note, here's a link to Banner Blind (for Mozilla only). It's a little XPI that merely hides images of particular sizes.
Good for blocking banners, as the name would imply. ;)
Someone for got to close their italics tag! ;)
I guess we'll have to wait until 2010 to find out! ;)
So, did you get your Spice Girl tickets? ;)
I concur. Up here in Toronto, one of our local stations (CityTV) has a tendency to bleep out the word "mother" while leaving the word "fucker" untouched.
It's a constant source of amusement. ;)
Let's not forget one of the sci-fi classics -- Larry Niven's Ringworld.
The arc itself in the background of (almost) every scene, not to mention the Kzin and the Pierson's Puppeteer -- These would all require massive amounts of CGI.
Just my thoughts. BTW, I think Phil Tippett might be on board. Check Coming Attractions by Corona for details.
From Drugstore Cowboy to FreeBSD kernel hacker -- Wow, now that's a career!
I believe that Sir Arthur C. Clarke first proposed of this in his novel "The Hammer of God".
Ah, poor Lisa 2... She couldn't stand the hits.
...for cruising porn. ;)
"So they're showing us demos in Flash 4 so that people can't "view source" to rip off the code? Meaning that the ads are actually NOT Flash 4 but something else..."
Correct -- The finished product is done in Flash 5.Wow! I was floored! How'd they get SWF transparency in Nav?!?!
It turns out that the links just open up stand-alone SWFs. It's not the live site you're looking at!
Cheap. And somewhat misleading.
The reason these "Shoshkeles" don't work with Navigator is poor feature support in Navigator's Flash player. Alas, it does not support transparent Flash movies.
While this "new" form of advertising (I put "new" in quotations, as this kind of thing has been around for almost a year -- though now it's got some ridiculous name) may seem very annoying, the ability to create transparent SWFs in both major browsers is something I have always wanted. Oh well, I doubt that'll ever happen.
So, to be safe, just stick with good ol' Navigator!
I thought the Scorpions broke up.
Actually, they took place on the 17th of September, 1978. You can check it out here:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/campdav
True dat, indeed! Thanks for the correction!
Along a similar line, you might want to take a look at Takeo Igarashi's 'Teddy' applet, a real-time cartoon-rendered modeling utility. It's still a research prototype, but it has a lot of potential!
P.S. Sorry about the atrocious spelling of my last post... Too much coffee!
If anyone is interested in non-photorealistic-rendering techniques, check out these link:
R R/realtimeNRR.html
http://isgwww.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~nick/realtimeN
and
http://www.red3d.com/cwr/npr/
Apparently, that game just uses hand-sketched textures. It doesn't actually alter any of the map's geometry. Just my $0.02.