It's actually the fact that, at a constant intensity, the color gamut (visible hues) isn't triangular - it's only approximately so, and curved. With any number of colors, all you can get is a linear combination, which, at a constant intensity, ends up being a convex polygon. So with three, you can impose a triangle of color over the sort-of-triangular gamut. The more colors you can combine to make the vertices of the polygon, the better coverage you get.
I'm not sure what this has to do with a laser display, though. They may be able to get further from the center (more toward the rounded corners) of the gamut with their lasers, which would increase coverage.
We've been unable to communicate detailed information to the gamer. Think about the resolution as a mode of information bandwidth. The more resolution you have to work with (within limits) means the more data you can pass to the gamer.
This is a fine argument for eventually making HD-exclusive games - which would be enabled by pushing the HD standard to where it actually is standard. It doesn't work so well with systems that have to simultaneously deal with 480i and HD, though.
You just supplied every Slashdotter with the perfect excuse for not being able to answer a random question during a lecture. I hope you're pleased with yourself.
Going by this logic, I can say that lions in jungle start rattling the nearest metal bars or objects they can find when they feel hungry because I observed this behaviour in a bunch of lions in the nearest zoo.
You're obviously not a real scientist. A real scientist would have let the lions out of the cage before making any observations.
Well, he had good reasons for that. He did get somewhat specific about E3 on the second page:
GS: I'm sure by now you've heard of the downsizing of E3 from the Los Angeles Convention Center to hotel conference rooms. Overall, how has Wal-Mart felt about the downsizing of this event in previewing potential new games for its stores?
SP: For us it's not an issue at all. We typically meet with suppliers on a frequent basis, and actually get most of our information from the suppliers, so it's not an issue at all.
GS: Does Wal-Mart give any feedback to the ESA, the organizers of E3 of how the event could have been improved?
SP: Well, for us it was a big event, it was crowded, it was noisy, and you really couldn't accomplish anything. It was just more of a show in terms of accomplishing anything other than seeing the new game systems.
This is a question I saw somewhere else regarding Vista, but I thought it was a good one, so I'll post it here. MS has partially justified their high OS prices in the past to help cover the costs of sales lost to piracy. If they make it virtually impossible to pirate the OS (which it sounds like their goal is with Vista), will the cost of the OS come down at all?
It's not just preposterous, it's provably impossible. If someone manages to do it, it'd shake up all of quantum mechanics, which is one of the most well-tested theories there is.
Not that I'd shed a tear, mind you, because the replacement would be very exciting.
But could you imagine if they could utilize a version of this teleportation to transfer the information to multiple places at once? Wow! That'd be a huge boon to subatomic construction technology!
If they're using quantum teleportation, they can't. It's not possible to clone generic quantum states. Specific ones, yes, but that won't cover everything.
The article is wonderfully sparse on actual information. A "macroscopic atomic object containing thousands of billions of atoms" was "involved," but what does that mean, exactly? Probably not that it was transformed to light (or light was transformed to it), nor that it was actually teleported.
My favorite part of quantum teleportation is that, if it ever is used to teleport objects, it'll have to transfer the state from the source atoms into some entangled destination atoms. Then the state will be lost in the source, and you'll be left with a mound of goo. That'd really make people want to try it out.
It's true - the Intel 945GM on my laptop is currently running open-source drivers supplied by Intel and merged into the Xorg codebase.
The great de Raadt may be frustrated, but the accusations he's leveling make him sound like a big, fat crybaby. I know that's childish, but I don't represent an entire open-source operating system, do I?
Did he stop to think that maybe Intel hasn't got complete control over the IP in the products he wants open-source drivers and open specs for?
While many of the XGL eye candy is cool looking, in the end it hasn't made me any more (or less) productive...
I've been running it for a while on my Ubuntu installs, and I think it makes me a little more productive.
The "Scale" plugin (Vista's "Flip 3D" and Apple's "Expose") makes it easy to find windows in a cluttered desktop. The Desktop Cube makes it easier to use multiple desktops without losing applications, because I have a continuous transition between them. Shadows behind windows make it clearer which pixels belong to the current application and which don't. Pop-ups zooming in make it much clearer that they've popped up. Lastly, and this isn't useful but I think it's nice, because windows without focus are partially transparent, I actually get to see my desktop wallpaper more often!
To be honest, though, I haven't had much use for wobbly windows. I'd like it if the windows would stick to each other without having to enable that feature.
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The big question is, after it got "warm" on that "soft surface," are you still fertile?
You clod. He took the initiative in inventing the space program.
Is there no one left with any reading comprehension?
Hang on... how much material do you think needs to go into the average Slashdotter's jeans?
You, sir, have an amazing head.
Someone ought to grab AA-lib and fix that.
Was that supposed to be funny? That's not rhetorical. I really want to know if it was supposed to sound funny or bitter, because I can't tell.
It's actually the fact that, at a constant intensity, the color gamut (visible hues) isn't triangular - it's only approximately so, and curved. With any number of colors, all you can get is a linear combination, which, at a constant intensity, ends up being a convex polygon. So with three, you can impose a triangle of color over the sort-of-triangular gamut. The more colors you can combine to make the vertices of the polygon, the better coverage you get.
I'm not sure what this has to do with a laser display, though. They may be able to get further from the center (more toward the rounded corners) of the gamut with their lasers, which would increase coverage.
Turns out it's not so much dust as electrical contacts losing their spring.
This is a fine argument for eventually making HD-exclusive games - which would be enabled by pushing the HD standard to where it actually is standard. It doesn't work so well with systems that have to simultaneously deal with 480i and HD, though.
No kidding. These people expect too much. What do they want? A release candidate that's actually fit for release?
Sheesh.
Chuck Norris doesn't need a rocket belt. He can propel himself to the moon just by sneezing out one nostril.
And Bill, we know you're having marital problems, but "frankenPC" is probably going a bit far.
Honestly, you should keep that sort of thing to yourself. Ditto if you also fancy large appliances.
Or when you're in a lecture, your head drops, and you jerk awake with an embarrassing snorting noise?
Noseplugs ought to fix that right up.
Try keeping squirrels on a wire over a pit of spikes or something, and you'll probably observe the same behaviour.
I recommend alligators for this.
You just supplied every Slashdotter with the perfect excuse for not being able to answer a random question during a lecture. I hope you're pleased with yourself.
I am. Thanks a bunch!
Going by this logic, I can say that lions in jungle start rattling the nearest metal bars or objects they can find when they feel hungry because I observed this behaviour in a bunch of lions in the nearest zoo.
You're obviously not a real scientist. A real scientist would have let the lions out of the cage before making any observations.
Give it five years, and you'll be wondering how you can possibly get along without one.
Amen, brother.
The extra cost now goes to anti-piracy measures.
In other words, no cookie for you.
Direct them to System76 for their next laptop.
No, I'm not a sales rep. But the prices are good and so is the service.
Cloning is very different from teleporting.
It's not just preposterous, it's provably impossible. If someone manages to do it, it'd shake up all of quantum mechanics, which is one of the most well-tested theories there is.
Not that I'd shed a tear, mind you, because the replacement would be very exciting.
If they're using quantum teleportation, they can't. It's not possible to clone generic quantum states. Specific ones, yes, but that won't cover everything.
The article is wonderfully sparse on actual information. A "macroscopic atomic object containing thousands of billions of atoms" was "involved," but what does that mean, exactly? Probably not that it was transformed to light (or light was transformed to it), nor that it was actually teleported.
My favorite part of quantum teleportation is that, if it ever is used to teleport objects, it'll have to transfer the state from the source atoms into some entangled destination atoms. Then the state will be lost in the source, and you'll be left with a mound of goo. That'd really make people want to try it out.
Mod the parent up!
It's true - the Intel 945GM on my laptop is currently running open-source drivers supplied by Intel and merged into the Xorg codebase.
The great de Raadt may be frustrated, but the accusations he's leveling make him sound like a big, fat crybaby. I know that's childish, but I don't represent an entire open-source operating system, do I?
Did he stop to think that maybe Intel hasn't got complete control over the IP in the products he wants open-source drivers and open specs for?
Actually, it was Alderaan.
While many of the XGL eye candy is cool looking, in the end it hasn't made me any more (or less) productive...
I've been running it for a while on my Ubuntu installs, and I think it makes me a little more productive.
The "Scale" plugin (Vista's "Flip 3D" and Apple's "Expose") makes it easy to find windows in a cluttered desktop. The Desktop Cube makes it easier to use multiple desktops without losing applications, because I have a continuous transition between them. Shadows behind windows make it clearer which pixels belong to the current application and which don't. Pop-ups zooming in make it much clearer that they've popped up. Lastly, and this isn't useful but I think it's nice, because windows without focus are partially transparent, I actually get to see my desktop wallpaper more often!
To be honest, though, I haven't had much use for wobbly windows. I'd like it if the windows would stick to each other without having to enable that feature.