Ooh, but remember that some engines have built-in support for spatially varying "radiosity" maps for lighting the dynamic (moving) objects, complete with bump mapping support. This is a separate step from generating dynamic shadows, and it approximates the interreflected light (diffuse or otherwise). The Source engine comes to mind. They've even published the source code for their pixel shaders for it online. So you get dynamic shadows plus dynamic radiosity. Well, the radiosity isn't actually dynamic; it's stored in a kind of map. But its application to the moving objects is definitely dynamic, and pretty.
That happens to me too. All the time. It also happens when I'm falling asleep. I think it's a state change in your brain, not the cool air. Taking a dump does something to clear your mind.
Not just talented, hardworking, and lucky. You need to be organized. Most small businesses that get past the initial stage of getting up and running will fail during a transition period, usually when you realize that you can't meet the demand, so you try to expand. And most small businesses that were organized enough to run a small team are not organized enough to run a larger team. I'm talking about documenting and optimizing your processes and that kind of stuff. Most people just don't do it.
(its more than 180 because you actually cant see directly to the left or right while looking straight ahead).
You have made some incorrect assumptions about the construction of the eye. It is not a pinhole camera. Furthermore, there are two eyes, installed at slightly different angles. For example, I have 210 degrees of peripheral vision, measured at a vision lab. So that's only 150 degrees of blind spot:)
That game was awesome. I beat the Joker level (diffuse all the bombs) and the Penguin level (destroy the computer) on the C64. Can I say, best game music ever, and best walk animation loop! I only got 99% complete on the Penguin level, even though it said I had won. What's the deal with that?
Surely not... I once attended a lecture about the safety of nuclear power, where the lecturer held a chunk of plutonium in his hand during the entire talk. He said "It feels warm, but a short exposure like this won't harm me at all". He would occasionally wave it around to emphasize a point.
I think he died from cancer a few years later, but it's probably unrelated. It wasn't exactly "cancer of the hand"...
That's not just funny, it's insightful. That was the first thing that came to my mind - looks like they want to drop their site off of Google altogether. As you wish, Orbitz.
JPEG has easily recognizable headers, and is divided into blocks again with easily recognizable headers. You're not screwed. The JPEG committee thought of all these things long before you started griping about them. I think you need to do some more understanding yourself.
I've always been a bit unsure how Picasa fits into Google's philosophy. [...] Surely the best thing would be actual image search.
This one should be obvious... they want everyone to put comments on their images, and upload a bunch of them. Suddenly Google has an enormous library of annotated images to train their upcoming image search tools on. Mark my words, they'll have content-based image search long before Microsoft.
I also happen to think that consciousness is very fundamentally linked with quantum physics and how nothing is deterministic. But that's just really far out there, and people are going to call me crazy...
I share that opinion, and so does Penrose. I have a braindump of my thoughts on it here, where I deviate from Penrose quite a bit. I'm sure he doesn't care. The first paragraph is the most lucid; the rest goes a little bit into left field.
Hmmm. There's something wrong when the "badness" of a crime is measured in dollar terms. As others have pointed out, raping someone probably would have got a less time.
I guess they finally got around to changing their page indexing scheme from a 32-bit unsigned integer. The number sat at 2^32 - epsilon for what seemed like an eternity! I expect the sudden doubling of pages is simply the backlog that built up while they waited for the conversion to 64-bit, or whatever.
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I'm writing a study about all the studies that do not study themselves. I'm having trouble finishing it.
Ooh, but remember that some engines have built-in support for spatially varying "radiosity" maps for lighting the dynamic (moving) objects, complete with bump mapping support. This is a separate step from generating dynamic shadows, and it approximates the interreflected light (diffuse or otherwise). The Source engine comes to mind. They've even published the source code for their pixel shaders for it online. So you get dynamic shadows plus dynamic radiosity. Well, the radiosity isn't actually dynamic; it's stored in a kind of map. But its application to the moving objects is definitely dynamic, and pretty.
So, how did you learn about zero?
That's the best line ever: "Only the Sith see things in absolutes." Hahaha! You should never generalize, Obi Wan. Everybody always generalizes.
Wow, that's almost exactly what I said to my friends as we walked out of the theatre after seeing Episode I.
"Use the instrument panel, Loke."
Loke: "What?"
"The instrument panel - that's what it's there for. Advanced weaponry designed to hit tiny targets"
That happens to me too. All the time. It also happens when I'm falling asleep. I think it's a state change in your brain, not the cool air. Taking a dump does something to clear your mind.
Not just talented, hardworking, and lucky. You need to be organized. Most small businesses that get past the initial stage of getting up and running will fail during a transition period, usually when you realize that you can't meet the demand, so you try to expand. And most small businesses that were organized enough to run a small team are not organized enough to run a larger team. I'm talking about documenting and optimizing your processes and that kind of stuff. Most people just don't do it.
(its more than 180 because you actually cant see directly to the left or right while looking straight ahead). :)
You have made some incorrect assumptions about the construction of the eye. It is not a pinhole camera. Furthermore, there are two eyes, installed at slightly different angles. For example, I have 210 degrees of peripheral vision, measured at a vision lab. So that's only 150 degrees of blind spot
That game was awesome. I beat the Joker level (diffuse all the bombs) and the Penguin level (destroy the computer) on the C64. Can I say, best game music ever, and best walk animation loop! I only got 99% complete on the Penguin level, even though it said I had won. What's the deal with that?
Whenever dangerous asteroids come up, I make the same statement, and I still stand by it. Quoth my journal: Cost-cutting idiots will kill us all
That used to be my sig: "Everybody always generalizes".
Give me all your credit card numbers and let's find out.
You can't have "manslaughter" without "laughter".
No no no, that's supposed to be:
One manslaughter is another man's laughter.
Surely not... I once attended a lecture about the safety of nuclear power, where the lecturer held a chunk of plutonium in his hand during the entire talk. He said "It feels warm, but a short exposure like this won't harm me at all". He would occasionally wave it around to emphasize a point. I think he died from cancer a few years later, but it's probably unrelated. It wasn't exactly "cancer of the hand"...
That's not just funny, it's insightful. That was the first thing that came to my mind - looks like they want to drop their site off of Google altogether. As you wish, Orbitz.
JPEG has easily recognizable headers, and is divided into blocks again with easily recognizable headers. You're not screwed. The JPEG committee thought of all these things long before you started griping about them. I think you need to do some more understanding yourself.
Can't you design the interface to be usable with one button without bundling a mouse that will not be used by a large portion of your customers?
Yes, you can, but try getting every 3rd party software manufacturer to do the same.
Could it lead to a fax machine for complete living organisms?
If you thought those penis enlargement spams were bad enough already...
I've always been a bit unsure how Picasa fits into Google's philosophy. [...] Surely the best thing would be actual image search.
This one should be obvious... they want everyone to put comments on their images, and upload a bunch of them. Suddenly Google has an enormous library of annotated images to train their upcoming image search tools on. Mark my words, they'll have content-based image search long before Microsoft.
I also happen to think that consciousness is very fundamentally linked with quantum physics and how nothing is deterministic. But that's just really far out there, and people are going to call me crazy...
I share that opinion, and so does Penrose. I have a braindump of my thoughts on it here, where I deviate from Penrose quite a bit. I'm sure he doesn't care. The first paragraph is the most lucid; the rest goes a little bit into left field.
Hmmm. There's something wrong when the "badness" of a crime is measured in dollar terms. As others have pointed out, raping someone probably would have got a less time.
Didn't you know? The SI unit for measuring damage is dollars.
all military jobs (fighter pilot, tank driver, battlefiled strategy
You forgot president.
Currently the game has been released to North America, Canada, South Korea, and Australia
Boy, I'm glad Canada finally got out of that hell-hole North America. We've been fighting our way out for years!
I guess they finally got around to changing their page indexing scheme from a 32-bit unsigned integer. The number sat at 2^32 - epsilon for what seemed like an eternity! I expect the sudden doubling of pages is simply the backlog that built up while they waited for the conversion to 64-bit, or whatever.