Hmm...neat idea, but it's a 3rd dimension along the lines of the other two - a pixel for each possible position - that's gotta hurt the old wallet, and that's jsut with 10 possible Z positions!
True; but colour is a better representation of a sheet of paper - the "target platform." 3D is only useful where that is its target platform - gaming and architecture being the two examples that spring to mind.
You're being a little premature - it's very new stuff, and it's got a small enough target audience anyway - Linux drivers will come, almost certainly...
My mother has a similar problem - an inability to focus more than one eye at a time, but when she tries any 3D effect, she just doesn't get it - no headaches or anything like that...do you know what causes these headaches?
As for the advance of technology rendering you obsolete - I very much doubt it. Normal screens will always be cheaper to make, and what's more, are all that is required or wanted for the vast majority of computer activity - who needs to word process in 3D?
For what? Come one, you can't be that lacking in imagination! Short of a CAVE, this is one of the coolest visual gadgets out there... 43rd Law of Computing:
...another good example of something that was way overdone. When something really revolutionary comes out on that theme, I'll buy it. 43rd Law of Computing:
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...the beam diffuses out over several square kilometers by the time it hits the ground
So...in other words, to collect the u-wave radiation, you'd need - guess what - several square kilometers of ground space! What was that problem with collecting enough solar energy again...?
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Why criticise the accent? By all accounts, it's funny, which was the intended purpose - you're quibbling about realism in a CG cartoon!
Hey - it's a personal choice, don't knock it! Besides, many programmers make their bread and butter from commercial, closed-source code, and do free software as recreation, and to put something back into the community, from which many of them have got important solutions (roll out the usual examples - Apache, GCC, etc).
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Honestly!
I once read a.sig that said "open source, closed minds, we are Slashdot"...and I thought it was a joke...
Microsoft have the right to reply, same as everyone else! Just because they screw us around is no reason whatsoever to return the favour.
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What on earth does whether or not it's a Dell have to do with it?
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Hmm...neat idea, but it's a 3rd dimension along the lines of the other two - a pixel for each possible position - that's gotta hurt the old wallet, and that's jsut with 10 possible Z positions!
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Well, how else are you supposed to control the monitor? Data going the other way down a VGA cable? Telepathy?
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True; but colour is a better representation of a sheet of paper - the "target platform." 3D is only useful where that is its target platform - gaming and architecture being the two examples that spring to mind.
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What is the idea behind these "multilayer" LCDs? Why bother with more than two?
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No "hardware" icon on the top - what's up?
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You're being a little premature - it's very new stuff, and it's got a small enough target audience anyway - Linux drivers will come, almost certainly...
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My mother has a similar problem - an inability to focus more than one eye at a time, but when she tries any 3D effect, she just doesn't get it - no headaches or anything like that...do you know what causes these headaches?
As for the advance of technology rendering you obsolete - I very much doubt it. Normal screens will always be cheaper to make, and what's more, are all that is required or wanted for the vast majority of computer activity - who needs to word process in 3D?
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For what? Come one, you can't be that lacking in imagination! Short of a CAVE, this is one of the coolest visual gadgets out there...
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I think it was just a joke...
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...another good example of something that was way overdone. When something really revolutionary comes out on that theme, I'll buy it.
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How much more can you get out of a game like Civilisation? Sure, the concept is a corker, and previous ones were good, but what more can be offered?
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Sony's stuff always commands a premium
Why should it? Possibly I'm just lucky, but no unbranded hardware has caught me out yet - well, none that's under 5 years old, that is =)
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RatingsBooster(tm) recorder!
OK, rant over.
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Isn't the large receiver area the same problem as with ordinary ground-based solar panels? (see here)
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...the beam diffuses out over several square kilometers by the time it hits the ground
So...in other words, to collect the u-wave radiation, you'd need - guess what - several square kilometers of ground space! What was that problem with collecting enough solar energy again...?
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Why criticise the accent? By all accounts, it's funny, which was the intended purpose - you're quibbling about realism in a CG cartoon!
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Hey - it's a personal choice, don't knock it! Besides, many programmers make their bread and butter from commercial, closed-source code, and do free software as recreation, and to put something back into the community, from which many of them have got important solutions (roll out the usual examples - Apache, GCC, etc).
To email me, move the last four characters of my address one key to the right on a QWERTY keyboard
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Honestly!
.sig that said "open source, closed minds, we are Slashdot"...and I thought it was a joke...
I once read a
Microsoft have the right to reply, same as everyone else! Just because they screw us around is no reason whatsoever to return the favour.
To mail me, shift the last four letters one key to the right on a QWERTY keyboard
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