Well, in terms of speed, this system could help cut down on the time needed to create the curves, but nothing else really. Simply drawing the NURBS curves isn't enough to actually generate a model, you have to use those curves to derive surfaces, which is rarely just a simple "one click" type of operation.
In regards to a digital sketchpad, I would love one. I'm considering a Cintiq just because I don't know of any Tablet PCs that have both a great display (in terms of being a display and a drawing surface), and gobs of power required for intense graphics apps. And if Apple did it, well, the marketing just writes itself - they could call it just that, the Sketchbook, and it'd fit in with the naming convention of Macbook, iBook, etc.
Heinlein got the technology of the cellphone absolutely right but it didn't occur to him that in the future people would just keep chatting away, annoying people around them.
Well, there's a reason it's called science FICTION, no?
I don't know exactly why, but whenever I use my Wacom, my hand tends to cramp up a lot quicker than if I'm using an actual pen or pencil. I think it has to do with either the fact that I leave my tablet on the desk at all times, which limits the angles and position I'll be holding the stylus at - as opposed to a sketchbook that I may move around as I work. The other thing is maybe the constant light hovering over the tablet with the stylus.
Considering Paris Hilton is famous for being basically nothing more than a rich party girl, and given the popularity of Youtube these days, I bet even a feces throwing monkey could become a star in OUR universe.
I often see the number quoted as 10,000 dollars per pound. I'm on my way out the door so I don't have time to actually "run the numbers" on it, but here's a link that may be useful:
At quick glance (and first google result for "cost per pound of launching to space" or something) it seems to list different launch vehicles and hte cost of the payload to orbit.
Ugh, I'm so sick of hearing this. It wasn't done in a movie studio or soundstage. Wake up. NASA's gone digital. It's all done in Maya and other FX packages these days.
You know what else is amazing? How everyone, on every road I've ever been on, has accepted that the speed limit is generally considered the normal pace. And my problem isn't so much with bicyclists going slower than the speed limit, it's with them going much slower than the accepted normal pace of the road. More specifically, going much slower in the middle of the road when they could, and possibly should be, to the side, allowing faster traffic to get through without causing sometimes dangerous congestion.
Buy a huge SUV big enough to fit your bike in. Then drive to work with the bike. Then ride your bike home. Then take a cab to pick up your SUV and drive home. Simple!
I really hate the holier than thou attitude as well. I'll gladly share the road with cyclists... when they start going the speed limit instead of doing 20mph in the middle of the road with a posted 30 mph speed limit - thus holding everyone behind them up.
So then the team is the one who is best prepared for these changing conditions. Seems kind of fair to me. Having a longer race will expose the teams to greater variety in conditions, and this can only be a good thing. You're not going to have static, ideal conditions in the real world - and presumably, these cars/this race is being held to promote and advance tech that could make it to the consumers.
What I've noticed sometimes is that I need to reboot my Cablemodem to get a new ip address, and then MIGHT have to kick the router, but I NEVER have to reboot my router without also rebooting the cablemodem.
Sometimes comcast flips my IP and the modem can't keep up with it.
WRT54G here, and I rarely am able to just reboot the router. Usually I have to first cycle the modem, then the power the router back up. I frequently have to do so when I've got some torrents going, and it can be quite annoying to be interrupted in the middle of browsing a site, uploading a work file, or other such things to get up, go to the next room, and do the whole power cycle thing. (Especially since I have to allow the cable modem to fully boot and establish a connection which takes a good 30 seconds or more)
Actually, from what I've read two galaxies colliding isn't as exciting as one may think. Because the stars within the galaxies are pretty spread out, two galaxies will mostly just pass right through each other. Their overall structures would get warped by gravity and all, but it wouldn't be the star crashing demolition derby that many people may expect.
Along the same idea, there's also the model makers who spend countless hours meticulously adding in the tiniest of details (though it's these tiniest of details that make them so real) to a model, just to have it appear for a second or two, or less, before being blown up in pyrotechnic glory.
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Well, in terms of speed, this system could help cut down on the time needed to create the curves, but nothing else really. Simply drawing the NURBS curves isn't enough to actually generate a model, you have to use those curves to derive surfaces, which is rarely just a simple "one click" type of operation.
In regards to a digital sketchpad, I would love one. I'm considering a Cintiq just because I don't know of any Tablet PCs that have both a great display (in terms of being a display and a drawing surface), and gobs of power required for intense graphics apps. And if Apple did it, well, the marketing just writes itself - they could call it just that, the Sketchbook, and it'd fit in with the naming convention of Macbook, iBook, etc.
Actually, I found the tentative script: "Nice spacesuit, wanna fuck?"
I too was disappointed it wasn't immediately modded to +5.
So what you're saying is.... it's turtles all the way down, and Chinese all the way up? Interesting....
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Yeah, I'm bored, and have spent too much time playing !acro on IRC.
Heinlein got the technology of the cellphone absolutely right but it didn't occur to him that in the future people would just keep chatting away, annoying people around them.
Well, there's a reason it's called science FICTION, no?
(IANAL, IAN in the US, etc)
What does being nude in the US have to do with anything?
I don't know exactly why, but whenever I use my Wacom, my hand tends to cramp up a lot quicker than if I'm using an actual pen or pencil. I think it has to do with either the fact that I leave my tablet on the desk at all times, which limits the angles and position I'll be holding the stylus at - as opposed to a sketchbook that I may move around as I work. The other thing is maybe the constant light hovering over the tablet with the stylus.
As I understand it, two different types of KERS may be implemented in F1. Battery based, and flywheel based.
Discomfort?! Sounds more like a fun filled Saturday night to me!
Considering Paris Hilton is famous for being basically nothing more than a rich party girl, and given the popularity of Youtube these days, I bet even a feces throwing monkey could become a star in OUR universe.
But were you down with OPP?
I often see the number quoted as 10,000 dollars per pound. I'm on my way out the door so I don't have time to actually "run the numbers" on it, but here's a link that may be useful:
http://www.futron.com/pdf/resource_center/white_papers/FutronLaunchCostWP.pdf
At quick glance (and first google result for "cost per pound of launching to space" or something) it seems to list different launch vehicles and hte cost of the payload to orbit.
Ugh, I'm so sick of hearing this. It wasn't done in a movie studio or soundstage. Wake up. NASA's gone digital. It's all done in Maya and other FX packages these days.
You know what else is amazing? How everyone, on every road I've ever been on, has accepted that the speed limit is generally considered the normal pace. And my problem isn't so much with bicyclists going slower than the speed limit, it's with them going much slower than the accepted normal pace of the road. More specifically, going much slower in the middle of the road when they could, and possibly should be, to the side, allowing faster traffic to get through without causing sometimes dangerous congestion.
Buy a huge SUV big enough to fit your bike in. Then drive to work with the bike. Then ride your bike home. Then take a cab to pick up your SUV and drive home. Simple!
I really hate the holier than thou attitude as well. I'll gladly share the road with cyclists... when they start going the speed limit instead of doing 20mph in the middle of the road with a posted 30 mph speed limit - thus holding everyone behind them up.
You are full of shit; that may explain your obesity.
Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from the TV show "Scrubs" by Dr. Cox:
"Well here's the deal you are what you eat so you clearly must have gone out and devoured a big fat guy!"
So then the team is the one who is best prepared for these changing conditions. Seems kind of fair to me. Having a longer race will expose the teams to greater variety in conditions, and this can only be a good thing. You're not going to have static, ideal conditions in the real world - and presumably, these cars/this race is being held to promote and advance tech that could make it to the consumers.
What I've noticed sometimes is that I need to reboot my Cablemodem to get a new ip address, and then MIGHT have to kick the router, but I NEVER have to reboot my router without also rebooting the cablemodem. Sometimes comcast flips my IP and the modem can't keep up with it.
WRT54G here, and I rarely am able to just reboot the router. Usually I have to first cycle the modem, then the power the router back up. I frequently have to do so when I've got some torrents going, and it can be quite annoying to be interrupted in the middle of browsing a site, uploading a work file, or other such things to get up, go to the next room, and do the whole power cycle thing. (Especially since I have to allow the cable modem to fully boot and establish a connection which takes a good 30 seconds or more)
Actually, from what I've read two galaxies colliding isn't as exciting as one may think. Because the stars within the galaxies are pretty spread out, two galaxies will mostly just pass right through each other. Their overall structures would get warped by gravity and all, but it wouldn't be the star crashing demolition derby that many people may expect.
They sent Bender to Mars?!
If that's the case, don't you mean, "sublimate my shiny metal ass!" ?
Sure, Martinis may be made with gin, but martiantinis are made with vodka. Duh.
Along the same idea, there's also the model makers who spend countless hours meticulously adding in the tiniest of details (though it's these tiniest of details that make them so real) to a model, just to have it appear for a second or two, or less, before being blown up in pyrotechnic glory.