My question, although perhaps you did not manage to understand it, was actually just that: is the only reason why chrome is considered to be a major browser because it is backed by a major company? I thought a major browser was supposed to have a major market share. Numbers or gtfo
What broken TAR command are you talking about? I never said TM or Apple products are useless. I'm saying (and I believe I am repeating myself) that having "automated incremental backups" in Linux is 4 clicks away - through an easy GUI.
it's not because it's well documented or highly configurable that it is hard to use. It takes less than a minute to set up:
1) include 2) exclude 3) destination 4) time (frequency) 5) purging rules
I don't mind it that you like to use TM and I don't argue that TM is easy to use and it's probably a really nifty system. I am only arguing that it really doesn't take as much tinkering to get the same in Linux like you make it out to be.
ps: changing the max-file size is as easy as clicking the increment button in the "max file size" menu...
FTA: 'At first I thought it would be a complicated procedure to fit the pieces, But as it turned out, the bigger plastic pieces were compatible with the smaller ones, and the Lego held itself in place without any glue whatsoever.'
"The force of the wave removed all trees and vegetation from elevations as high as 1720 feet (524 meters) above sea level. This is the highest wave that has ever been known."
/. still hasn't changed: it took about 40 posts for people to stop about images on the front page and the "voorwerp" before going on to the real subject (which is not "voorwerp" but "onderwerp":))
This technology relies on color for tracking different objects. It would be quite a feat to do that with IR I think. In IR all you would have at best would be what we could call "grayscale". Add to that variations in the intensity of IR light that will come up as your led moves* around and you have not much to hang on to. Especially, like you point out, when the danger exists that you leave the camera's eyesight and throw off the entire tracking thing at which point you would need very powerful algorithms (can you even imagine 4 of these very hard to track objects disappear and reappear? I'm not saying impossible, but very hard)
Furthermore, visible-light sources also emit IR: you are going to need quite a filter to keep both sunlight IR and incandescent lightbulb IR out of there while allowing that frequency of just your IR led in. Remember you want to be able to track 4 LEDs with different frequencies...
Then your "off the shelve" value just disappears.
Otherwise your "array of cams" is a very good idea and perhaps (imho) the best solution would be to use 2 color and 1 IR cam and have your objects tracked in both. Furthermore the stereoscopic data will allow for much better Z-axis handling than what CamSpace does (probably looking at size of object). Again, nifty ideas but they just are no match to the "use any webcam you want" paradigm!
PS: If this thing works in "real circumstances" i.e: not in a controlled light environment, they are on to something.
*(don't forget it has an angle with a more intense center and more faded sides)
agreed, complete retards
the kid even goes "what the hell is wrong with you" and with that sentence he captures the essence of the situation pretty well
I don't think it's very likely that libraries will be done with by 2019. Take the British Library for example, it would take much longer than 11 years to digitise their assets.
Of course, if by "library" they mean places where you can read the newest bestsellers, then yes, we can all see the trend... but don't expect libraries (especially the older and bigger ones) to close their doors just yet...
You sound like a PC user, so you are probably used to constantly noticing your computer. The Mac experience is generally one of *not* noticing your computer, so those few times when it's noticed, it can be annoying (this is partly why, I think, Macs are so design-oriented, so that when you notice them physically, the experience is more enjoyable than it would be otherwise). W T F?
it's statements like these that keep me from switching to mac
I just released some of my code I was playing around with this summer it allows for very similar things. you can find the code here http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4920
be warned, it has no documentation and its really messy.
the included demo is able to track and plot the movement of multiple IR emitters. I have other demos as well like "swing" detections (ie. swinging motions). A more elaborate hack involved using a wireless mouse+LED to simulate a wiimote experience (moving around the mousepointer and clicking).
To recreate the hack in this story all you need to do is to attach the IR emitter to some glasses.
The last thing I was working on when I had to quit (school started:/) was tracking color LED's. This way I was able to create a two player pong game by using a regular webcam and green/red LEDs.
Obviously using an IR-webcam (simple hack) with IR emmitters is a lot easier because it removes a whole lot of "noise" (ie. useless motion).
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My question, although perhaps you did not manage to understand it, was actually just that: is the only reason why chrome is considered to be a major browser because it is backed by a major company? I thought a major browser was supposed to have a major market share. Numbers or gtfo
How exactly is Chrome (which is backed by a major company) a major browser?
why is this a troll?
is this a joke? when was the last time you used a linux desktop? 2001?
here is a very frightening video of the thing in action. be sure to turn up your sound
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irT_Ek4BQRc&feature=related
At that rate it would make more sense to just print the photos.
What broken TAR command are you talking about? I never said TM or Apple products are useless. I'm saying (and I believe I am repeating myself) that having "automated incremental backups" in Linux is 4 clicks away - through an easy GUI.
it's not because it's well documented or highly configurable that it is hard to use. It takes less than a minute to set up:
1) include
2) exclude
3) destination
4) time (frequency)
5) purging rules
I don't mind it that you like to use TM and I don't argue that TM is easy to use and it's probably a really nifty system. I am only arguing that it really doesn't take as much tinkering to get the same in Linux like you make it out to be.
ps: changing the max-file size is as easy as clicking the increment button in the "max file size" menu...
No shit Sherlock?
and isolating the carbon tubes?
what if your cables do not touch the earth but are rather holding up a floating base/platform at a certain height that could be helicoptered to?
1. Drag asteroid or other rock into geostationary orbit.
2. Dangle carbon nanotube based ropes onto planet surface
3. ????
4. Profit
!!
from TFA
"The force of the wave removed all trees and vegetation from elevations as high as 1720 feet (524 meters) above sea level. This is the highest wave that has ever been known."
/. still hasn't changed: it took about 40 posts for people to stop about images on the front page and the "voorwerp" before going on to the real subject (which is not "voorwerp" but "onderwerp" :))
This technology relies on color for tracking different objects. It would be quite a feat to do that with IR I think. In IR all you would have at best would be what we could call "grayscale". Add to that variations in the intensity of IR light that will come up as your led moves* around and you have not much to hang on to. Especially, like you point out, when the danger exists that you leave the camera's eyesight and throw off the entire tracking thing at which point you would need very powerful algorithms (can you even imagine 4 of these very hard to track objects disappear and reappear? I'm not saying impossible, but very hard)
Furthermore, visible-light sources also emit IR: you are going to need quite a filter to keep both sunlight IR and incandescent lightbulb IR out of there while allowing that frequency of just your IR led in. Remember you want to be able to track 4 LEDs with different frequencies...
Then your "off the shelve" value just disappears.
Otherwise your "array of cams" is a very good idea and perhaps (imho) the best solution would be to use 2 color and 1 IR cam and have your objects tracked in both. Furthermore the stereoscopic data will allow for much better Z-axis handling than what CamSpace does (probably looking at size of object). Again, nifty ideas but they just are no match to the "use any webcam you want" paradigm!
PS: If this thing works in "real circumstances" i.e: not in a controlled light environment, they are on to something.
*(don't forget it has an angle with a more intense center and more faded sides)
/. memes dying, netcraft confirms
perhaps the ice becomes more compacted as the pressure increases?
agreed, complete retards the kid even goes "what the hell is wrong with you" and with that sentence he captures the essence of the situation pretty well
Either this person is a frikkin genius on so many levels or I am extremely gullible
I don't think it's very likely that libraries will be done with by 2019. Take the British Library for example, it would take much longer than 11 years to digitise their assets. Of course, if by "library" they mean places where you can read the newest bestsellers, then yes, we can all see the trend... but don't expect libraries (especially the older and bigger ones) to close their doors just yet...
yes, it's pretty much the same except there is no wiimote in this demo
I'll put up a video of multiple point tracking as well I suppose
here's a link to some demos. demos are buggy cos I don't have my good webcam around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGImvHEtUpE
I just released some of my code I was playing around with this summer
:/) was tracking color LED's. This way I was able to create a two player pong game by using a regular webcam and green/red LEDs.
it allows for very similar things.
you can find the code here http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4920
be warned, it has no documentation and its really messy.
the included demo is able to track and plot the movement of multiple IR emitters. I have other demos as well like "swing" detections (ie. swinging motions). A more elaborate hack involved using a wireless mouse+LED to simulate a wiimote experience (moving around the mousepointer and clicking).
To recreate the hack in this story all you need to do is to attach the IR emitter to some glasses.
The last thing I was working on when I had to quit (school started
Obviously using an IR-webcam (simple hack) with IR emmitters is a lot easier because it removes a whole lot of "noise" (ie. useless motion).