Just wait...a number of countries in the middle east are contemplating (or already have) switching over to the euro for their oil money. Iraq for one petitioned the UN in 2000. It's gonna stir up the international money markets quite some when this happens multilaterally.
What amused me most was Spielberg's response to Lucas.
At one point, in that factory chase scene, Anakin gets his hand 'caught' in a press. Now, apart from the fact that his hand should be flat and all the other pieces to get stuck in that press came out flat [ie minus convinient the arm shape], Anakin (and Lucas) was screwing around there...a bad little section in that action sequence which really doesn't play well on screen.
But what was so funny was when Spielberg came out with Minority Report, kinda the same thing happens (I believe when the guy gets built into the car)...but Tom Cruise just pulls his arm out of the pressed metal part [which this time actually conforms to a 'real' object]:)
I really thing Spielberg put that in there just to say to Lucas: "/this/ is how you should've handled that!";)
Hmm....it might just be me, but I don't really see the current crop of 3d tools as limiting. Not in style, at any rate. Usability, maybe, but in the same way as c++ is, or paint. You just have to life with the fact that it's not easy. It's actually a bit difficult, sometimes.
You have to learn how to use your tools, if you want to be effective with them...just as you have to learn how to use C++, or oilpaints. If you don't learn 'em, you never create something aweinspiring.
More to the point; if you know your tools, you won't be limited by them. And I have to say, I haven't really been limited by them in terms of what I can do...the only limitation is how much time and effort I put into a scene.
Nope, more like it's a country grown up out of puberty which has recognised the value of diplomatic efforts above warfare.
I mean, there's a reason that the US won't sign up for the international court of justice...to many americans will be brought befoe it for warcrimes (guantanamo bay and the failure to do anything about looting in iraqi cities [direct contravention of geneva conventions] come to mind).
There where three options: diplomacy, war and unscrupulous use of force. Just seems that these french guys said 'screw that' and made a movie instead.
SO? I fail to see that as a bad thing. I mean, come on, we are a part of the target demographic, and people on/. do think it's cool, neat and at the very least relevant.
True, an article about what they used to render it and some of the production pitfalls would be better, but rather this that those spams about webcams and viagra in my mailbox.
Hello, clueless. Any professional will tell you this: never blame the tools.
It is a fact that a great artist is good because he knows what he is doing and can translate that. That is also the reason why any production house, be it for film, tv or games, hires people who are artists first and can use a computer second. Why? Because one can easily train someone to use a computer, but to be a good artist (with a head for proportions, colour, perspective, whatever) takes a whole lot longer to learn.
Blaming the tools just shows the world how little you know, or how bad an artist you are.
'cos it's done in english originally, to be dubbed for all other languages later? RTFA to find out they did it in english because they are after a worldwide release.
Looks like he has good reason not to take up this counter offer, not least of which is the fact that these people need to make a counteroffer in the first place, instead of conforming to a standard doubleblind tests (which their 'scientific tests' only includes for the choosing of the target out of a hat).
Another problem is the selection of judges. Those guys might know law, but wtf does that have to do with anything? Members of the intelligence community, that would make a bit more sence, or statisticians.
And that segues nicely into the fact that this is only an offer for one target. The scientific method requires multiple tests, based purely on teh fact that one positive can just be luck...multiple tests must be performed, as well as control groups...otherwise, thsi doesn't qualify as a scientific test, much less a doubleblind one.
And then there is the utterly subjective 'winning condition'. Something based on the number of defining features on the target and on the drawing would be a start.
Sorry, but PSITECH should first of all have a look at how a doubleblind test is done, then have a look at defining criteria and furthermore have a think about how judging can be made to conform to the scientific method (and that isn't just a phrase, it is a very well defined set of standards all this must adhere to).
No he doesn't...it's not his money, but a fund put together by a bunch of people. Randi only organises the testing to be done by the proper scientific institutions.
Yeah? So why hasn't anyone gotten Randy's 1 million dollars yet? You go up to him, show him a genuine phenomenon in a controlled experiment, and you're richer by 1 million.
Future Crew rocks! Or should I say rocked? Altered Reality and Second Reality (god, I hope I got the names right...and I'll be real embarresed if it turns out it wasn't even FC who made 'em:) ) were seminal peices of computer prowess. It's just sad the demo scene has gone underground...(although farbrausch has really amazed me, with only 64k).
Just means you and your friends are lazy. All large-scale, scientifically sound studies show that dope is not physically habit forming and only marginally mentally habit forming. So much so that a couple of days 'cold turky' gets rid of that monkey on your back.
Yup; there are more ways than one to skin a cat. If you solve a problem no-one's even thought of solving, the company you present to can figure out a way to solve it which circumvents your patent. Not only that, but they can figure out a number of ways to make your life difficult if they're so inclined.
A patent can be set up so that what it solves isn't immediately obvious. And even though a patent is published, it's still buried in a million others, so the company won't immediately see what's out there.
But that's the whole point: you never avoid the R&D. Bringing out your ptoduct doesn't mean you have to write white papers detailing the whole production process, publishing code or saying that widget a should be more than x milimeters from slot b. A freerider sees the finished product...only if it's a simple product would they be able to get theirs out in a small timeframe. And even then, that takes time; planning, material, production facilities and people don't just 'happen'.
If we were talking mere IP tradinghouses (a la ebay), I wouldn't have much of a problem. But the problems inherent in the current structure is that these IP firms actively block idea's from happening if they don't hold the patents and also pocket a large amount of cash in the process which should have gone to the inventor. More to be said on this but I gotta go...I'll finish later...
Well, there's numerous studies, latest being the one the Canadian government commissioned, citing a 5%-10% addiction rate. That falls within normal margins (ie, you can have that kind of rate with driving a car, having sex etc).
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Just wait...a number of countries in the middle east are contemplating (or already have) switching over to the euro for their oil money. Iraq for one petitioned the UN in 2000. It's gonna stir up the international money markets quite some when this happens multilaterally.
"I always thought of spiderman as hyper-energetic and outgoing"
Don't you just love it when your cultural upbringing is disrupted by the rampaging horde who thinks they know it all after having seen a movie?
What amused me most was Spielberg's response to Lucas.
:)
;)
At one point, in that factory chase scene, Anakin gets his hand 'caught' in a press. Now, apart from the fact that his hand should be flat and all the other pieces to get stuck in that press came out flat [ie minus convinient the arm shape], Anakin (and Lucas) was screwing around there...a bad little section in that action sequence which really doesn't play well on screen.
But what was so funny was when Spielberg came out with Minority Report, kinda the same thing happens (I believe when the guy gets built into the car)...but Tom Cruise just pulls his arm out of the pressed metal part [which this time actually conforms to a 'real' object]
I really thing Spielberg put that in there just to say to Lucas: "/this/ is how you should've handled that!"
Screw it, I'll be a polytheistic athiest...in other words, I disbeleive in many gods :)
If you can get the tilde (~) to stand on it's side, there would be :)
Hmm....it might just be me, but I don't really see the current crop of 3d tools as limiting. Not in style, at any rate. Usability, maybe, but in the same way as c++ is, or paint. You just have to life with the fact that it's not easy. It's actually a bit difficult, sometimes.
You have to learn how to use your tools, if you want to be effective with them...just as you have to learn how to use C++, or oilpaints. If you don't learn 'em, you never create something aweinspiring.
More to the point; if you know your tools, you won't be limited by them. And I have to say, I haven't really been limited by them in terms of what I can do...the only limitation is how much time and effort I put into a scene.
Eat my sig, AC.
Nope, more like it's a country grown up out of puberty which has recognised the value of diplomatic efforts above warfare.
I mean, there's a reason that the US won't sign up for the international court of justice...to many americans will be brought befoe it for warcrimes (guantanamo bay and the failure to do anything about looting in iraqi cities [direct contravention of geneva conventions] come to mind).
There where three options: diplomacy, war and unscrupulous use of force. Just seems that these french guys said 'screw that' and made a movie instead.
SO? I fail to see that as a bad thing. I mean, come on, we are a part of the target demographic, and people on /. do think it's cool, neat and at the very least relevant.
True, an article about what they used to render it and some of the production pitfalls would be better, but rather this that those spams about webcams and viagra in my mailbox.
Remember Star Wars? Same thing; the Empire was British, the rebelion was american.
The reason of course was that britain was a colonial power. Nowadays, the use of accents should be reversed.
Hello, clueless. Any professional will tell you this: never blame the tools.
It is a fact that a great artist is good because he knows what he is doing and can translate that. That is also the reason why any production house, be it for film, tv or games, hires people who are artists first and can use a computer second. Why? Because one can easily train someone to use a computer, but to be a good artist (with a head for proportions, colour, perspective, whatever) takes a whole lot longer to learn.
Blaming the tools just shows the world how little you know, or how bad an artist you are.
'cos it's done in english originally, to be dubbed for all other languages later? RTFA to find out they did it in english because they are after a worldwide release.
uhh...you mean 1,3,7 trimethylxanthine?
Wow...you have a deathwish or something?
Nah, you just have to make 'em think they understand...that's a lot easier :)
Looks like he has good reason not to take up this counter offer, not least of which is the fact that these people need to make a counteroffer in the first place, instead of conforming to a standard doubleblind tests (which their 'scientific tests' only includes for the choosing of the target out of a hat).
Another problem is the selection of judges. Those guys might know law, but wtf does that have to do with anything? Members of the intelligence community, that would make a bit more sence, or statisticians.
And that segues nicely into the fact that this is only an offer for one target. The scientific method requires multiple tests, based purely on teh fact that one positive can just be luck...multiple tests must be performed, as well as control groups...otherwise, thsi doesn't qualify as a scientific test, much less a doubleblind one.
And then there is the utterly subjective 'winning condition'. Something based on the number of defining features on the target and on the drawing would be a start.
Sorry, but PSITECH should first of all have a look at how a doubleblind test is done, then have a look at defining criteria and furthermore have a think about how judging can be made to conform to the scientific method (and that isn't just a phrase, it is a very well defined set of standards all this must adhere to).
Any scientist would reject PSITECH's 'offer'.
No, but have you noticed that dams are damn impressive? I'd like to go there as a tourist and not be watched while I enjoy the view.
Yup...it's pretty purty. But it has one drawback: as well as you can see the paper in the light, you won't be qable to spot it at night.
:)
Now if they could somehow combine this with OLED technology, you'd have a even more amazing piece of tech
No he doesn't...it's not his money, but a fund put together by a bunch of people. Randi only organises the testing to be done by the proper scientific institutions.
Yeah? So why hasn't anyone gotten Randy's 1 million dollars yet? You go up to him, show him a genuine phenomenon in a controlled experiment, and you're richer by 1 million.
hehe...what torpor said :)
:)
Now all you need is a Spaceball5000
Future Crew rocks! Or should I say rocked? Altered Reality and Second Reality (god, I hope I got the names right...and I'll be real embarresed if it turns out it wasn't even FC who made 'em :) ) were seminal peices of computer prowess. It's just sad the demo scene has gone underground...(although farbrausch has really amazed me, with only 64k).
Just means you and your friends are lazy. All large-scale, scientifically sound studies show that dope is not physically habit forming and only marginally mentally habit forming. So much so that a couple of days 'cold turky' gets rid of that monkey on your back.
Don't believe me; go look at the studies.
Yup; there are more ways than one to skin a cat. If you solve a problem no-one's even thought of solving, the company you present to can figure out a way to solve it which circumvents your patent. Not only that, but they can figure out a number of ways to make your life difficult if they're so inclined.
A patent can be set up so that what it solves isn't immediately obvious. And even though a patent is published, it's still buried in a million others, so the company won't immediately see what's out there.
But that's the whole point: you never avoid the R&D. Bringing out your ptoduct doesn't mean you have to write white papers detailing the whole production process, publishing code or saying that widget a should be more than x milimeters from slot b.
A freerider sees the finished product...only if it's a simple product would they be able to get theirs out in a small timeframe. And even then, that takes time; planning, material, production facilities and people don't just 'happen'.
If we were talking mere IP tradinghouses (a la ebay), I wouldn't have much of a problem. But the problems inherent in the current structure is that these IP firms actively block idea's from happening if they don't hold the patents and also pocket a large amount of cash in the process which should have gone to the inventor. More to be said on this but I gotta go...I'll finish later...
Well, there's numerous studies, latest being the one the Canadian government commissioned, citing a 5%-10% addiction rate. That falls within normal margins (ie, you can have that kind of rate with driving a car, having sex etc).
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A quick google turned this up:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/Committee_SenRep.a
Check chapter 17 of the summary.
I could also give you links to german, dutch and french studies, but you'll have to google for them yourself.