... of how hot this laser could get? I'm sorry, I'm not the guy you can throw kilowatts at and know exactly how powerful (or not so powerful) a laser like that is.
Don't get me wrong, it sounds cool, but I've yet to hear of a vehicle mounted laser that could do much damage other than filling people's houses with popcorn.
You've got X coordinates, you've got Y coordinates, you've got T as in time, and now you've got Z as in depth. X,Y,T,Z is four dimensions.
Measuring it that was is kind of interesting. Paper'd be 2D because the image doesn't change. Typical monitors would be 3D since they update 60-100 times a second. And stereo monitors would be 4D (In a sense...) since they are monitors with depth.
Anybody remember 'electric ink' that's supposed to show up one day? That'd become 3D and so on...
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... was a two-layer LCD screen where the foreground layer was transaprent and the background layer was about an inch or two back. I saw one of these at Siggraph 2001.
Okay, it didn't look 3D, but it was still damn cool, and it looked just fine. They had one of these hooked up to a Windows box. I'll tell you guys something, it was cool having a foreground and background layer to put windows around in. I was really getting into that! It was certainly more interesting than trying to pull off stereoscopy with a 'sweet spot'.
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"Here it is at Sharp's site [sharp.co.uk]"
I think I saw an earlier model of one of these at Siggraph 2001. Frankly, what I saw at that show wasn't worthwhile. If you sat in the 'sweet spot' then you got a sublte hint of depth perception, but the effect wasn't stunning to say the least. All you had to do was move your head a little bit and everything would slightly distort. (In other words, it only worked if you kept your head still.)
On the flip side, though, viewing porn on the internet would be more interesting. "Ooo I can turn my head and make her dance!" Heh.
That problem exists with watches, or any other items today. I could buy a VCR, tape a show I want for up to 30 days, and then return it. Despite that risk, they offer 'satisfaction guaranteed' return policies anyway.
The problem is that you have virtually no way to find out what's on the CD before you buy it. Some (and I emphasize some) places offer a way to listen to the CD. But let's be realistic: Who's going to spend 60 minutes in a store just to hear one CD?
I realize that rational's a little extreme (who's really going to listen to an entire CD to determine purchase of it?, but P2P makes it easy to do exactly that, at 0 cost to the RIAA other than they lose the opportunity to keep your money.
Sorry, but I don't sympathize with the RIAA. If the customer says "we prefer buying individual songs" their strategy shouldn't be "well we'll grease up the politiicians so that the law says you have to follow our business model."
"That brings up an interesting question: would Slashdotting a terrorist group's server be considered a patriotic act?"
That was an interesting quesztion!
Here's another: What about Google's cache? Are terrorists going to be required to put 'terrorist' meta tags in their web pages so Google doesn't violate the Patriot Act?
Heh. Though I've seen your sig before, that's not what caused me to post this. I just moved a couple of weeks ago and took an inventory of all my CD's. I did a little math comparing the cost of the album I bought to the number of songs on that album that I enjoyed. I averaged about $5 a song. It's in my interests to be able to buy songs individually, and I don't think it's fair for the RIAA to deny me that ability.
I mean seriously, why doesn't the RIAA set up a website where you can buy licenses to songs in digital format? Send me a certificate saying "yep, he paid for it" and let me go find it on my own. They could make money for nothing.
That wasn't my intention. As a matter of fact, I think grammar/syntax/spelling zealots need to find something better to do. heh. I was actually taking pot shots at your over-literalistic (is that a word? heh) understanding of my question.
"That's a joke...the kind of joke I expect to get branded a troll for."
I hear ya. I burn karma all the time by challenging moderations. =)
"And that's how I stand regarding this issue. I think the answer to your question lies somewhere above. If not, let us continue this wasteful public banter."
Heh I was just messin with ya. Trolling's probably a better word for it. The good news is that your response was far more intelligent than what I normally get. No fun for me, though because I wasn't able to get ya riled up. Oh well!
"If not, let us continue this wasteful public banter."
Aww c'mon, that'd wipe out Slashdot's comments section!
If I buy a watch today, and it turns out I don't like it, I can take it back. Afterall, I won't know if the product is satisfactory until I've had time to get to know it. But if I buy a CD, good or not, I'm stuck with it. Because of this, I'm forced to either gamble with my satisfaction, or find a way to sample the music before I buy.
It's hard for me to rationalize music downloading as stealing when the RIAA is happy to take my money without guaranteeing my satisfaction. Frankly, I think they're stealing my money when they sucker me into buying a CD.
I think their biggest concern is that P2P makes the market for music fair for the consumer instead of biased in the RIAA's favor.
Are you intentionally being thick so you can avoid what I really asked you? If you are, it means you really were going for a +1 Funny. If you aren't, then my next question would be "Is English your native language?".
You know damn well I was asking you what you were hoping to accomplish with that post if it wasn't for karma.
I'm a Lightwave user. Lightwave works on both Mac and PC (Windows). I'd love to go to Mac, but all of LW's coolest plugins are compiled for the Intel architecture.
If I could run OSX on my Intel/AMD, that means I'd finally have some choice between Windows and Apple, since the playing field would become level.
I am a bit naieve, though: If OSX were to suddenly run on an Intel processor, would that mean that Intel compiled plugins would instantly work? Would Newtek have to massage the code to make them work?
There's a minor flaw in what you're saying too. I was referring to building a PC as a gaming platform. Sorry, you can't have a 'gaming PC' and not have 3D accelleration. 2D games are a small niche these days.
I know you meant this sarcastically, but you inadvertently touched on an interesting point: The more interest you have with your computer, the more efficient you'll become with it.
I'm really good with Windows. Always have been. But when I got my first job as an animator, they put me on an Alpha station running NT 3. (yes 3... or was it 3.52 or something like that? All I remember is that the interface resembled Windows 3.0, and I was used to 95.) My boss suggested I find some plugins for Lightwave and get them installed. But I was afraid to mess with this thing! Not only was the interface really different, but it also had an entirely different processor. If it had been NT4 (Umm.. not quite sure if NT4 was ready to go then...) I would have been pretty comfortable in playing with it. Why? Because I used Windows 95 at home and the interface was similar. I had a pretty good idea of what I could do with it and not feel like I'm going to break it.
My point? Well, it's safe to assume most of the people there have a Wintel PC in their house. If the computers they use at work are Wintel as well, they'll be more comfy with it. No matter how good an OS is, it is difficult to support somebody who's unfamiliarity with their system makes them scared to mess with it.
"We have not decided at this point to be 100% Microsoft although that discussion has been entertained. There are certain risks and efficiencies that must be considered regardless of the path taken."
Like or hate their decision, anybody who's ever tried to print from a Linux box to a printer hosted on a Windows machine can sympathize. Technical superiority is fine and all, but ease of use has a larger impact on overall efficiency.
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... of how hot this laser could get? I'm sorry, I'm not the guy you can throw kilowatts at and know exactly how powerful (or not so powerful) a laser like that is.
Don't get me wrong, it sounds cool, but I've yet to hear of a vehicle mounted laser that could do much damage other than filling people's houses with popcorn.
Aren't these screens technically 4-D?
You've got X coordinates, you've got Y coordinates, you've got T as in time, and now you've got Z as in depth. X,Y,T,Z is four dimensions.
Measuring it that was is kind of interesting. Paper'd be 2D because the image doesn't change. Typical monitors would be 3D since they update 60-100 times a second. And stereo monitors would be 4D (In a sense...) since they are monitors with depth.
Anybody remember 'electric ink' that's supposed to show up one day? That'd become 3D and so on...
... was a two-layer LCD screen where the foreground layer was transaprent and the background layer was about an inch or two back. I saw one of these at Siggraph 2001.
Okay, it didn't look 3D, but it was still damn cool, and it looked just fine. They had one of these hooked up to a Windows box. I'll tell you guys something, it was cool having a foreground and background layer to put windows around in. I was really getting into that! It was certainly more interesting than trying to pull off stereoscopy with a 'sweet spot'.
"Here it is at Sharp's site [sharp.co.uk]"
I think I saw an earlier model of one of these at Siggraph 2001. Frankly, what I saw at that show wasn't worthwhile. If you sat in the 'sweet spot' then you got a sublte hint of depth perception, but the effect wasn't stunning to say the least. All you had to do was move your head a little bit and everything would slightly distort. (In other words, it only worked if you kept your head still.)
On the flip side, though, viewing porn on the internet would be more interesting. "Ooo I can turn my head and make her dance!" Heh.
"Who needs an exploit to crash a Windows server?"
Who needs to use the words 'Windows' and 'crash' in a sentence to earn a +1, Funny?
"For anyone who doesn't believe this: Sit through a two-hour long meeting with a manager and then go play twenty minutes of GTA3.
Feeling better aren't you?"
GTA3 definitely relieved a lot of stress for me. It takes too damn long to find a cop in Portland to tease.
Just wanted to thank you for understanding my point. People like to argue with me even though I'm on the right side of the fence. heh.
That problem exists with watches, or any other items today. I could buy a VCR, tape a show I want for up to 30 days, and then return it. Despite that risk, they offer 'satisfaction guaranteed' return policies anyway.
The problem is that you have virtually no way to find out what's on the CD before you buy it. Some (and I emphasize some) places offer a way to listen to the CD. But let's be realistic: Who's going to spend 60 minutes in a store just to hear one CD?
I realize that rational's a little extreme (who's really going to listen to an entire CD to determine purchase of it?, but P2P makes it easy to do exactly that, at 0 cost to the RIAA other than they lose the opportunity to keep your money.
Sorry, but I don't sympathize with the RIAA. If the customer says "we prefer buying individual songs" their strategy shouldn't be "well we'll grease up the politiicians so that the law says you have to follow our business model."
"That brings up an interesting question: would Slashdotting a terrorist group's server be considered a patriotic act?"
That was an interesting quesztion!
Here's another: What about Google's cache? Are terrorists going to be required to put 'terrorist' meta tags in their web pages so Google doesn't violate the Patriot Act?
"I think somebody was inspired by my sig. *G*"
Heh. Though I've seen your sig before, that's not what caused me to post this. I just moved a couple of weeks ago and took an inventory of all my CD's. I did a little math comparing the cost of the album I bought to the number of songs on that album that I enjoyed. I averaged about $5 a song. It's in my interests to be able to buy songs individually, and I don't think it's fair for the RIAA to deny me that ability.
I mean seriously, why doesn't the RIAA set up a website where you can buy licenses to songs in digital format? Send me a certificate saying "yep, he paid for it" and let me go find it on my own. They could make money for nothing.
"Come on now. Don't take pot shots at my syntax."
That wasn't my intention. As a matter of fact, I think grammar/syntax/spelling zealots need to find something better to do. heh. I was actually taking pot shots at your over-literalistic (is that a word? heh) understanding of my question.
"That's a joke...the kind of joke I expect to get branded a troll for."
I hear ya. I burn karma all the time by challenging moderations. =)
"And that's how I stand regarding this issue. I think the answer to your question lies somewhere above. If not, let us continue this wasteful public banter."
Heh I was just messin with ya. Trolling's probably a better word for it. The good news is that your response was far more intelligent than what I normally get. No fun for me, though because I wasn't able to get ya riled up. Oh well!
"If not, let us continue this wasteful public banter."
Aww c'mon, that'd wipe out Slashdot's comments section!
"As if anybody visiting this site would know how to find a life. Heh. "
It would appear as though my silly comment rubbed a moderator the wrong way.
Well, he can have an apology: I'm sorry that my comment touched a sore spot with you. I hope you find that life you're looking for one day. Heh.
If I buy a watch today, and it turns out I don't like it, I can take it back. Afterall, I won't know if the product is satisfactory until I've had time to get to know it. But if I buy a CD, good or not, I'm stuck with it. Because of this, I'm forced to either gamble with my satisfaction, or find a way to sample the music before I buy.
It's hard for me to rationalize music downloading as stealing when the RIAA is happy to take my money without guaranteeing my satisfaction. Frankly, I think they're stealing my money when they sucker me into buying a CD.
I think their biggest concern is that P2P makes the market for music fair for the consumer instead of biased in the RIAA's favor.
As if anybody visiting this site would know how to find a life. Heh.
Are you intentionally being thick so you can avoid what I really asked you? If you are, it means you really were going for a +1 Funny. If you aren't, then my next question would be "Is English your native language?".
You know damn well I was asking you what you were hoping to accomplish with that post if it wasn't for karma.
"Damn, and I tried so hard too. Do you see me caring about being modded up? Well, you shouldn't because I don't."
Okie then, what do ya care about? Obviously my assumption was wrong, so correct me.
I'm a Lightwave user. Lightwave works on both Mac and PC (Windows). I'd love to go to Mac, but all of LW's coolest plugins are compiled for the Intel architecture.
If I could run OSX on my Intel/AMD, that means I'd finally have some choice between Windows and Apple, since the playing field would become level.
I am a bit naieve, though: If OSX were to suddenly run on an Intel processor, would that mean that Intel compiled plugins would instantly work? Would Newtek have to massage the code to make them work?
"Someone has been watching "3rd Rock" recently."
Yep!
Ironically, my funny post accusing somebody of plagarism was plagarized. Heh. I was hoping more people'd catch that, though.
There's a minor flaw in what you're saying too. I was referring to building a PC as a gaming platform. Sorry, you can't have a 'gaming PC' and not have 3D accelleration. 2D games are a small niche these days.
Didn't understand what I was saying, didja? heh.
"It only took me two clicks on the KDE printer wizard and I had mine working. Don't know what the heck you must have been doing......"
Ah yes, the "My experience accounts for everybody's experiences" style of debate. Heh.
You think those are innovative?
NOLF was Quake3 with some Goldenye-esque (N64) features added.
Deus Ex- Haven't played it, so you can have that one.
Thief was mildly interesting, still nothing more than a minor update to Quake3. It's certainly no Tony Hawk, Mario, or even Crash Bandicoot.
"Heh, you'd think they'd go with Mac."
I know you meant this sarcastically, but you inadvertently touched on an interesting point: The more interest you have with your computer, the more efficient you'll become with it.
I'm really good with Windows. Always have been. But when I got my first job as an animator, they put me on an Alpha station running NT 3. (yes 3... or was it 3.52 or something like that? All I remember is that the interface resembled Windows 3.0, and I was used to 95.) My boss suggested I find some plugins for Lightwave and get them installed. But I was afraid to mess with this thing! Not only was the interface really different, but it also had an entirely different processor. If it had been NT4 (Umm.. not quite sure if NT4 was ready to go then...) I would have been pretty comfortable in playing with it. Why? Because I used Windows 95 at home and the interface was similar. I had a pretty good idea of what I could do with it and not feel like I'm going to break it.
My point? Well, it's safe to assume most of the people there have a Wintel PC in their house. If the computers they use at work are Wintel as well, they'll be more comfy with it. No matter how good an OS is, it is difficult to support somebody who's unfamiliarity with their system makes them scared to mess with it.
"We have not decided at this point to be 100% Microsoft although that discussion has been entertained. There are certain risks and efficiencies that must be considered regardless of the path taken."
Like or hate their decision, anybody who's ever tried to print from a Linux box to a printer hosted on a Windows machine can sympathize. Technical superiority is fine and all, but ease of use has a larger impact on overall efficiency.
"I hereby claim the copyright on......all posts not submitted regarding this article."
Plagarist!
Every word this person said has been written before! Here..