they're becoming a total police state. constant surveillance, intercept every email and now this....
i'd say this is absolutely different from a physical key or even a blood sample.
in these cases, the thing can be FORCIBLY REMOVED from you without your consent. they CANNOT do that with the contents of your mind.
yet. until they get a neural von eick phreaking thing working....
oh well, at least the suspects can just do the math. 1 to 5 years in prison vs. whatever might be on their laptops.
ugh.
jin
well duh....
i always thought superstition probably has a very close relationship with both religion and with OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER.
all of the above seem like means of trying to impose a sense of control on factors that may inherently be outside of your control. so by throwing salt over your shoulder, praying to jeebus or washing your hands enough, you can avoid misfortune.
you probably start with vigilance hyper-vigilance hyper-vigilance + super-natural hyper-vigilance + super-natural + coherent backstory. : )
and just as a lot of people probably got burned at the stake because they had tourette's syndrome, i'll bet the pathology informs this phenomenon as well.
jin
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they're becoming a total police state. constant surveillance, intercept every email and now this.... i'd say this is absolutely different from a physical key or even a blood sample. in these cases, the thing can be FORCIBLY REMOVED from you without your consent. they CANNOT do that with the contents of your mind. yet. until they get a neural von eick phreaking thing working.... oh well, at least the suspects can just do the math. 1 to 5 years in prison vs. whatever might be on their laptops. ugh. jin
well duh.... i always thought superstition probably has a very close relationship with both religion and with OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER. all of the above seem like means of trying to impose a sense of control on factors that may inherently be outside of your control. so by throwing salt over your shoulder, praying to jeebus or washing your hands enough, you can avoid misfortune. you probably start with vigilance hyper-vigilance hyper-vigilance + super-natural hyper-vigilance + super-natural + coherent backstory. : ) and just as a lot of people probably got burned at the stake because they had tourette's syndrome, i'll bet the pathology informs this phenomenon as well. jin
actually,
i think the only thing revolutionary about it is its application and the fact that it is being used for VOLUMES - which is really smart.
it's basically a POINT CLOUD which is the data that you get back from a lot of SCANNERS used to scan models and people for movie special fx.
but this point cloud doesn't only go for surface features but volume detail.
and let's not forget - it's just RENDERING VERTICES.
so at most, you could have colored dots but not any kind of texturing or advanced surfacing....
so not that sexy for games but really cool if it speeds up medical imaging.
not brilliant for technology (at least on renderside) but the idea is sharp.
jin