to actually live it might not be particularly pleasant. but to be transported their instantly from this time sould be another storie. i would love it too.
you would need to mask out the background and have that seperatly, so it stayed static, and apply the filter only to the character. then you would probably want some control over how details were controlled - eyes blurring into nose/etc. if you want something that looks like it was really done by hand
it all gets more complicated then when information is required to be passed on throughout the film.
there is still the problem of what games look like on the old pc when you are nearing the end of the gamePC 1.0 period.. but it's likely that all game manufacturers would be working towards the 1.1 spec anyway.. much less output at the end of the three years. minor point though really, but to be honest i don't think it'll happen.
i don't know your spec but i would guess you will find doom 3 could run better;)
doesn't run any games but it is fine for most other things i use it for. all i've done is stick more memory in it and another HD.
i agree with what you're saying but there will ever by a "PC" that the offers ease of use of a console - simply because game manufacturers won't be developing for that system for very long.
There's no guarantee consumers are going to stick to buying that model, as there are always better coming out, unlike the console where there's only one option.
so you'll always need to upgrade regularly to keep up.
The reason i use consoles for gaming is because i don't need to upgrade - the games i buy are guaranteed to look and run correctly without any more expense.
the pool is not "completely sealed from the outside world"
from the article:
"The basin is shielded from the influence of the North Atlantic by the narrow Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard, and by the Lomonosov Ridge, which rises close to the surface."
the point is that some of the stuff in there never goes into shallower water, and as it is a "basin" there is no-where else for it to go.
i don't think contamination will be too much of an issue.
You are probably getting confused with lake vostok (or similar), which really is completely sealed.
as i understand it it will be visible against the corona for some wavelengths (not sure..) and so will be visible to those viewing with "special filters" eatlier. (thanks "sky at night"!)
note the link to the SOHO image states it will be visible earlier. but yes, not this early;)
how exactly do you design a robot that can get out of very steep sided craters anyway? grappling hooks?
as for the oppertunity situation, as i understand it there is nothing else in the surrounding area anyway - and plenty within the crater to keep it going for a while.
in my opinion it's pretty well designed for it's situation.
i don't know about anyone else, but the reason i switched from pc gaming to xbox was the ease of use.
playing a game on a pc you have no guarantee it is going to work, even less that it is going to look good or run at the correct speed, certainly after a year or so..
console you can just chuck it in and play away - presumably this would be the same case for the Xbox2 - it's going to look right, play right whatever.
having said that i'm not going to pay a couple hundred extra for limited pc capabilities..
for a while now i have been thinking about how one could use game engines to teach history - obviously this would only work for teaching about battles, and strategies used, but from what i remember (er..) that still covers a reasonable part of the curriculum. Most of these were taught to me by scribbling diagrams on a whiteboard, or watching awful made-for-school documentaries from the 80s.
Using an engine like that of the "Total" series of games it would not be hard at all to set up the battles to run as they were fought.
The teacher can spin around, focus on any one part, speed up or slow down time, as well as display basic graphs as to who is winning what and why.
it wouldn't cost much to make - the technology is practically complete already.
training incompetant history teachers to use the software is another matter entirely..
Can anyone confirm what kind of proportion of "battle history" is taught these days?
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to actually live it might not be particularly pleasant. but to be transported their instantly from this time sould be another storie. i would love it too.
well for a couple weeks anyway.
as i understand it it's the other way round - one of the possibilities mentions the moon "blocking" gravitation from the sun during an eclipse.
doesn't really excite me.
what i really want is attachments over 10Mb...
you don't think they use AI to control the balancing?
you would need to mask out the background and have that seperatly, so it stayed static, and apply the filter only to the character.
then you would probably want some control over how details were controlled - eyes blurring into nose/etc. if you want something that looks like it was really done by hand
it all gets more complicated then when information is required to be passed on throughout the film.
i'm assuming this wouldn't be a free-wheeling sphere, rather controlled externally.
the reason a sphere is used is because it provides a never-ending surface to walk on.
yeah, i suppose that would work.
;)
there is still the problem of what games look like on the old pc when you are nearing the end of the gamePC 1.0 period.. but it's likely that all game manufacturers would be working towards the 1.1 spec anyway.. much less output at the end of the three years. minor point though really, but to be honest i don't think it'll happen.
i don't know your spec but i would guess you will find doom 3 could run better
aah but i have a pc - it's just 4 years old ;)
doesn't run any games but it is fine for most other things i use it for. all i've done is stick more memory in it and another HD.
i agree with what you're saying but there will ever by a "PC" that the offers ease of use of a console - simply because game manufacturers won't be developing for that system for very long.
There's no guarantee consumers are going to stick to buying that model, as there are always better coming out, unlike the console where there's only one option.
so you'll always need to upgrade regularly to keep up.
bullshit mate, we just have weak neck muscles due to them not being used for much.
If we were walking on all fours we would have strong necks like every other animal..
sorry i'm so slow..
£200 every 3-4 years is not going to keep my pc up to spec.
what does it actually mean?
can we then take it that we have found life developing of it's own accord?
or does it just prove that life can _survive_ on a different planet..
how possible, and how likely is it that the same source could populate both the earth and mars? i.e. still the same very unlikely fluke.
Would there be any way to distinguish between very primitive alien lifeforms and earth ones?
The reason i use consoles for gaming is because i don't need to upgrade - the games i buy are guaranteed to look and run correctly without any more expense.
It's not going to solve that problem..
"Their projectors are already down to 2.2 pounds."
mmm lightweight..
apologies.. i really should preview.
from the article:
"The basin is shielded from the influence of the North Atlantic by the narrow Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard, and by the Lomonosov Ridge, which rises close to the surface."
the point is that some of the stuff in there never goes into shallower water, and as it is a "basin" there is no-where else for it to go.
i don't think contamination will be too much of an issue.
You are probably getting confused with lake vostok (or similar), which really is completely sealed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2000/vostok _transcript.shtml
it's whether the user thinks they're going to play them that matters.
great post.
i think that that will happen whatever - whether it happens legally is another question.
i don't think the media industry can hold out forever.
i think probably because it would look shit.
apart from that, what is this article telling us about digital photography?
as i understand it it will be visible against the corona for some wavelengths (not sure..) and so will be visible to those viewing with "special filters" eatlier. (thanks "sky at night"!)
;)
note the link to the SOHO image states it will be visible earlier. but yes, not this early
well they did aim for the flattest bits..
how exactly do you design a robot that can get out of very steep sided craters anyway? grappling hooks?
as for the oppertunity situation, as i understand it there is nothing else in the surrounding area anyway - and plenty within the crater to keep it going for a while.
in my opinion it's pretty well designed for it's situation.
i don't know about anyone else, but the reason i switched from pc gaming to xbox was the ease of use. playing a game on a pc you have no guarantee it is going to work, even less that it is going to look good or run at the correct speed, certainly after a year or so.. console you can just chuck it in and play away - presumably this would be the same case for the Xbox2 - it's going to look right, play right whatever. having said that i'm not going to pay a couple hundred extra for limited pc capabilities..
for a while now i have been thinking about how one could use game engines to teach history - obviously this would only work for teaching about battles, and strategies used, but from what i remember (er..) that still covers a reasonable part of the curriculum.
Most of these were taught to me by scribbling diagrams on a whiteboard, or watching awful made-for-school documentaries from the 80s.
Using an engine like that of the "Total" series of games it would not be hard at all to set up the battles to run as they were fought.
The teacher can spin around, focus on any one part, speed up or slow down time, as well as display basic graphs as to who is winning what and why.
it wouldn't cost much to make - the technology is practically complete already.
training incompetant history teachers to use the software is another matter entirely..
Can anyone confirm what kind of proportion of "battle history" is taught these days?
they are the oil companies..