Sorry to break it to you, but 3D was THE dominant form of visual home entertainment from the 1860s until about 1915. The Holmes stereoscope was found in almost every middle-class household, and the production of stereo cards was big business. Visit the Library of Congress Stereograph Cards [loc.gov] site to get an rough idea of the popularity of the art form.
As for 3D movies, there have been five major waves of popularity:
The 1920s, with gooseneck rotary-shutter viewers (much like current liquid crystal shutterglasses) mounted on the seat in front of you. Admittedly this was limited mostly to a couple of theaters in NYC.
The 1952-53 3D boom, which produced most of the cliches so annoying now. Although if you want to see 3D done right, watch Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" in 3D sometime. The only time anything pokes out of the screen, it's for precisely the right reason. Cameron followed his example for "Avatar." I can also recommend "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" and "It Came from Outer Space" as superior 3D movies from the period.
The early Seventies sexploitation movies, mostly typified by "The Stewardesses" (mostly unwatchable), and "Andy Warhol's Frankenstein," which is very, very watchable, and uses 3D to compound the jokes.
The unfortunate 1983 3D boom, which had precisely zero good movies. The two most famous are "Jaws 3D" and "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone," which should give you an idea of the craptaculosity of the rest of them.
The current period, which shows some promise.
For recent films, you must distinguish between movies specifically photographed in 3D, such as Avatar, Coraline, and any of the computer-generated animated films, and the synthetic 3D done in post-production, like most of the really crappy cardboard-cutout abominations out there now.
3D isn't going to go away, although its popularity may wax and wane. Personally I hope this time it's finally here to stay. There are always idiot filmmakers going to throw things at the screen, and idiot studios who think you can use a computer to make a 2D movie 3D.
There have been less than a hundred movies originally filmed in 3D (not 2D conversions) since the invention of the cinema. It's an expensive process that requires a director able to visualize in three dimensions. How many silent films were made before we got Griffith or Eisenstein or Lang?
It's been around since the early-to-mid 50s, not long after colour became cheap. Queen Elizabeth's coronation was filmed in 3D. Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder was filmed in 3D. You may or may not recall a character in Back to the Future (set in 1955) who wore 3D glasses everywhere as a nod from the filmmakers on just how trendy it was at the time.
What's new is digital cameras and digital projection (because synchronisation was always the hardest technical challenge) and cost-effective circular polarising filters which allow 3D movies to be seen in full colour in both eyes.
> I didn't click on "punch the monkey" ads, blindly click through installers which would install 5,000 toolbars in my web browse > Wow, that was so hard.
For most people, sadly, yes.
I've found updating your Windows / OSX hosts with one of these two clean DNS entries also helps to minimize the damage on computers used by family members...
> As someone who used FF before it was even called FF and the suite before that i hated to see it go but go it had to as its performance has been getting worse it seems as far as CPU spiking and RAM leaking,
Same. Firebird user here. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox#Early_versions)
FF is a PIG. It has become the bloated pig that replaced the original pig Netscape Navigator, er, Communicator.
* I'm tired of extensions breaking because dev's can't plan ahead and stabilize the API design. * I'm tired of it sucking up 1+ GB of RAM*, even hours after you've closed the dam tabs. * I'm tired of a bookmark dialog box I can't fucking resize. This _used_ to be in the one of the native versions, then it got removed. You needed a plugin to restore functionality?? I* 'm tired of the arrow keys not working properly in Tools, Page Info, Media on a Win XP + Win7 box. (Oddly enough arrow keys works in OSX 10.6 with FF 8 !?)
Frankly, FF jumped the shark with 3.x. They don't give a shit about _usability_ instead focusing on "flash in the pan" that no one gives a rat's ass about. Oooh, I can theme the browser. Big Fucking Deal -- Stop hogging my screen real estate and changing how it looks from version to version without giving me an option to go back to the old screen layout OR show me a dynamic web page showing the UI transition from the old style to the new style!
If it wasn't for NoScript + AdBlock I'd switch to another browser but what good alternatives are there that have my favorite extensions already written??
* I'm doing a test on my new rig -- I have a hunch that the fucking memory leaks are due to flash videos so I'm not bothering with flash AT ALL. We'll see how it goes...
So you're offering to pay for the upgrade for all the Win7 licenses? Sweet!
There are ONLY _three_ reasons to ever upgrade an OS:
- Security / Bug-fixes - Drivers - Features
WinXP is "good enough" for the average Joe. Things "just work" -- with Win7 there is no guarantee that everything will _still_ work and won't find something broken.
If Microsoft didn't charge and arm and a leg, and another leg, say $20 for Win7, they would encourage people to upgrade. For $100 (minimum OEM Win7) there is just not enough incentive to upgrade.
If MS was smart they would sell the dam XP cd-key for $20, but gouging customers for essentially what amounts to bug-fixes is there any wonder the majority of business (and home users) go Fuck You MS ?!?!
> Steve H's latest scribble, that the universe just popped into existence and didn't need a creator was lame. Agreed. Energy can not be created nor destroyed yet his explanation is something came from nothing. Riiiiight.
> "We just don't fucking know, and we may never know!" As a Mystic that's the height of scientific ignorance right there: "I don't know, and neither does anyone else." Uh, no, you don't know what I know. At least the agnostics are _honest_ enough to admit, that _they_ don't know.
Science is NOT the only way to find answers, but for the majority of people, it is the BEST way. Science is _incomplete_, and always will be.
> At least let's discuss that the universe/multi-verse is more complex then our current understanding of physics allows for. Agreed. Unfortunately most people are not ready to unlearn before they can learn.
> And speaking of video games, I'm sure you've all read plenty about his pretentious screed(s) that video games are not, and can never be, an art form.
Yup, totally agree that Ebert is a fucking idiot WRT games and art. Perfect examples that games are an art form:
* Limbo * Trine * Team Fortress 2 * Ico and/or Shadows of the Colossus * Ultima 7 * Loom, Monkey Island 1 & 2 * Warcraft 2 * Zork
Idiot Ebert Thinking: "An artist creates a piece of art or a musician composes a song -- that is art, but if that 'said art' is included in a game the art is no longer art." Game Designer: Huh???
> there is no difference in between 25 fps, or 30 fps or 40 fps to the human eye playing a game.
Just because YOU can't see a difference, doesn't imply that everyone else is just as blind. I can CLEARLY tell a difference between 30 Hz and 60 Hz gaming, and so can many gamers.
1. You NEED 60+ Hz framerate so that you can GUARANTEE the _worst_ framerate stays ABOVE 60 Hzm such as when explosions/smoke, etc. is shown.
1. While I agree that safety should be a concern you have fallen for the fallacy of treating the symptom, instead of treating the cause. We all knowing making it illegal to drive while using a phone, drunk driving or without a license stops crashes. OH WAIT.
> I'm pretty sure Christmas was a Christian holiday before...
How The Fuck is Christmas _Christian_ when it is mentioned BEFORE Jesus in the Old Testament???
Jeremiah 10:1-4
This is what the LORD says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them. 3 For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. 4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
> I have a civil right to an Internet domain? Don't remember that from the Constitution...
No offense, but you want to try READING the amendments buddy. Specifically...
X Rights of the States under Constitution
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
No its not -- its bullshit greed, pure and simple. I'm and sick and tired of proprietary shit. It's inefficient, and wastes MY time trying to find the "proper" battery for device X.
Why do you think we have _standards_ such as AA, AAA, C, D batteries for? Or USB that allows devices to charge.
We need _standards_ for lithium-ion batteries as well.
And if MS _really_ cared about making money, they would sell you a dam valid XP key ONLINE for $20, but they are too busy trying to push their new crap for $100+ ($100 for OEM, $150 for Retail). Consumers (and businesses) are basically telling Microsoft "FUCK. YOU." -- We _want_ an OS that will last 5 - 10 years, AND we don't want to pay an arm AND a leg just for upgrades. i.e. _When_ will we get the "promised" new Cairo File System ala WinFS? Oh wait, never. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_(operating_system)
Ideally, you would combine gravity + oceans + geothermal: * Siphon water off the ocean * It falls down a long tunnel, turning a fan * It heats up, goes up another shaft turning fan #2 * Redirect the vapor back into shaft 1
With wave & geothermal, we [would] all the energy we need.
> Specifically looking at uTorrent here which is notorius for giving you check boxes concerning crapware and then installing it anyway regardless of what you checked.
Slashdot Mirror
> at 108mph ( a bazilion kph for those of you out of the US)
Are you really that fricken lazy?
kmph = mph * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 / 10
i.e.
= 108 * 2^4 / 10
= 216 * 2^3 / 10
= 432 * 2^2 / 10
= 864 * 2^1 / 10
= 1728 / 10
= ~172.8
https://www.google.com/#hl=en&cp=20&gs_id=3d&xhr=t&q=what+is+108+mph+in+kmh
Real answer: ~173.8
And to easily convert from kmph to mph in the ballpark figure ...
mph = int(kmph/2) + int(kmph/10)
i.e.
= 172/2 + 172/10
= 86 + 17
= ~103
> No, AFAIK this is the third time they've tried it with movies
Try FIVE (5) times. We already had this discussion two years ago on /. with "The Joke Known As 3D TV"
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1777404&cid=33478946
and
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1777404&cid=33478870
> I didn't click on "punch the monkey" ads, blindly click through installers which would install 5,000 toolbars in my web browse
> Wow, that was so hard.
For most people, sadly, yes.
I've found updating your Windows / OSX hosts with one of these two clean DNS entries also helps to minimize the damage on computers used by family members...
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
> As someone who used FF before it was even called FF and the suite before that i hated to see it go but go it had to as its performance has been getting worse it seems as far as CPU spiking and RAM leaking,
Same. Firebird user here. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox#Early_versions)
FF is a PIG. It has become the bloated pig that replaced the original pig Netscape Navigator, er, Communicator.
* I'm tired of extensions breaking because dev's can't plan ahead and stabilize the API design.
* I'm tired of it sucking up 1+ GB of RAM*, even hours after you've closed the dam tabs.
* I'm tired of a bookmark dialog box I can't fucking resize. This _used_ to be in the one of the native versions, then it got removed. You needed a plugin to restore functionality??
I* 'm tired of the arrow keys not working properly in Tools, Page Info, Media on a Win XP + Win7 box. (Oddly enough arrow keys works in OSX 10.6 with FF 8 !?)
Frankly, FF jumped the shark with 3.x. They don't give a shit about _usability_ instead focusing on "flash in the pan" that no one gives a rat's ass about. Oooh, I can theme the browser. Big Fucking Deal -- Stop hogging my screen real estate and changing how it looks from version to version without giving me an option to go back to the old screen layout OR show me a dynamic web page showing the UI transition from the old style to the new style!
If it wasn't for NoScript + AdBlock I'd switch to another browser but what good alternatives are there that have my favorite extensions already written??
* I'm doing a test on my new rig -- I have a hunch that the fucking memory leaks are due to flash videos so I'm not bothering with flash AT ALL. We'll see how it goes...
So you're offering to pay for the upgrade for all the Win7 licenses? Sweet!
There are ONLY _three_ reasons to ever upgrade an OS:
- Security / Bug-fixes
- Drivers
- Features
WinXP is "good enough" for the average Joe. Things "just work" -- with Win7 there is no guarantee that everything will _still_ work and won't find something broken.
If Microsoft didn't charge and arm and a leg, and another leg, say $20 for Win7, they would encourage people to upgrade. For $100 (minimum OEM Win7) there is just not enough incentive to upgrade.
If MS was smart they would sell the dam XP cd-key for $20, but gouging customers for essentially what amounts to bug-fixes is there any wonder the majority of business (and home users) go Fuck You MS ?!?!
> Steve H's latest scribble, that the universe just popped into existence and didn't need a creator was lame.
Agreed. Energy can not be created nor destroyed yet his explanation is something came from nothing. Riiiiight.
> "We just don't fucking know, and we may never know!"
As a Mystic that's the height of scientific ignorance right there: "I don't know, and neither does anyone else." Uh, no, you don't know what I know. At least the agnostics are _honest_ enough to admit, that _they_ don't know.
Science is NOT the only way to find answers, but for the majority of people, it is the BEST way. Science is _incomplete_, and always will be.
> At least let's discuss that the universe/multi-verse is more complex then our current understanding of physics allows for.
Agreed. Unfortunately most people are not ready to unlearn before they can learn.
> And speaking of video games, I'm sure you've all read plenty about his pretentious screed(s) that video games are not, and can never be, an art form.
Yup, totally agree that Ebert is a fucking idiot WRT games and art. Perfect examples that games are an art form:
* Limbo
* Trine
* Team Fortress 2
* Ico and/or Shadows of the Colossus
* Ultima 7
* Loom, Monkey Island 1 & 2
* Warcraft 2
* Zork
Idiot Ebert Thinking: "An artist creates a piece of art or a musician composes a song -- that is art, but if that 'said art' is included in a game the art is no longer art."
Game Designer: Huh???
Nice point about high art =)
> there is no difference in between 25 fps, or 30 fps or 40 fps to the human eye playing a game.
Just because YOU can't see a difference, doesn't imply that everyone else is just as blind. I can CLEARLY tell a difference between 30 Hz and 60 Hz gaming, and so can many gamers.
1. You NEED 60+ Hz framerate so that you can GUARANTEE the _worst_ framerate stays ABOVE 60 Hzm such as when explosions/smoke, etc. is shown.
2. Average FPS is a useless number compared to MININUM framerate as it completely masks problems.
http://techreport.com/articles.x/21516/1
Maybe you should try reading up on Micro Stuttering before looking like an idiot.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-stutter-crossfire,2995.html
1. While I agree that safety should be a concern you have fallen for the fallacy of treating the symptom, instead of treating the cause. We all knowing making it illegal to drive while using a phone, drunk driving or without a license stops crashes. OH WAIT.
2. Why are you ignoring the greater problem of Alcohol?
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811379.pdf&pli=1
and
http://www.edgarsnyder.com/drunk-driving/statistics.html
http://www.alcoholalert.com/drunk-driving-statistics.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/12/04/2600_us_annual_death_toll/
"Mobile phone-related car crashes are responsible for 1 in 20 highway deaths in the US,"
2000: Total fatalities: 41,945 Alcohol Deaths: 17,380 (41%), Cell Deaths: 2600 (6%)
2009: Total fatalities: 33,808, Alcohol Deaths: 12,744 (38%), Cell Deaths: 5474 (16%)
No offense, but Fuck You and your archaic stuttering video.
If you can't tell the difference between 24 Hz and 60+ Hz, you're blind.
> If ads were all friendly I wouldn't block any of them. I think many (most?) people probably feel the same way.
Um, no, as in DO. NOT. WANT> I want my surfing speed back so I block EVERY fucking ad.
i.e.
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
and
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
FTW
> The remainder of the Newton papers, many concerned with alchemy, theology and chronology, were returned to Lord Portsmouth.
Anyone know how many pages did he spend on physics and how many did he spend writing the rest of the subjects?
Would be interesting to see his insights on what he thought about other subjects ...
> I'm pretty sure Christmas was a Christian holiday before ...
How The Fuck is Christmas _Christian_ when it is mentioned BEFORE Jesus in the Old Testament???
Jeremiah 10:1-4
> Legalizing drugs is not the solution.. just a pipe dream for potheads and teenagers.
Oh, right, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition worked out REAL well.
Why is _alcohol_ and _caffeine_ legal, you idiot? Because society deems the consequences to be less important the _choice_.
So how did the ice and water vapor get there then ... ?
> I have a civil right to an Internet domain? Don't remember that from the Constitution...
No offense, but you want to try READING the amendments buddy. Specifically ...
X Rights of the States under Constitution
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
> To me it sounds like the Red Cross is upset about the *depiction* of *fictional* violations in games.
And they are making the classic mistake of treating the _symptom_, not the _cause_.
Fact: [Unenlightened] people love pseudo-power, pseudo-violence, etc. (Not that there is anything wrong with it IN BALANCE.)
Good luck with changing human nature!
No its not -- its bullshit greed, pure and simple. I'm and sick and tired of proprietary shit. It's inefficient, and wastes MY time trying to find the "proper" battery for device X.
Why do you think we have _standards_ such as AA, AAA, C, D batteries for? Or USB that allows devices to charge.
We need _standards_ for lithium-ion batteries as well.
Wrong thread 'mate
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/12/07/1939237/ge-to-turn-worlds-biggest-civilian-plutonium-stockpile-into-electricity
/sarcasm Uh, hate to break it to you, but Amazon if fucking you for over for $8000
Exact same PDF /end-sarcasm Only an idiot^H^H^H^H^H sucker would spend more then $100 for this info.
$4,500
http://www.giiresearch.com/report/id216661-worldwide-client-device-leasing-financing-2011.html
And if MS _really_ cared about making money, they would sell you a dam valid XP key ONLINE for $20, but they are too busy trying to push their new crap for $100+ ($100 for OEM, $150 for Retail). Consumers (and businesses) are basically telling Microsoft "FUCK. YOU." -- We _want_ an OS that will last 5 - 10 years, AND we don't want to pay an arm AND a leg just for upgrades.
i.e.
_When_ will we get the "promised" new Cairo File System ala WinFS? Oh wait, never.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_(operating_system)
That's what geothermal energy is for.
Ideally, you would combine gravity + oceans + geothermal:
* Siphon water off the ocean
* It falls down a long tunnel, turning a fan
* It heats up, goes up another shaft turning fan #2
* Redirect the vapor back into shaft 1
With wave & geothermal, we [would] all the energy we need.
> Specifically looking at uTorrent here which is notorius for giving you check boxes concerning crapware and then installing it anyway regardless of what you checked.
What are you talking about? Do you mean eMule ??
I concur. The S/N ratio is very good here (even if one does get the occasional down-mod for presenting facts contrary to the group-think.)
--
"Reddit is the Dig of Slashdot."
Excellent summary, but your facts on the 3.5 are incomplete.
Sony helped developed the 3.5 floppy. Apple helped make it VERY popular in '83 with the original Mac.
http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Hide_Under_This_Desk.txt