I wouldn't rule that out either. Some animals can be so different in different phases of their life that even professionals can get them mixed up, especially when they have not been watched for their entire life span.
They aren't playing each other, but that should not affect the completion percentage rate if equal skills were brought to the table.
Even dramatic differences in the sheer number of players should not affect a measurement of Percentage of completion.
So that kind of suggests two sources for the difference, 1) the console controllers, and their effectiveness in game play, OR 2) relative skill level of the players.
The headline suggests its the skill of the PC gamers, but I'm not so sure.
(Not having played the game on either platform, I can't comment on the team coordination capabilities (voice, chat, etc) of the platforms but that might enter into it as well).
But again, claiming permanent damage in children is pure speculation. They readily admit the children's brain will learn how to interpret the fake 3D in a few hours of video or games, but then they turn around and deny the ability to unlearn when the set is turned off.
Lets face it, most people only want to video call ONE OTHER PERSON, their girlfriend/boyfriend, and nobody else. So its not too hard for two people to find a service that works for both.
What is hard is finding a girl that uses Android.
Heretofore, android usage has been something like 95% male. That is only slowly starting to change, now only about 75% male.
There are other solutions for two way video calling already on Android. Personally, I don't find staring up someone's nostrils all that appealing tho....
Our government and corporations stand idly by while China infiltrates our military, government and corporate networks, commits blatant acts of corporate espionage,
Our government and corporations stand idly by because we have not given them the China-like powers of control to prevent it.
To totally control china you would have to BE like china, and you (yes, I mean YOU personally, l0ungeb0y) would be the first to complain if our government gained such power.
There is nothing about this move that is in any way related to a protectionist stifling of competition. Its all about that level of control over its citizens that you seem to find lacking in western society.
They will never soften this government. They will have to wait till they all die off of natural causes. In 30 years, it will be a different world in China.
So even "the commies" are really just tools for the telecom industry.
I presume you are responding to this line in the summary:
is widely seen as a way to protect the traditional telecom operators' profits.
If you believe that bit, I have a bridge to sell you.
The thing is the Chinese government would rather be seen as a tool than to lose control of the population.
Although the encryption in Skype has allegedly been broken (some say the voice encryption portion is still intact) the ability to scan packetized voice (let alone encrypted packetized voice) in real time is probably simply beyond the resources available, especially with things like skype finding their own routes for traffic.
Voip to carriers can at least be watched at the carrier's premises.
This has nothing to do with profits. This is the same government that blocked almost every western news site on the event of a dissident receiving a Nobel prize last month.
No, it isn't. In 3D, the focus is set. The shrubs in the foreground look closer, but you can't focus on them. The trees in the background look farther away, but you can't focus on them.
That is not a problem of 3D that is a limitation of cameras in general.
Further, with enough light and a small enough aperture, this is not a problem. Everything in the scene will be in focus.
There are reasons they hire professionals for this work.
Go see a well made 3D movie some time. You will see how utterly wrong you are.
Oh, I don't think so. There is not a SHRED of evidence to support that.
Further, there is significant difference between the view seen by the two different eyes. Same scene, different position = different image.
The exact same thing happens with two cameras shooting the same action side by side, or CGI generation of images by moving the camera position in the rendering.
You are correct about the focal distance being the same even as the object appears to approach. But that is the only flaw, and one your brain compensates for to a degree.
The fact that you are doing no eye focusing, or actual parallax adjustments with your eyeballs is not missed by the brain, and may be the source of some people's disorientation.
It certainly leads to the "fake" look of movie 3D. You are always aware that what you are seeing is an approximation, usually thrown into the story gratuitously merely to sell the technology.
Will the brain learn this? Or will this technology be quickly abandoned when multi-focal-plane technology arrives?
The Disoriented feeling is probably as much the camera shots in Avatar as any thing else. Its disorienting in 2D as well.
That's not to say that 3D is blameless, because the technology is still far from mature, imperfectly filmed, and reliant on uncomfortable glasses.
There is nothing inherent in 3D that should be problematic. It is, after all, our normal environment, and 2D is what should be problematic. But we have no trouble with 2D, our brain adds the third dimension easily. Even one eyed persons has enough depth perception clues to operate just fine in the normal world.
It seems to me that the 3D technology is a huge kludge, and probably will always be as long as it relies on trying to fool the visual system into seeing depth with images projected upon a common plane, at a common distance.
The process induces so much visual noise the brain works overtime trying to filter it. If we got everything perfectly positioned, the math suggests we should not be able to tell. The brain says otherwise. The brain notices the focus stays the same, regardless of supposed distance. This is not normal. Its a clear anomaly which we have not yet learned to ignore.
As for thinking about the children, I think they are thinking about the lawyers. This sounds like ass covering of the first order.
Actually the only places where people are not yawning is where the cable revealed some petty personal foibles of foreign leaders, like Putin and Ahmadinejad, and those guys are simply out to defend their selves. Their populace learned nothing new.
Nobody was surprised by anything in them. Go read the foreign press some time. Nobody gives a rip.
Wikeleaks has shot their wad. The most damaging things they had the already released. Yawn.
There are a few stories by columnists who believe in "soft power" nonsense but no government is up in arms. There is no rioting in the streets. Its totally a non issue.
USA law doesn't, contrary to popular belief. "Fair use" is a tradition of *defense* against charges of copyright infringement. That's wildly different from being a law.
Slashdot Mirror
If you follow the link to the original story it says
The decision is expected to make Skype, UUCall and other similar services unavailable in China.
Also as far as your claim:
dissident blackhats will find a way to record govt communications, and expose to the world the corruption
I haven't seen any sign of dissident black hats in china, let alone any recording government calls. These people tend to end up in re-education camps.
They are Android. Google makes source available and the tablet vendors do too. There is no requirement to ship the source.
I wouldn't rule that out either. Some animals can be so different in different phases of their life that even professionals can get them mixed up, especially when they have not been watched for their entire life span.
'discovered' multiple times, often by separate scientists."
One would certainly HOPE it was from separate scientists, now wouldn't one.....
Having the same guy name the same snail again and again and nobody catching it wouldn't say much about the rest of the guy's peers.
They aren't playing each other, but that should not affect the completion percentage rate if equal skills were brought to the table.
Even dramatic differences in the sheer number of players should not affect a measurement of Percentage of completion.
So that kind of suggests two sources for the difference, 1) the console controllers, and their effectiveness in game play, OR 2) relative skill level of the players.
The headline suggests its the skill of the PC gamers, but I'm not so sure.
(Not having played the game on either platform, I can't comment on the team coordination capabilities (voice, chat, etc) of the platforms but that might enter into it as well).
An interesting article.
But again, claiming permanent damage in children is pure speculation. They readily admit the children's brain will learn how to interpret the fake 3D in a few hours of video or games, but then they turn around and deny the ability to unlearn when the set is turned off.
ANDROID OS allows for the usage of custom HOSTS files,
None of that is necessary. Why even post this crap?
Simply load your apps from the Android market instead of dodgy Chinese warz sites.
But there is lots of competition for video calling on Android.
A partial list:
http://www.appbrain.com/search?q=video+calling
Lets face it, most people only want to video call ONE OTHER PERSON, their girlfriend/boyfriend, and nobody else. So its not too hard for two people to find a service that works for both.
What is hard is finding a girl that uses Android.
Heretofore, android usage has been something like 95% male. That is only slowly starting to change, now only about 75% male.
There are other solutions for two way video calling already on Android. Personally, I don't find staring up someone's nostrils all that appealing tho....
Our government and corporations stand idly by while China infiltrates our military, government and corporate networks, commits blatant acts of corporate espionage,
Our government and corporations stand idly by because we have not given them the China-like powers of control to prevent it.
To totally control china you would have to BE like china, and you (yes, I mean YOU personally, l0ungeb0y) would be the first to complain if our government gained such power.
There is nothing about this move that is in any way related to a protectionist stifling of competition. Its all about that level of control over its citizens that you seem to find lacking in western society.
They will never soften this government. They will have to wait till they all die off of natural causes.
In 30 years, it will be a different world in China.
One major failure in 8 years is crap?
For the majority of users its a very good (and encrypted) solution to keeping in touch with a crystal clear voice channel.
So even "the commies" are really just tools for the telecom industry.
I presume you are responding to this line in the summary:
is widely seen as a way to protect the traditional telecom operators' profits.
If you believe that bit, I have a bridge to sell you.
The thing is the Chinese government would rather be seen as a tool than to lose control of the population.
Although the encryption in Skype has allegedly been broken (some say the voice encryption portion is still intact) the ability to scan packetized voice (let alone encrypted packetized voice) in real time is probably simply beyond the resources available, especially with things like skype finding their own routes for traffic.
Voip to carriers can at least be watched at the carrier's premises.
This has nothing to do with profits. This is the same government that blocked almost every western news site on the event of a dissident receiving a Nobel prize last month.
The officials, as you so quaintly call them, were doing exactly what they were paid to do.
Nobody has yet pointed out anything other than gossip. None of the diplomats did any thing criminal.
Show one cable documenting a criminal act by any diplomat.
So no citation then.
Fuff off and run away then.
You've proven yourself a blowhard and your bluff has been called.
arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh
Won't somebody please think of the idiots!!!???
Please point to this "Proof".
You can't go on stomping your foot like a spoiled child with out providing at least a citation.
Pictures, or it didn't happen.
But that is the only flaw,
No, it isn't. In 3D, the focus is set. The shrubs in the foreground look closer, but you can't focus on them. The trees in the background look farther away, but you can't focus on them.
That is not a problem of 3D that is a limitation of cameras in general.
Further, with enough light and a small enough aperture, this is not a problem. Everything in the scene will be in focus.
There are reasons they hire professionals for this work.
Go see a well made 3D movie some time. You will see how utterly wrong you are.
Breaking the brain?
Oh, I don't think so. There is not a SHRED of evidence to support that.
Further, there is significant difference between the view seen by the two different eyes. Same scene, different position = different image.
The exact same thing happens with two cameras shooting the same action side by side, or CGI generation of images by moving the camera position in the rendering.
http://www.stereo3d.com/img/21st3dvx3.jpg
You are correct about the focal distance being the same even as the object appears to approach. But that is the only flaw, and one your brain compensates for to a degree.
I addressed this in my first post above.
The fact that you are doing no eye focusing, or actual parallax adjustments with your eyeballs is not missed by the brain, and may be the source of some people's disorientation.
It certainly leads to the "fake" look of movie 3D. You are always aware that what you are seeing is an approximation, usually thrown into the story gratuitously merely to sell the technology.
Will the brain learn this? Or will this technology be quickly abandoned when multi-focal-plane technology arrives?
Because we all know that electricity only comes from batteries...
However, electric buses are nothing new. Many cities have them. The new bit is that they use batteries rather than overhead wires.
The Disoriented feeling is probably as much the camera shots in Avatar as any thing else. Its disorienting in 2D as well.
That's not to say that 3D is blameless, because the technology is still far from mature, imperfectly filmed, and reliant on uncomfortable glasses.
There is nothing inherent in 3D that should be problematic. It is, after all, our normal environment, and 2D is what should be problematic. But we have no trouble with 2D, our brain adds the third dimension easily. Even one eyed persons has enough depth perception clues to operate just fine in the normal world.
It seems to me that the 3D technology is a huge kludge, and probably will always be as long as it relies on trying to fool the visual system into seeing depth with images projected upon a common plane, at a common distance.
The process induces so much visual noise the brain works overtime trying to filter it. If we got everything perfectly positioned, the math suggests we should not be able to tell. The brain says otherwise. The brain notices the focus stays the same, regardless of supposed distance. This is not normal. Its a clear anomaly which we have not yet learned to ignore.
As for thinking about the children, I think they are thinking about the lawyers. This sounds like ass covering of the first order.
LOL..., Soft Power. Such naïveté!
Actually the only places where people are not yawning is where the cable revealed some petty personal foibles of foreign leaders, like Putin and Ahmadinejad, and those guys are simply out to defend their selves. Their populace learned nothing new.
Nobody was surprised by anything in them.
Go read the foreign press some time. Nobody gives a rip.
Wikeleaks has shot their wad. The most damaging things they had the already released. Yawn.
There are a few stories by columnists who believe in "soft power" nonsense but no government is up in arms. There is no rioting in the streets. Its totally a non issue.
USA law doesn't, contrary to popular belief. "Fair use" is a tradition of *defense* against charges of copyright infringement. That's wildly different from being a law.
So Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. 107 is a figment of my imagination then?