Short-term weather is chaotic. Local variations in weather are very sensitive to the initial conditions, so our limited ability to observe the current conditions makes it impossible to predict the weather in the long term.
Although the local weather patterns are chaotic, general weather patterns are not. The Earth's temperature at a single point varies a lot, but the average temperature does not vary much. In fact, there are only so many factors that can influence long-term temperature trends, such as how much heat Earth absorbs, the amount of sunlight it receives, etc. Scientists *are* able to model these factors accurately, so long-term prediction of weather trends is possible.
As a real-world example, meteorologists are able to predict long-term weather patterns such as El Nino, whether the coming weeks will be unusally hot/cold/dry/wet, etc. Just because they're bad at telling you whether it's going to rain on Tuesday doesn't mean you can discredit their concerns about global warming.
Using the same morph targets sculpted for facial animation, the system automatically alters the facial geometry to create, for example, a flatter or broader nose, or a squarer jaw.
Why put so much effort into faces when what really matters to male gamers are breasts and butts? Imagine how enticing it would be...
Using the same morph targets sculpted for body animation, the system automatically alters the rear and bosom geometry to create, for example, a bigger breast or rounder butt.
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More fun would be if we discover intelligent life immeasurably inferior to ourselves and we become their new gods :)
Although the local weather patterns are chaotic, general weather patterns are not. The Earth's temperature at a single point varies a lot, but the average temperature does not vary much. In fact, there are only so many factors that can influence long-term temperature trends, such as how much heat Earth absorbs, the amount of sunlight it receives, etc. Scientists *are* able to model these factors accurately, so long-term prediction of weather trends is possible.
As a real-world example, meteorologists are able to predict long-term weather patterns such as El Nino, whether the coming weeks will be unusally hot/cold/dry/wet, etc. Just because they're bad at telling you whether it's going to rain on Tuesday doesn't mean you can discredit their concerns about global warming.
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Is this stuff related to aerogels?
Googlenews... but then I always go straight to slashdot. The two best sources for news on the net, IMHO.
Why put so much effort into faces when what really matters to male gamers are breasts and butts? Imagine how enticing it would be...
Using the same morph targets sculpted for body animation, the system automatically alters the rear and bosom geometry to create, for example, a bigger breast or rounder butt.
I'd buy that game.
Why bother making random data available for download when there's already plenty of slashdot posts?