It's more along the lines of "Woman gets Restraining Order Against Friend, Forgets to Un-Friend Her." She didn't want this other woman 'telephoning, contacting or otherwise communicating' with her, but she was okay with the woman being able to see her FB page and everything she posted?
That's true, but the other side of the coin is, when the original image is shaky/blurry, you can use lower resolution CG on it and most people will never know the difference. Shaking makes good CG harder and cheap CG easier. Unless your CG really stands out from the original image, the eye interprets the deficiencies of detail and proper tracking in the CG as results of the camera's movement. Sounds backwards, but the brain doesn't always interpret visual data like we think it should.
Lucidus is correct, it's an H.P. Lovecraft reference. The story is about a life form of unknown but presumably gaseous nature which sucks the life out of things. It comes in a meteor, hence the name.
What if the life forms are made of gaseous lava? Around Earth surface temperature, I can see the arguments for most life forms being carbon based (though I've heard silicon could have similar properties.)
But at high-energy states like that, it's kind of absurd to begin theorizing about what would or wouldn't be damaging to a life form that evolved in that environment.
I hope somebody figures out a way to damage them before the Colour from Out of Space consumes us all.
So, this is pure ho-hum to me. Let me know when they've done it a couple of dozen times.
No one is claiming this is some astounding breakthrough or unheard of application of technology. They're saying "Hey, these guys sent a video camera up to 100k feet and this is the footage they got. Cool, huh?" Most of us would say we could/would do something like this if we had the time... initiative... willingness to get off our lazy butts and do it. But most of us never will. These guys actually did, and we're applauding them for it.
But if they put a wi-fi tower next to him, the vampires are going to congregate there to check their MySpace pages and the next thing you know they'll develop an immunity to garlic. This dangerous cycle must be stopped!
Well, yeah, but 60's sci-fi never predicted radioactive mutant things would eat Victoria Harbour. We need to study this unexpected change in the preferred tastes of mutated organisms for Canadian over Japanese flavors.
How dare they manufacture a product that could harm people! They should change their company and make harmless, useful equipment like baseball bats, kitchen knives, and tire irons.
We have a responsibility to take care of the earth and that includes animals, but if we put animal life above human life, who's going to take care of things?
We got other means today that work better when it comes to keeping people in check. Still, a general code of moral would be nice. I wouldn't want to watch my back all the time to avoid getting a knife stuck where the sun doesn't shine because I got something someone else wants.
We have laws, which are a moral code, and a law enforcement system to keep people in check... somehow, it still seems to be lacking something.
They should have invited the barbarians in and given them free samples of tupperware and avon. Said barbarians would quickly have decided the Roman Empire had nothing they wanted and gone to sack somewhere with beer and gold.
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It's more along the lines of "Woman gets Restraining Order Against Friend, Forgets to Un-Friend Her." She didn't want this other woman 'telephoning, contacting or otherwise communicating' with her, but she was okay with the woman being able to see her FB page and everything she posted?
That's true, but the other side of the coin is, when the original image is shaky/blurry, you can use lower resolution CG on it and most people will never know the difference. Shaking makes good CG harder and cheap CG easier. Unless your CG really stands out from the original image, the eye interprets the deficiencies of detail and proper tracking in the CG as results of the camera's movement. Sounds backwards, but the brain doesn't always interpret visual data like we think it should.
You've just crossed over...
Lucidus is correct, it's an H.P. Lovecraft reference. The story is about a life form of unknown but presumably gaseous nature which sucks the life out of things. It comes in a meteor, hence the name.
There's an anti-Jack Thompson group? Where do I go to become a fan?
What if the life forms are made of gaseous lava? Around Earth surface temperature, I can see the arguments for most life forms being carbon based (though I've heard silicon could have similar properties.)
But at high-energy states like that, it's kind of absurd to begin theorizing about what would or wouldn't be damaging to a life form that evolved in that environment.
I hope somebody figures out a way to damage them before the Colour from Out of Space consumes us all.
Nope. And nothing in the afterlife, either. AHEM.
So, this is pure ho-hum to me. Let me know when they've done it a couple of dozen times.
No one is claiming this is some astounding breakthrough or unheard of application of technology. They're saying "Hey, these guys sent a video camera up to 100k feet and this is the footage they got. Cool, huh?" Most of us would say we could/would do something like this if we had the time... initiative... willingness to get off our lazy butts and do it. But most of us never will. These guys actually did, and we're applauding them for it.
Crivins!
That, sir, was classic.
But if they put a wi-fi tower next to him, the vampires are going to congregate there to check their MySpace pages and the next thing you know they'll develop an immunity to garlic. This dangerous cycle must be stopped!
Well, yeah, but 60's sci-fi never predicted radioactive mutant things would eat Victoria Harbour. We need to study this unexpected change in the preferred tastes of mutated organisms for Canadian over Japanese flavors.
The Mafia have real guns and aren't afraid to use them. They're also not afraid of being sued.
I think the Greens will be in trouble.
No wonder the new themed sets are so rotten.
As opposed to the natives, who would drive a whole herd off a cliff to eat one or two...
How dare they manufacture a product that could harm people! They should change their company and make harmless, useful equipment like baseball bats, kitchen knives, and tire irons.
Or the police could just go back to using guns...
Now where do I sign up for my tachikoma?
If I only had mod points... but the gorram Reavers ate 'em.
Sad but true... most insightful thing I've heard all day.
We have a responsibility to take care of the earth and that includes animals, but if we put animal life above human life, who's going to take care of things?
We got other means today that work better when it comes to keeping people in check. Still, a general code of moral would be nice. I wouldn't want to watch my back all the time to avoid getting a knife stuck where the sun doesn't shine because I got something someone else wants.
We have laws, which are a moral code, and a law enforcement system to keep people in check... somehow, it still seems to be lacking something.
...hands of blue.
The world is hollow and I have touched the sky.
They should have invited the barbarians in and given them free samples of tupperware and avon. Said barbarians would quickly have decided the Roman Empire had nothing they wanted and gone to sack somewhere with beer and gold.
Rich men are statistically rare. It's easier to just use abusive jerks with Camaros.
Don't you mean Volvos?