I went to see it last night. I do think it looked cheap a lot of the time. The better framerate made it feel like you were watching a live action play. Which obviously means it felt more "real", but I'm not sure that's a good thing. Gandalf's hammy acting was quite noticeable. Martin Freeman was great though I have to say. He saved it all from being a complete let down in my book.
Other issues: The lighting felt quite artificial a lot of the time. I'm guessing maybe they upped the brightness of the film to counter-act the light you lose from polarised glasses. The special effects and physics of the rendered characters/objects were very poor. It felt like a cheap made-for-TV movie. I'm considering going to see it again in 28fps just to see how much my perceptions were being changed by the frame rate. If they were producing everything the same way they did LOTR then I'd say that 48fps needs a lot more attention to detail to make it feel impressive.
You apparently missed the part where I said I agreed with him. I just think he chose a bad example, because anyone can measure weights and volumes with everyday items if they really want to. Your example is much better.
I agree with you, I think hobbit looks like ass, WAY to much detail and no motion blur or warm moments for your eyes to pause on.
I agree with you. I think real life looks like ass. WAY too much detail, and no motion blur. Though our eyes provide "motion blur" anyway on our practically infinite FPS world. Get a grip.
I did for the last 2 years actually, but now I have a car again. Why?:p
I love how people are completely misunderstanding what I was saying, ie that checking up on things on an individual basis is not "impossible" - it's simply impractical and inefficient. Government monitoring of this kind of thing is obviously preferable.
Like I said, I agree with the overall concept of his comment that regulation is good and preferable, I just thought it was weird to say that it's "basically impossible" to validate anything without assistance. It's just a waste of time, rather than impossible.
Fill an authorised container, mark what the pump claims has been dispensed. Take it home and measure it there. Pretty simple if your aim was to check how honest the station's pumps are.
We're not talking about doing it every time, we're talking about whether it's possible or not for users to "price shop" every so often by checking they're getting value for money. I'm not saying it's preferable, just that it's not "basically impossible".
it's basically impossible for drivers (especially those from out of town) to price shop because they don't know how much gasoline they'll actually get for the listed price per gallon.
I agree with your concept, but in this case it's pretty easy to measure out gas into a marked measuring container..
Hmm.. could be that all that stuff about the Great Firewall is just a practical joke. And North Korea is actually a real paradise with real unicorns. They just pretend to be a horrible, insane dictatorship to keep us out..
Yep we can all believe in something eternal, but I have my own reasons for thinking that even if your god existed, it would not be worthy of worship.
I don't think things can really "run out of juice". Even if the multiverses/dimensions obey similar rules of thermodynamics as our own universe, nothing is never gained or lost - it only changes form.
Still, it seems like they were pretty stupid to rush out the app as soon as they did.. I don't get it. Google haven't shown any propensity for screwing their partners over so far.
The art in this cave -- called Lascaux, the Sistine Chapel of cave art -- and in many others that dot parts of France and Spain deservedly ranks with the greatest masterworks of Western art. Yet these paintings have provoked as much vexed speculation as they have wonder and awe: What was their purpose? Why are there so many pictures of animals? The painters had many colors at their disposal, but why do black and red dominate? Why are there no pictures of sky, moon or trees? What are the strange geometric signs found in many of the caves? Why are there few images of people? Just what does it all mean? Such questions have kept generations of scholars and archaeologists busy trying to find a definitive if ever elusive explanation.
Just imagine if in 6000 years all they can find of our current generation is a memes site. Why are there all these images of cats? Why is the same image repeated so many time with different symbols over the top? Why are the animations all in 16 colours rather than a 32bit colour palette?
From what I've read before, the previous Apple Maps app was also made by Apple, just using the Google API. The new app is all Google. I don't think Google really cares about iPhones and iPads. iPhone and iPad users still use Google services and see Google ads.
Apologies, I guess you just meant that the realisation is that you could be a simulation. I think anyone who has watched The Matrix has considered the same thing of course. I think I was considering it before then, but I can't remember. There is an episode of Red Dwarf where they get trapped inside a Virtual Reality simulator that makes you think the same kind of questions too.
The experience of consciousness is the only thing that makes me think there could be something "more". I haven't read very much Philosophy or History, though when I have it's fun to see that others have already had the same thoughts as me. I enjoy Artificial Intelligence, and while I generally consider that a computer can't experience consciousness in the same way we can.. sometimes I wonder "why not?".
Greg Egan wrote the best explanation I've seen so far about one possibility for reality/consciousness in his book Permutation City, calling it the Dust Theory. I'm not sure that I should put any spoilers for people who haven't read the book, but it was one of the few things in the last few years that really made me feel like I was anywhere near close to understanding consciousness.
For work I think I'd prefer the two monitors tbh, as you can angle them both towards yourself.
This looks like it's so wide that it would be preferable for it to curve around slightly like an imax cinema so that all parts of the display are facing you directly.
Now that, I would buy. It would be perfect for gaming as well as work and movies.
Slashdot Mirror
>mfw
Based on the above, who am I?
I'm guessing a retard who doesn't understand that this abbreviation means "my face when".
I don't really care what "enterprise" wants to do as long as I don't have to deal with MS products myself tbh.
I can't turn off the GPS permission just for that app.
You can however leave GPS switched off when using that app. You should have it disabled the majority of the time anyway if you want to conserve power.
I went to see it last night. I do think it looked cheap a lot of the time. The better framerate made it feel like you were watching a live action play. Which obviously means it felt more "real", but I'm not sure that's a good thing. Gandalf's hammy acting was quite noticeable. Martin Freeman was great though I have to say. He saved it all from being a complete let down in my book.
Other issues: The lighting felt quite artificial a lot of the time. I'm guessing maybe they upped the brightness of the film to counter-act the light you lose from polarised glasses. The special effects and physics of the rendered characters/objects were very poor. It felt like a cheap made-for-TV movie. I'm considering going to see it again in 28fps just to see how much my perceptions were being changed by the frame rate. If they were producing everything the same way they did LOTR then I'd say that 48fps needs a lot more attention to detail to make it feel impressive.
You apparently missed the part where I said I agreed with him. I just think he chose a bad example, because anyone can measure weights and volumes with everyday items if they really want to. Your example is much better.
I was just saying that it's possible, not impossible. Anyway, by that logic, they could just cheat when the inspectors aren't around anyway..
I agree with you, I think hobbit looks like ass, WAY to much detail and no motion blur or warm moments for your eyes to pause on.
I agree with you. I think real life looks like ass. WAY too much detail, and no motion blur. Though our eyes provide "motion blur" anyway on our practically infinite FPS world. Get a grip.
Where in the hell did I say it was the better option? I just said it was possible. It's obviously not preferable.
I did for the last 2 years actually, but now I have a car again. Why? :p
I love how people are completely misunderstanding what I was saying, ie that checking up on things on an individual basis is not "impossible" - it's simply impractical and inefficient. Government monitoring of this kind of thing is obviously preferable.
Like I said, I agree with the overall concept of his comment that regulation is good and preferable, I just thought it was weird to say that it's "basically impossible" to validate anything without assistance. It's just a waste of time, rather than impossible.
Fill an authorised container, mark what the pump claims has been dispensed. Take it home and measure it there. Pretty simple if your aim was to check how honest the station's pumps are.
We're not talking about doing it every time, we're talking about whether it's possible or not for users to "price shop" every so often by checking they're getting value for money. I'm not saying it's preferable, just that it's not "basically impossible".
it's basically impossible for drivers (especially those from out of town) to price shop because they don't know how much gasoline they'll actually get for the listed price per gallon.
I agree with your concept, but in this case it's pretty easy to measure out gas into a marked measuring container..
Sure.. poachers, tourists, IP lawyers, that kind of thing.
Hmm.. could be that all that stuff about the Great Firewall is just a practical joke. And North Korea is actually a real paradise with real unicorns. They just pretend to be a horrible, insane dictatorship to keep us out..
Op, op op, OP is correct.
Yep we can all believe in something eternal, but I have my own reasons for thinking that even if your god existed, it would not be worthy of worship.
I don't think things can really "run out of juice". Even if the multiverses/dimensions obey similar rules of thermodynamics as our own universe, nothing is never gained or lost - it only changes form.
Still, it seems like they were pretty stupid to rush out the app as soon as they did.. I don't get it. Google haven't shown any propensity for screwing their partners over so far.
This bit is pretty funny
The art in this cave -- called Lascaux, the Sistine Chapel of cave art -- and in many others that dot parts of France and Spain deservedly ranks with the greatest masterworks of Western art. Yet these paintings have provoked as much vexed speculation as they have wonder and awe: What was their purpose? Why are there so many pictures of animals? The painters had many colors at their disposal, but why do black and red dominate? Why are there no pictures of sky, moon or trees? What are the strange geometric signs found in many of the caves? Why are there few images of people? Just what does it all mean? Such questions have kept generations of scholars and archaeologists busy trying to find a definitive if ever elusive explanation.
Just imagine if in 6000 years all they can find of our current generation is a memes site. Why are there all these images of cats? Why is the same image repeated so many time with different symbols over the top? Why are the animations all in 16 colours rather than a 32bit colour palette?
From what I've read before, the previous Apple Maps app was also made by Apple, just using the Google API. The new app is all Google. I don't think Google really cares about iPhones and iPads. iPhone and iPad users still use Google services and see Google ads.
...and 4 million who did not put any religion ....
Thank God for that!
Wait. Well, you know what I mean..
Apologies, I guess you just meant that the realisation is that you could be a simulation. I think anyone who has watched The Matrix has considered the same thing of course. I think I was considering it before then, but I can't remember. There is an episode of Red Dwarf where they get trapped inside a Virtual Reality simulator that makes you think the same kind of questions too.
And what would that realisation be?
The experience of consciousness is the only thing that makes me think there could be something "more". I haven't read very much Philosophy or History, though when I have it's fun to see that others have already had the same thoughts as me. I enjoy Artificial Intelligence, and while I generally consider that a computer can't experience consciousness in the same way we can.. sometimes I wonder "why not?".
Greg Egan wrote the best explanation I've seen so far about one possibility for reality/consciousness in his book Permutation City, calling it the Dust Theory. I'm not sure that I should put any spoilers for people who haven't read the book, but it was one of the few things in the last few years that really made me feel like I was anywhere near close to understanding consciousness.
The end of having to use my brain.
FTFY ;)
For work I think I'd prefer the two monitors tbh, as you can angle them both towards yourself.
This looks like it's so wide that it would be preferable for it to curve around slightly like an imax cinema so that all parts of the display are facing you directly.
Now that, I would buy. It would be perfect for gaming as well as work and movies.