I have been relieved to see that even some non-geeks have rejected Vista.. I hope that things like this disgrace make it into mainstream media and that people take note. I never expected that Microsoft would be able to release such a crappy product (that's really saying something). Seemed like they were heading in the right direction with XP, and that things would only get better. I was resigned to thinking that maybe I should change my opinion of them these days. It's hilarious that Vista sucks so much, but it also has the potential to make me cry if they manage to shove it down the public's throat and it becomes dominant. 50% drop in network speed from playing a sound. It's insane. Especially while the analog hole exists (ie until we all have cyberbrains or live in the Matrix.. not too likely anytime soon). I've always had to stick with Windows for the last 8 years or so just because I wanted to be able to play popular games - but as soon as consoles start using mouse and keyboard, or more games are built for Linux then there will be no reason to have to deal with Microsoft products (apart from at my job, d'oh!..). In fact I'm becoming less interested in gaming as I get older, though I think that may be because more games these days are utter bollocks, rather than me losing interest in gaming. Anyway, I'm rambling. Vive le humiliation!
Captain! I think our new radar system is picking up some kind of Extra Terrestrial being, it's changing velocity at an incredible rate and appears to have multiple engines ejecting solid propellant fuel at.. oh wait, it's the screensaver, never mind.
And damnit, why does this joystick only have one button?
Why would anyone laugh, unless this was in 2002 or something? I used Windows 98 at home until I got fed up of the latest games requiring XP.. I didn't start using PCs until around 99 though, it was always Macs and Amigas before that.
I actually do pay for my music (well okay, 98% of it, I download singles that I wouldn't otherwise buy the album to listen to, or will later get the album - no I don't do singles, waste of money..), but between these guys and RIA*/recording industry types, I know who I'd prefer to get rid of. They screw over artists, and these days it's very apparent that they're screwing over their customers too. They have no honour.
"Soon will I rest, yes, forever sleep. Earned it I have. Twilight is upon me, soon night must fall... argh! WTF doing in my bed you are?!!! Out you get!!"
Yep.. the first Matrix film was pretty fresh and interesting (to people that don't watch a lot of anime at least!), but they even managed to mess up the sequels. They do seem to be about the gimmicks:o The car scene that they spent millions on in the second movie wasn't even any good. Good car chase scenes don't even need expensive cars or special effects to be good, they just need good drivers and interesting locations/stunts
Didn't know about the 4th. I knew about the rods and cones in the eye, but I guess I didn't really think exactly how that has to influence any displays that we create, I thought that you only needed one wavelength per colour.
Yep that's what I was thinking too, but I think that army spec nightvision just amplifies light a lot rather than using a little IR flashlight type thing like you get on camcorders.
After thinking about it more, I see what you mean. Black, white and greys aren't colours in the visual spectrum, rather white needs to be made from a mix of other colours, and black is the absence of colour.. so simply being able to set a colour isn't enough, you need to control the brightness and still need to be able to mix different frequencies. So if you didn't have some kind of filter then you'd have a pretty weird looking display. Should have known better than to think a low/. id'er needed me to explain things:P
Might be better just to use bluetooth or a short cabled connection to hook into the goggles.. unless night vision can amplify the screen in enough detail when it's getting so little ambient light on it.
Wouldn't it create even more atmosphere if you had to shine torches at the display to be able to see it? And anyone wanting to read an e-book under their covers with a torch could still do it
Presumably the only reason that we have to use pixels, are because we didn't have any material (or any cost effective method of manipulating a meterial) that could produce colours of any desired frequency (until now). So they just used single coloured phosphors that could be adjusted to different brightnesses of a single colour, and when mixed with 2 other colours, can fool the eye into seeing any colour. If you can just set the colour directly, why bother using 3 separate colours to fake it instead.
A sizable chunk of my comment was lost due to the fact that I did a '>.' smily while my comment was submitted in HTML format.. *sigh* could have made it a bit more understandable!
Everyone has always laughed at me for the last 15 years for augmenting my clothes with tin foil. Especially those guys in the next lab with the large microwave emitter. But who's laughing NOW?
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DRaMa!! Or quite possibly drmAA. Who even knows any more.
I have been relieved to see that even some non-geeks have rejected Vista.. I hope that things like this disgrace make it into mainstream media and that people take note. I never expected that Microsoft would be able to release such a crappy product (that's really saying something). Seemed like they were heading in the right direction with XP, and that things would only get better. I was resigned to thinking that maybe I should change my opinion of them these days. It's hilarious that Vista sucks so much, but it also has the potential to make me cry if they manage to shove it down the public's throat and it becomes dominant. 50% drop in network speed from playing a sound. It's insane. Especially while the analog hole exists (ie until we all have cyberbrains or live in the Matrix.. not too likely anytime soon). I've always had to stick with Windows for the last 8 years or so just because I wanted to be able to play popular games - but as soon as consoles start using mouse and keyboard, or more games are built for Linux then there will be no reason to have to deal with Microsoft products (apart from at my job, d'oh!..). In fact I'm becoming less interested in gaming as I get older, though I think that may be because more games these days are utter bollocks, rather than me losing interest in gaming. Anyway, I'm rambling. Vive le humiliation!
Although you have to admit it was devastatingly obvious :p
So what are you going to use to power your safety-critical systems if it's not your 'plane power'? Get everyone in the back to pedal some dynamos?
Captain! I think our new radar system is picking up some kind of Extra Terrestrial being, it's changing velocity at an incredible rate and appears to have multiple engines ejecting solid propellant fuel at.. oh wait, it's the screensaver, never mind.
And damnit, why does this joystick only have one button?
Why would anyone laugh, unless this was in 2002 or something? I used Windows 98 at home until I got fed up of the latest games requiring XP.. I didn't start using PCs until around 99 though, it was always Macs and Amigas before that.
Wait, you're talking about the RIAA, right?
I actually do pay for my music (well okay, 98% of it, I download singles that I wouldn't otherwise buy the album to listen to, or will later get the album - no I don't do singles, waste of money..), but between these guys and RIA*/recording industry types, I know who I'd prefer to get rid of. They screw over artists, and these days it's very apparent that they're screwing over their customers too. They have no honour.
"Soon will I rest, yes, forever sleep. Earned it I have. Twilight is upon me, soon night must fall... argh! WTF doing in my bed you are?!!! Out you get!!"
If only it didn't have the amazingly pathetic 'sex' scene after.. you'd think The One would be able to last a bit longer than that!
Yep.. the first Matrix film was pretty fresh and interesting (to people that don't watch a lot of anime at least!), but they even managed to mess up the sequels. They do seem to be about the gimmicks :o The car scene that they spent millions on in the second movie wasn't even any good. Good car chase scenes don't even need expensive cars or special effects to be good, they just need good drivers and interesting locations/stunts
I'm thinking you could get pretty impressive stats for all three by playing Team Fortress all day!
Shouldn't someone should point that out to them?
Didn't know about the 4th. I knew about the rods and cones in the eye, but I guess I didn't really think exactly how that has to influence any displays that we create, I thought that you only needed one wavelength per colour.
Eh, you've just been watching too much Mrs Doubtfire. A backlit display is more handy anyway.
Oh, my apologies.. flashlight.
Yep that's what I was thinking too, but I think that army spec nightvision just amplifies light a lot rather than using a little IR flashlight type thing like you get on camcorders.
After thinking about it more, I see what you mean. Black, white and greys aren't colours in the visual spectrum, rather white needs to be made from a mix of other colours, and black is the absence of colour.. so simply being able to set a colour isn't enough, you need to control the brightness and still need to be able to mix different frequencies. So if you didn't have some kind of filter then you'd have a pretty weird looking display. Should have known better than to think a low /. id'er needed me to explain things :P
Might be better just to use bluetooth or a short cabled connection to hook into the goggles.. unless night vision can amplify the screen in enough detail when it's getting so little ambient light on it.
Wouldn't it create even more atmosphere if you had to shine torches at the display to be able to see it? And anyone wanting to read an e-book under their covers with a torch could still do it
Presumably the only reason that we have to use pixels, are because we didn't have any material (or any cost effective method of manipulating a meterial) that could produce colours of any desired frequency (until now). So they just used single coloured phosphors that could be adjusted to different brightnesses of a single colour, and when mixed with 2 other colours, can fool the eye into seeing any colour. If you can just set the colour directly, why bother using 3 separate colours to fake it instead.
Why would he be paying for wood anyway when a lot of content on the net is free?
A sizable chunk of my comment was lost due to the fact that I did a '>.' smily while my comment was submitted in HTML format.. *sigh* could have made it a bit more understandable!
No, I was saying that's what I'd prefer. Microsoft products are 1% style, 0.8% substance and 98.2% bugs. That's only a rough estimate.
Disappointingly, that article doesn't mention if their young are called puppies or not.
Everyone has always laughed at me for the last 15 years for augmenting my clothes with tin foil. Especially those guys in the next lab with the large microwave emitter. But who's laughing NOW?