Comment Re:I no longer think this is an issue (Score 1) 258
Watch the old film, Collossus
Watch the old film, Collossus
Tree branches ringing against each other like crystal bells after an ice storm. Once every 1 or 2 years in Northern New Jersey we would have an ice storm. It would completely coat trees in a thick layer if solid ice. The next day the world would be utterly silent, save for the tinkling and chiming of branches as unsern breezes would bang them against each other. For that matter, simply walking unplowed snowy streets with hardly anyone around, snow crunching underfoot is very rare to me. But I think due to global warming perhaps we don't get ice storms that crystallize the tree branches, or the 3 feet of snow I remember.
There is a nice Mac OSX application that simulates this. It maps Internet radio sites onto an analog band and you turn the knobs. Very addictive!
http://sinpo55555.com/mRX-8000...
The CHUNK-CHUNK-CHUNK of a keypunch machine. It has a keyboard and each time you type a letter, an oblong hole is punched into a Hollerith card. When I was in elementary school maybe 35 or so years ago I was lucky enough to be able to take weekend classes in Fortran at a giant high school that had a whole room sized system. One card for one line of code, and throw out one if you make a typo. You could write on them. You put a stack of cards into a hopper on the reader machine and then could run the program. I Don't remember if it had a screen.
Anyway, let me tell you that was a VERY satisfying sound that makes a visceral thud through the table and your hands on the keyboard. I miss it.
That school - Allendale HS in New Jersey - had a real planetarium with two-lobed projector too where I learned some basic astronomy. It was a wonderful experience that had big impa ct on me.
This seems to be an emulator!
http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist...
http://x3270.bgp.nu/x026.html
I recently was given a business class trip on Cathay which was great except last legon a narrow jet the seats were arranged diagonally. That was horrible. Even when you can tilt all the way down. Look you want to be aligned with the axjs of flight.
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might be more realistic.
It might draw more talent?
Could augment by adding other sensors such as microwave, laser or terahertz imaging, to detect signals being generated by tongue and vocal cords, or even to directly image the organs themselves.
Also it seems possible that since tge whole head vibrates, reflections or motions of eye, nose lips and forehead might provide vibratory cues.
Honestly they couldn't change the name before open sourcing it?
I cannot see any company saying oh yeah let's use scumblr. And it might even be a good tool, who knows.
I wouldn't even want to propose it, and my customer actually uses similar systems.
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