Greg Wright - Slashdot User

Comment So, the StarGate program then. (Score 1) 223

by Greg Wright on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @12:41PM (#63640492) Attached to: Congress Doubles Down On Explosive Claims of Illegal UFO Retrieval Programs

> stunning allegations that a clandestine, decades-long effort to recover, analyze and exploit objects of "non-human" origin has been operating illegally without congressional oversight.

Senator Kinsey must be involved. If this is kept secret, it will be because *supreme* commander Thor gets involved.

AI Helps Restore Rembrandt's Night Watch Masterpiece (bbc.com) 10

Posted by BeauHD on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @07:30PM from the brought-back-to-life dept.

For the first time in more than 300 years, Rembrandt's masterpiece The Night Watch can again be seen in its entirety in the Netherlands. The BBC reports: Created in 1642 by the Dutch master, the huge picture was trimmed on all four sides in 1715 to fit between two doors in Amsterdam town hall. The city's Rijksmuseum has now added the missing scenes from a small, early copy of the original. It used artificial intelligence (AI) to mimic Rembrandt's style.

The Night Watch is considered Rembrandt's most ambitious work. It was commissioned by the mayor and leader of the civic guard of Amsterdam, Frans Banninck Cocq, who wanted a group portrait of his militia company. Prior to the restoration the painting was nearly 4m tall and 4.5m wide (12.5 x 15 ft) and weighed 337kg (743lb). As well as being famous for its size, the piece is acclaimed for its use of dramatic lighting and movement. In 1975, a man armed with a bread knife fought off a museum guard and slashed the painting, telling bystanders that he "did it for the Lord." The piece was also attacked with a knife in 1911 and sprayed with a chemical in 1990, but only minor damage occurred on both occasions that was relatively easy to repair.

Comment Stargate SG1, Warehouse 13, Eureka, etc. (Score 1) 117

by Greg Wright on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @10:56AM (#56163233) Attached to: New Data Shows Netflix's Number of Movies Has Gone Down By Thousands of Titles Since 2010

None of these are available any longer. If they do have 3x the number of TV shows that they used to, they don't have the ones I want. :-(

Samsung's Comparison of Galaxy S To iPhone 383

Posted by Unknown Lamer on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @11:25AM from the bring-back-keyboards dept.

david.emery writes "In a document from the ongoing Samsung/Apple trial, provided in both English translation and Korean original, Samsung engineers provided a detailed comparison of user interface features in their phone against the iPhone. In almost all cases, the recommendation was to adopt the iPhone's approach. Among other observations, this shows how much work goes into defining the Apple iPhone user experience." Ars has an article on the evidence offered by Apple so far.

Comment Re:"Over"? (Score 1) 244

by Greg Wright on Tuesday February 15, 2011 @03:58PM (#35213930) Attached to: Two-way Radio Breakthrough To Double Wi-Fi Speeds

@6Yankee, you beat me to it. If I had mod points I would mod you up and your parent down. I know which of you two I would want to share an crowded pattern with.

New Gadget Tells You When To Take a Break 50

Posted by samzenpus on Friday June 04, 2010 @09:46AM from the step-away-from-the-keyboard dept.

Kilrah_il writes "An Israeli company developed a gadget that measures your blood pressure and tells you when you are stressed and need to take a break from your computer. 'The user grasps two sensors shaped like computer mouses to measure the electric activity of the heart in minute detail. Software then combines the measurements with prerecorded personal details such as age and sex to calculate various indicators for stress and mood.' Looks like a must-have accessory for Slashdotters everywhere."

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