klaasvakie - Slashdot User

Comment Re:That is always the trickey part (Score 2, Informative) 253

by klaasvakie on Monday July 05, 2010 @11:13AM (#32799624) Attached to: New Material Can Store Vast Amounts of Energy

>Guys running through exploding shells in movies pisses me off...
>the scene in Band Of Brothers when they are in the forest during
>the Battle of the Bulge... where trees are being shredded and people
>are vapourized... that is closer to the truth

While I am not disputing what you are saying, I believe shelling can also be hugely ineffective. In Fred Bridgland's book A War for Africa he tells of how South African G5 (155 mm) shells were unable to injure or kill enemy soldiers if landing more than 3m from the target. Bridgland attributes this to the thick sand in which the shells landed.

What's the Importance of Graphics In Video Games? 506

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday July 09, 2009 @04:43AM from the not-all-pixels-are-created-equal dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I develop games as a hobby. I've experimented with games on almost every platform available. For me, the gameplay is the most influential factor of a game, with history and graphics dividing second place. But, for some reason, it's not the technical beauty of the graphics that appeal to me. I have played Crysis, and I've played Pokémon games. The graphics of the Pokémon games entertain me as much as the graphics of Crysis. I think both are beautiful. So, why is the current generation of games giving so much importance to the realism in graphic games? I think it is sufficient for a game to have objects that are recognizable. For example, while the water in some games may not look as good as in Crysis, I can still tell it's water. What are your opinions on the current direction of game graphics? Do you prefer easy-to-render 3D scenes that leave space for beautiful effects, like with Radiosity, or more complex 3D scenes that try to be realistic?"

Comment Re:The simple one. (Score 1) 678

by klaasvakie on Wednesday March 18, 2009 @05:12AM (#27238541) Attached to: What Filters Are Right For Kids?

The matlab/octave function for trapezoidal integration is called "cumtrapz": Cumulative trapezoidal integration in the Z direction.

Try finding help for that on google! HINT: Do not search for "man cumtrapz".

Submission + - Sealand put up for sale

Submitted by antic on Monday January 08, 2007 @12:00AM

antic writes: The Principality of Sealand is up for sale. The 550 square metre steel platform boasts "uninterrupted sea views", complete privacy and has been mentioned on Slashdot in the past for its offers of hosting outside the jurisdiction of (some) traditional laws.

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