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 Aug 5 2009, 09:09 PM
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Aug 5 2009, 09:23 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 209 Joined: 7-June 09 Member No.: 17,251 |
What's steampunk about that?
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Aug 5 2009, 09:28 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,894 Joined: 11-May 09 Member No.: 17,166 |
QUOTE (toolbox @ Aug 5 2009, 04:23 PM)  What's steampunk about that? Our level of technology compared to 2070's molycircs, optical storage, facial recognition and mesh wireless capabilities? |
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Aug 5 2009, 09:37 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 209 Joined: 7-June 09 Member No.: 17,251 |
QUOTE (Kerenshara @ Aug 5 2009, 01:28 PM) Our level of technology compared to 2070's molycircs, optical storage, facial recognition and mesh wireless capabilities? Steampunk isn't just shorthand for obsolete technology. That misses the point of the genre rather badly. Above all else, steampunk is not the cutting edge of modern technology, which is what that article showcases. |
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Aug 5 2009, 09:40 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,894 Joined: 11-May 09 Member No.: 17,166 |
QUOTE (toolbox @ Aug 5 2009, 04:37 PM) Steampunk isn't just shorthand for obsolete technology. That misses the point of the genre rather badly. Above all else, steampunk is not the cutting edge of modern technology, which is what that article showcases. Hmmm, but SiliconPunk doesn't have quite the same ring, now does it? |
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Aug 5 2009, 09:42 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 87 Joined: 11-September 07 From: Saeder-Krupp Rhine-Ruhr Regional HQ Member No.: 13,215 |
Wirepunk, maybe. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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Aug 5 2009, 09:44 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 209 Joined: 7-June 09 Member No.: 17,251 |
QUOTE (Kerenshara @ Aug 5 2009, 01:40 PM) Hmmm, but SiliconPunk doesn't have quite the same ring, now does it? So are you acknowledging the validity of my point - that this has nothing to do with steampunk? I'm not really looking to go exploring hypothetical genre label possibilities here. |
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Aug 5 2009, 09:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 317 Joined: 7-June 09 From: Scotland Member No.: 17,249 |
Its amazing. Dumpshockers seem to be 'specially talented at making an argument about hardly anything at all.
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Aug 5 2009, 09:50 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 483 Joined: 16-September 08 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 16,349 |
Very cool, but I wonder how long it'll be before some apps like that can hit the market (and work reliably). Plus, I wonder how useful they'll actually be.
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Aug 5 2009, 09:53 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,894 Joined: 11-May 09 Member No.: 17,166 |
QUOTE (the_real_elwood @ Aug 5 2009, 04:50 PM) Very cool, but I wonder how long it'll be before some apps like that can hit the market (and work reliably). Plus, I wonder how useful they'll actually be. That was essentially my thought and what I was trying to point out. But we're really starting to dip our toes in the waters of SciFi at this point. |
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Aug 5 2009, 09:53 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 209 Joined: 7-June 09 Member No.: 17,251 |
QUOTE (CodeBreaker @ Aug 5 2009, 01:48 PM) Its amazing. Dumpshockers seem to be 'specially talented at making an argument about hardly anything at all. I take pride in what I do. What I'm doing right now is drinking at my neighbourhood pub and arguing on the Internet. |
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Aug 5 2009, 10:02 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,894 Joined: 11-May 09 Member No.: 17,166 |
QUOTE (toolbox @ Aug 5 2009, 04:53 PM) I take pride in what I do. What I'm doing right now is drinking at my neighbourhood pub and arguing on the Internet. *chokes on a laugh and decides not to touch that one* |
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Aug 5 2009, 10:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 181 Joined: 8-July 09 From: The Caribbean League Member No.: 17,367 |
QUOTE (toolbox @ Aug 5 2009, 05:53 PM) I take pride in what I do. What I'm doing right now is drinking at my neighbourhood pub and arguing on the Internet. The Future! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Aug 5 2009, 10:15 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,989 Joined: 28-July 09 From: Somewhere along the brazilian coast Member No.: 17,437 |
Cool. When they finally integrate this with a totally functional cyber-eye, I'll be signing up for surgery.
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Aug 5 2009, 10:39 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 209 Joined: 7-June 09 Member No.: 17,251 |
QUOTE (Khyron @ Aug 5 2009, 02:12 PM) The Future! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) To the future! |
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Aug 5 2009, 11:00 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,894 Joined: 11-May 09 Member No.: 17,166 |
OK, now I have that theme song stuck in my head... somebody has to die.
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Aug 5 2009, 11:13 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 93 Joined: 30-October 07 Member No.: 13,970 |
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Aug 5 2009, 11:14 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,894 Joined: 11-May 09 Member No.: 17,166 |
QUOTE (siel @ Aug 5 2009, 06:13 PM) Could have been "fifth world style" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotate.gif) Oooooh... I hadn't considered that. That's not bad. That's not bad at all. |
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Aug 6 2009, 03:50 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,188 Joined: 9-February 08 From: Boiling Springs Member No.: 15,665 |
QUOTE (Brazilian_Shinobi @ Aug 5 2009, 05:15 PM) Cool. When they finally integrate this with a totally functional cyber-eye, I'll be signing up for surgery. I there with you. Until then I would like it integrated into my glasses or an IOL. |
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Aug 6 2009, 03:59 AM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (CodeBreaker @ Aug 5 2009, 03:48 PM) Its amazing. Dumpshockers seem to be 'specially talented at making an argument about hardly anything at all. Ain't that the Truth... |
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Aug 6 2009, 08:59 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,009 Joined: 25-September 06 From: Paris, France Member No.: 9,466 |
Reminds me of when I coded my first AR phone app. That was two years ago.
There are already a few applications out: a few AR games or advertisting apps for Nokia Symbian S60 phones and a few AR apps on Android. iPhone apps might be coming soon, but right now the public development kit doesn't allow the developers to access the camera in real-time. The thing is that the S60 apps use 2D tags to know where to display their ARO and the Android (and iPhone) apps use the GPS and compass to know where to display data. None use real-time image analysis (well, the tag-based solutions do use image analysis but they 'cheat' by using 2D tags). |
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Aug 6 2009, 12:55 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,536 Joined: 13-July 09 Member No.: 17,389 |
QUOTE (CodeBreaker @ Aug 5 2009, 05:48 PM) Its amazing. Dumpshockers seem to be 'specially talented at making an argument about hardly anything at all. I chance a guess that you haven't met very many geeks. You must be one of those normies. |
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Aug 6 2009, 01:20 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 317 Joined: 7-June 09 From: Scotland Member No.: 17,249 |
QUOTE (StealthSigma @ Aug 6 2009, 01:55 PM) I chance a guess that you haven't met very many geeks. You must be one of those normies. Quite the opposite. I am surrounded by them every day (Studying Physics and Computer Game Development at Uni. Yeah. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) ). Its just that the lads (And lass') here seem especially capable at completly going off tangent at the slightest thing. |
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Aug 6 2009, 01:24 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
i would say thats the internet for you. Hell, check your average slashdot new comment tree, if you think dumpshock is bad...
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Aug 6 2009, 02:21 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,536 Joined: 13-July 09 Member No.: 17,389 |
QUOTE (CodeBreaker @ Aug 6 2009, 09:20 AM) Quite the opposite. I am surrounded by them every day (Studying Physics and Computer Game Development at Uni. Yeah. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) ). Its just that the lads (And lass') here seem especially capable at completly going off tangent at the slightest thing. Studying physics and game development doesn't make you a geek, because a geek is far more than just knowledge and profession. |
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