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10/02/2011 21:03 #55229
Looking at 3D images cross eye styleCategory: images
10/01/2011 16:43 #55224
Toro For Restaurant WeekCategory: food
Sameer, (e:terry) and I ate at Toro for restaurant week the other day. I think they might have the best calamari in town. Its not greasy and its topped with parmasean cheese slices and peperoncini.
Sameer was going for the madmen look with a tie and a martini.
Sameer was going for the madmen look with a tie and a martini.
10/01/2011 16:38 #55223
Floofy PoofCategory: pets
He is so puffy when he is cold.
tinypliny - 10/01/11 21:27
He might be an allergy trigger. Just sayin.
He might be an allergy trigger. Just sayin.
10/01/2011 15:22 #55221
Green Building TourCategory: environment
We toured a bunch of green properties today. I am pretty sure I want solar panels and radiant floor heat. We were thinking of refinancing, maybe its a good time to look into it.
One of the houses had geothermal. I am still not sure how it stays warm.
One of the houses had geothermal. I am still not sure how it stays warm.
metalpeter - 10/02/11 09:04
The Thing about Miserable is everyone has temps they like and it is also (can't remember the word that isn't good so I'll say it in an odd way) from your perspective point (There it is Relative)... So that day was a crappy day but if you where in the Middle of Winter it would be considered a warm day.... But since we just left some warm weather it becomes miserable....
Now forgetting about temp for a minute you can have a dry sunny cold day where you feel comfortable even though it is colder... That bright sun and nice sky and no chilly wind and bright as opposed to looking like the gates of hell are about to open is a factor in miserable ........
The Thing about Miserable is everyone has temps they like and it is also (can't remember the word that isn't good so I'll say it in an odd way) from your perspective point (There it is Relative)... So that day was a crappy day but if you where in the Middle of Winter it would be considered a warm day.... But since we just left some warm weather it becomes miserable....
Now forgetting about temp for a minute you can have a dry sunny cold day where you feel comfortable even though it is colder... That bright sun and nice sky and no chilly wind and bright as opposed to looking like the gates of hell are about to open is a factor in miserable ........
tinypliny - 10/01/11 23:36
Share! Share! Share!
Share! Share! Share!
uncutsaniflush - 10/01/11 23:27
As always oh tiny scientist, who am I to disagree with you. But dopey old me doesn't consider 8 degrees Centigrade to be "semi-freezing" I think that "semi-freezing is around .5 plus or minus C degrees.
I'm sorry that you had a miserable time. I wrote a song once about my "New Miserable Time". Maybe I should share it with the world. Or not. Because I'm too miserable.
As always oh tiny scientist, who am I to disagree with you. But dopey old me doesn't consider 8 degrees Centigrade to be "semi-freezing" I think that "semi-freezing is around .5 plus or minus C degrees.
I'm sorry that you had a miserable time. I wrote a song once about my "New Miserable Time". Maybe I should share it with the world. Or not. Because I'm too miserable.
tinypliny - 10/01/11 23:03
heh, take any day with overcast skies, semi-freezing temperatures, unresolved conflicts and that is a recipe for miserable. Viewed by someone whose cold just won't leave, it is bonafide miserable.
heh, take any day with overcast skies, semi-freezing temperatures, unresolved conflicts and that is a recipe for miserable. Viewed by someone whose cold just won't leave, it is bonafide miserable.
uncutsaniflush - 10/01/11 22:55
Perspective is a funny thing. I didn't get that the day was miserable from the photos at all. But I am a pollyanna so what do I know? Speaking of illin', the pundits say that George Orwell wouldn't have written "1984" if he wasn't sick at the time. I'm just saying.
Perspective is a funny thing. I didn't get that the day was miserable from the photos at all. But I am a pollyanna so what do I know? Speaking of illin', the pundits say that George Orwell wouldn't have written "1984" if he wasn't sick at the time. I'm just saying.
tinypliny - 10/01/11 21:28
LOL somehow the pics manage to convey hoe miserable the day was.
LOL somehow the pics manage to convey hoe miserable the day was.
09/28/2011 19:12 #55210
LG Thrill 4GCategory: mobile
OMG I want the LG Thrill 4g 3d phone. Unforunatelyvtge pics are only 3d on its screen.
Here are the stereoscopic images. The lg thrill screen interprets them for you into one coherent image - which is the magic part. You could however print them out and use them a stereoscopic viewer like they did in the old days
Or you can just download the full size images, make them full screen, and cross your eyes. The illusionary 3d image that appears in the middle is a close approximation to what you see on a 3d screen but without eyes crossing.
Here are the stereoscopic images. The lg thrill screen interprets them for you into one coherent image - which is the magic part. You could however print them out and use them a stereoscopic viewer like they did in the old days
Or you can just download the full size images, make them full screen, and cross your eyes. The illusionary 3d image that appears in the middle is a close approximation to what you see on a 3d screen but without eyes crossing.tinypliny - 09/30/11 08:54
I guess I can't cross my eyes effectively because if I cross them all I can see is 3 blurry images and its making my head hurt. I will just wait for you get the phone. heh.
I guess I can't cross my eyes effectively because if I cross them all I can see is 3 blurry images and its making my head hurt. I will just wait for you get the phone. heh.
mrmike - 09/30/11 06:52
I'm liking the phone, but haven't used that feature too much. All the extra bells and whistles from android and the fact that it does phone functions great (crazy, right) made this a giant leap forward from my iphone 3
I'm liking the phone, but haven't used that feature too much. All the extra bells and whistles from android and the fact that it does phone functions great (crazy, right) made this a giant leap forward from my iphone 3
paul - 09/30/11 00:02
This is so fucking crazy. So for years I never saw those magic illusion pic books right. I always see the 3d part in reverse. It was the same with these pictures when doing the cross eyes viewing. Then I read people that have this issue can try reversing the left and right photo. So I switched them in gimp and now I see the correct. What is wrong with me that causes that?
This is so fucking crazy. So for years I never saw those magic illusion pic books right. I always see the 3d part in reverse. It was the same with these pictures when doing the cross eyes viewing. Then I read people that have this issue can try reversing the left and right photo. So I switched them in gimp and now I see the correct. What is wrong with me that causes that?
paul - 09/29/11 23:48
I attached the actual 3d images, although the lack of 3d screen makes it much lamer. You can load them full screen and view cross eyes for a close approximation.
I attached the actual 3d images, although the lack of 3d screen makes it much lamer. You can load them full screen and view cross eyes for a close approximation.
tinypliny - 09/29/11 23:15
You know, your arms actually do look kind of out of the picture and abnormally in focus for a regular photo.
You know, your arms actually do look kind of out of the picture and abnormally in focus for a regular photo.
tinypliny - 09/29/11 23:15
Now that peter's pointed out stuff about those photos, they are starting to look out of the ordinary. The power of suggestion!
Now that peter's pointed out stuff about those photos, they are starting to look out of the ordinary. The power of suggestion!
metalpeter - 09/29/11 19:58
Well they sure look like they are.... It would be interesting to compare them....
Well they sure look like they are.... It would be interesting to compare them....
paul - 09/29/11 19:55
Sorry for the confusion. These pictures are not 3d. You need a 3d viewer such as the screen in the LG thrill.
Sorry for the confusion. These pictures are not 3d. You need a 3d viewer such as the screen in the LG thrill.
metalpeter - 09/29/11 19:48
Yeah but this is only people Imagine how um well you know how other things would look as well...HA... When I was a kid what 3D meant was that things looked like they where coming at you... Or like out of the screen. Or in some cases to me it is more like the 3D stuff is ahead of everything else.... Again though I don't know as I get the full view.... Now filming things in a way you can feel the movement is something different... There was the movie called Coming to America yes the Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy Movie and at beginning they way the film the plane you can feel it move... I get this feeling of camera movement on the 3D glee movie and sometimes get it on football... Hard to explain though...
Yeah but this is only people Imagine how um well you know how other things would look as well...HA... When I was a kid what 3D meant was that things looked like they where coming at you... Or like out of the screen. Or in some cases to me it is more like the 3D stuff is ahead of everything else.... Again though I don't know as I get the full view.... Now filming things in a way you can feel the movement is something different... There was the movie called Coming to America yes the Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy Movie and at beginning they way the film the plane you can feel it move... I get this feeling of camera movement on the 3D glee movie and sometimes get it on football... Hard to explain though...
tinypliny - 09/29/11 19:34
I see what you mean. If that is the case, I can safely not repent having missed the effect of people's appendages pasted on top their regular pictures.
:)
I see what you mean. If that is the case, I can safely not repent having missed the effect of people's appendages pasted on top their regular pictures.
:)
metalpeter - 09/29/11 18:24
But paul and (e:terry)'s hand both look like they are coming right at me....
I thought what 3D was and it is bit confusing... Is in 2D Images and I guess video as well is flat. You have what would be considered back ground and foreground... Now with a Traditional camera when you focus you can pick where you focus and that some how effects how the picture looks. As an example some one is in front of city hall well you can focus so they are blurry and city hall is crisp or vice versa... This I would say can be used when you want to see the scenery ....
Now this is where I get lost. with 2d you see those things kinda as one thing. But 3d has another layer.... Look at (e:Terry) behind is the window and sky and bench and a building that is the back ground. But in front of terry is the peace sign. He is the foreground but his fingers and hand are a head of the foreground so they look like they are coming out of the picture... Or at least to me.....
Now in terms of a screen what 3D is supposed to do is take the picture into 3 layers and kinda over lay them.... It kinda looks like this picture was taken and Terry is on top of it....
But see everyone's eyes work a bit differently....
Maybe some of the pro level picture takers could explain this better cause it is a bit past me I was just saying how I understand it....
But paul and (e:terry)'s hand both look like they are coming right at me....
I thought what 3D was and it is bit confusing... Is in 2D Images and I guess video as well is flat. You have what would be considered back ground and foreground... Now with a Traditional camera when you focus you can pick where you focus and that some how effects how the picture looks. As an example some one is in front of city hall well you can focus so they are blurry and city hall is crisp or vice versa... This I would say can be used when you want to see the scenery ....
Now this is where I get lost. with 2d you see those things kinda as one thing. But 3d has another layer.... Look at (e:Terry) behind is the window and sky and bench and a building that is the back ground. But in front of terry is the peace sign. He is the foreground but his fingers and hand are a head of the foreground so they look like they are coming out of the picture... Or at least to me.....
Now in terms of a screen what 3D is supposed to do is take the picture into 3 layers and kinda over lay them.... It kinda looks like this picture was taken and Terry is on top of it....
But see everyone's eyes work a bit differently....
Maybe some of the pro level picture takers could explain this better cause it is a bit past me I was just saying how I understand it....
tinypliny - 09/29/11 14:47
What is 3D anyway? Pictures already have depth. Does it combine several pictures to give you a video? How then is it any different from just video? I guess I don't get this.
What is 3D anyway? Pictures already have depth. Does it combine several pictures to give you a video? How then is it any different from just video? I guess I don't get this.
paul - 09/29/11 13:23
I am so torn now. I wanted to wait on the nexus prime or Samsung gallaxy sii but will I end up missing a whole years worth of 3d.
I am so torn now. I wanted to wait on the nexus prime or Samsung gallaxy sii but will I end up missing a whole years worth of 3d.
mrmike - 09/28/11 20:58
I got it last night, target had a good deal that reeled me in from the Iphone cold
I got it last night, target had a good deal that reeled me in from the Iphone cold
tinypliny - 09/28/11 19:32
hahaha, nice pics. Who needs 3d when you can convey 6D on 2D.
hahaha, nice pics. Who needs 3d when you can convey 6D on 2D.
You look zombie like. Crossing my eyes gives me a severe headache. Can't do it.