Shouldn't an EMP bomb kill you?
| Also, "your day" is today, so stop using the past tense. |
thanks for the english grammar tutorial, not everyone speaks english..
| Oh and another thing that annoys me; when people say "video game graphics will one day surpass those of real life." |
common they don't know how developers do it behind the scenes, they're ignorance is forgiven..
| thanks for the english grammar tutorial, not everyone speaks english.. |
Yes, but he does; being an American.
| common they don't know how developers do it behind the scenes, they're ignorance is forgiven.. |
You're thinking of "normal" people. No, these are supposedly clever people who should know that that doesn't make sense.
| How the hell are video game graphics supposed to surpass r/l? There's nothing better than r/l, the brain can't even interpret something beyond there. |
How often do you see bloom effects in real life? It's not always realism that's compared and contrasted.
back to topic: if u want something similar to ur so realistic emp bomb... search for an neutron bomb ;D... but beware of the side effects of this ultra u need to implement in the game as well^^...
away from topic:P...
away from topic:P...
| [EMP] disables the "red-dot sight" |
| What does the brain use to pass messages across the nervous system? Electronic signals. |
Nervous systems are unaffected by EMPs, apparently. At the very least, Wikipedia says nothing of its effects on living tissue.
| Starfish Prime also made those effects known to the public by causing electrical damage in Hawaii, about 1445 km away from the detonation point, knocking out about 300 streetlights, setting off numerous burglar alarms and damaging a telephone company microwave link. |
| a number of milliamps will kill you |
| But a high enough voltage would kill you, too. |
Did you know that an AC with a high enough frequency is painless but still damages tissue? Apparently, nerves need to be stimulated by current in a single direction for enough time in order to produce pain.
that´s why we use electro shockers to make you struggle, because the voltage can be high, but as long as the amperage is low enough u won´t take too much of the risk... ( well... there was something about an disabled person who died, in the media - but he was mentally disabled so that should not matter much; wbut the use of this against him is very arguable)
| How the hell are video game graphics supposed to surpass r/l? There's nothing better than r/l, the brain can't even interpret something beyond there. |
By improving the brain somehow so that it can interpret something beyong there :)
| Only because it's capable of producing current. Did you know that an AC with a high enough frequency is painless but still damages tissue? Apparently, nerves need to be stimulated by current in a single direction for enough time in order to produce pain. |
Cool.
| that´s why we use electro shockers to make you struggle, because the voltage can be high, but as long as the amperage is low enough u won´t take too much of the risk... |
Yeah, it hurts, but doesn't kill you. But if you had a pacemaker...
| By improving the brain somehow so that it can interpret something beyong there :) |
Well, uhm, I'll get on that right away :l
So the real way to play games is by massive biotechnological enhancement.
Cyborgs, go!
Cyborgs, go!
| EDIT: You notice how this went from a sci-fi intellectual discussion to one about how there are so many retards in video games? |
Don't all topics turn into a thread about how many retards there are in video games?
| Did you know that an AC with a high enough frequency is painless but still damages tissue? Apparently, nerves need to be stimulated by current in a single direction for enough time in order to produce pain. |
Yea that makes sense, When I was 16 I was working with my dad creating a long wrought iron hand railing for a 2nd level in a living room.
We were out in the yard using the oxy to shape the long iron rods we had, and I hadn't noticed he had just sat heating up 2 (1)inch thick iron rods and had then twisted them around each other to meld them.
Anyway he asked me to pick up the rods as they were heavy and he needed a hand, however he was referring to the end of the rods which were 1.5meters (4feet) away. so I picked up where he had just heated the metal up to around 900-1500 degree's or w/e. I didn't realise straight away but then I felt the back of my hand burning.
So the heat didn't affect where I touched because it was so hot, but passed through my hand and burned the other side.
Could that be attributed to the molecules in my hand moving really rapidly in different directions or something?
Anyway, after soaking my hand in a bucket of water non stop for 3 days not a single scar. ALWAYS use cool water for burns NOT ice, ice causes scarring, also keep in water until it no longer hurts.
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| So the heat didn't affect where I touched because it was so hot, but passed through my hand and burned the other side. |
| Could that be attributed to the molecules in my hand moving really rapidly in different directions or something? |
What were you thinking, man? Didn't you see the metal glowing? Wasn't the air oddly hot?
| What were you thinking, man? |
Heh, I don't think I was... Did I mention I was 16 at the time? (probably thinking about girls or something random)
As we touched on sci-fi; what are everyone's favourite sci-fi films? For me, it's between Predator, 2001 and Aliens. I anticipate that those three will come up the most.
I actually don't watch a lot of film so I can't say, but those are some of the big ones. Also on that big list are all the Star Trek films (not that weird new one by JJ Abrams, the old ones) and the poorly acted Star Wars films (that would be all of them).
I'd much rather have some good fiction. Brave New World, Nineteen Eighty-Four (because nobody should be saying 1984), etc.
I'd much rather have some good fiction. Brave New World, Nineteen Eighty-Four (because nobody should be saying 1984), etc.
I'm too young to have been a fan of Star Trek.
As for Star Wars (or any Lucas film for that matter); I believe it was Maddox who said "special effects cease to be special when used in every scene." Interestingly enough, Maddox is also a C++ programmer:
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=faq
Um, science fiction is fiction :l
A good book (which was ultimately ruined when it was turned into a film) is War of the Worlds by HG Wells. Another good sci-fi book (by John Wyndham) is The Day of the Triffids ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Triffids ).
I didn't like 1984 very much. I found it inconclusive. (Yeah, let's start a book club guys!)
As for Star Wars (or any Lucas film for that matter); I believe it was Maddox who said "special effects cease to be special when used in every scene." Interestingly enough, Maddox is also a C++ programmer:
| What do you do for a living? What languages do you program in? I'm a programmer for a telemarketing company. I work anywhere from 40-60 hours per week (hence my delayed graduation). I write with Informix 4GL/SQL, Perl (CGI), C, C++, Unix shell (korn, bourne, bash), sed/awk, Java, PHP. |
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=faq
| I'd much rather have some good fiction. |
Um, science fiction is fiction :l
A good book (which was ultimately ruined when it was turned into a film) is War of the Worlds by HG Wells. Another good sci-fi book (by John Wyndham) is The Day of the Triffids ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Triffids ).
I didn't like 1984 very much. I found it inconclusive. (Yeah, let's start a book club guys!)
The movie was horrible. And why did everything change from being in England about 110 years ago to being in America in the 21st century?
Also, in the book, IIRC a meteor crashes in London. So what the hell was all that lightening shit in the movie?
Also, in the book, IIRC a meteor crashes in London. So what the hell was all that lightening shit in the movie?
Personally, I liked the 2005 film, even with its wall bangers.
It's called "remake".
Rule of Cool. You can't deny that the scene where the machine erupts from the ground is impressive.
In the original, it only appeared to be a meteor, but it was actually a vessel.
| And why did everything change from being in England about 110 years ago to being in America in the 21st century? |
| Also, in the book, IIRC a meteor crashes in London. So what the hell was all that lightening shit in the movie? |
In the original, it only appeared to be a meteor, but it was actually a vessel.