I've seen that in person. It's actually really amazing.
Hologram Shown Off in Hong Kong
I'd like to believe it's real, but I'll wait for more sources to report on it, or until I see it in person.
I'd like to believe it's real, but I'll wait for more sources to report on it, or until I see it in person.
ukimalefu posted:Hologram Shown Off in Hong Kong
I'd like to believe it's real, but I'll wait for more sources to report on it, or until I see it in person.
That flickering due to synching problem between the rotation and the smartphone camera is pretty good, but I have to wonder about that woman's ability to hold the device so very still despite turning her head to look at someone standing next to her during the demo a few times like at 1:27 into the video (though how some of the animations jump around helps to hide this problem). MAYBE the rotational momentum would help to prevent SOME movement of the spinning "projector". She doesn't appear to be wearing any sort of brace to help hold it in place.
ALSO the guy with smartphone held his camera very still BUT only while the projector was working. The view wanders SLIGHTLY during the projection but that video only has larger movements when the projector was NOT fully working (like during spin-up/-down). Perhaps that is only coincidence.
And "hologram" is NOT the right word. This is merely a variation upon a flat-screen TV with only a change in how the pixels are projected "into" the air. To view this along the plane of rotation would be like trying to watch TV from a seat along the plane of that TV.
https://xiph.org/video/vid2.shtml
Not going to lie, I've been an engineer for 17 years and even I learned some stuff from this video.
Not going to lie, I've been an engineer for 17 years and even I learned some stuff from this video.
maurvir posted:https://xiph.org/video/vid2.shtml
Not going to lie, I've been an engineer for 17 years and even I learned some stuff from this video.
That looks intriguing.
The presenter is not bad. Still a bit too much arm waving and gesturing but not as bad as most amateur YouTube presenters.
I've had occasion to waste time watching some other youtube videos and they don't even have human voices anymore. They are unwatchable.
BBC journalist gets his ear wax eaten out by a grub.
NSFW due to language and a flash of a penis. This was the way that members of the Korowai tribe of Papua used to clean their ear canals.
NSFW due to language and a flash of a penis. This was the way that members of the Korowai tribe of Papua used to clean their ear canals.
DEyncourt posted:
It's an omen
George Takei talks about his experience on "The Twilight Zone". The YouTube video is at the link.
Takei's appearance was during the last (1963-64) season of "The Twilight Zone". In "The Encounter" he played a Japanese-American gardener who began to talk then argue with an American WWII vet (played by Neville Brand). The climax involved a "haunted" samurai sword.
Part of the story was Takei's character's admission that his Japanese-American father had set signals which helped guide the Japanese Navy planes to Pearl Harbor. The Japanese-American community and historians vehemently complained about that fiction, which was at least part of the reason "The Encounter" was never re-aired even during the series' long syndication, though it can be found on SOME DVD sets. That video of Takei is from one of those more inclusive sets.
For whatever reasons the apparent link to the full episode does not work for me, but I found this which has the intro (up to Serling's narration) and the ending of "The Encounter".
Takei's appearance was during the last (1963-64) season of "The Twilight Zone". In "The Encounter" he played a Japanese-American gardener who began to talk then argue with an American WWII vet (played by Neville Brand). The climax involved a "haunted" samurai sword.
Part of the story was Takei's character's admission that his Japanese-American father had set signals which helped guide the Japanese Navy planes to Pearl Harbor. The Japanese-American community and historians vehemently complained about that fiction, which was at least part of the reason "The Encounter" was never re-aired even during the series' long syndication, though it can be found on SOME DVD sets. That video of Takei is from one of those more inclusive sets.
For whatever reasons the apparent link to the full episode does not work for me, but I found this which has the intro (up to Serling's narration) and the ending of "The Encounter".
ukimalefu posted:
That is the best thing I've ever seen on the internet, ever.
Ribtor posted:ukimalefu posted:
That is the best thing I've ever seen on the internet, ever.
The "WTF are you doing" expression at 0:35 is priceless.
pardon the twitter link, but it's worth it:
https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/991810297026498560
i think this will always be remembered as the age of marvel
https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/991810297026498560
i think this will always be remembered as the age of marvel
DEyncourt posted:
Interesting.
Technicolor fragments from the 1920s found attached to other films.
What had happened is that the film projectors needed a bit of leader added to the starts and ends of a reel, so instead of purposefully making some blank film what some of the studios did was cut up reels of old films and attached those bits to their newer films. An archivist working for the British Film Institute discovered these and started to collect these fragments.
Some fragments are from film tests (so were not for distribution) while others are from now lost films.
What had happened is that the film projectors needed a bit of leader added to the starts and ends of a reel, so instead of purposefully making some blank film what some of the studios did was cut up reels of old films and attached those bits to their newer films. An archivist working for the British Film Institute discovered these and started to collect these fragments.
Some fragments are from film tests (so were not for distribution) while others are from now lost films.
interview with a (japanese) porn star
she's actually quite articulate, and it's completely without titillation or sexiness ... the life she describes does not sound fun
for instance the popular girls are shooting pretty much every single day, maybe they get two days off per month
it's even worse for the guys
quite interesting, actually
she's actually quite articulate, and it's completely without titillation or sexiness ... the life she describes does not sound fun
for instance the popular girls are shooting pretty much every single day, maybe they get two days off per month
it's even worse for the guys
quite interesting, actually
Underaged girl drove her sister's car into patio area of a Dearborn Dairy Queen.
Fortunately no one was seriously injured.
Fortunately no one was seriously injured.
At Dutch "safari park" family gets out of car near some cheetahs.
NSFW due to language. Narrative and captions in Dutch (I think) though unneeded just to see what happened. Fortunately no one got hurt (but it was close near the end).
NSFW due to language. Narrative and captions in Dutch (I think) though unneeded just to see what happened. Fortunately no one got hurt (but it was close near the end).
US Army sergeant cut the straps on 3 Humvees being airdropped with predictable results. YouTube video at link.
And WTF? He was demoted to private and was dismissed from the Army. Not even a dishonorable discharge--much less a prison sentence--for deliberately sabotaging part of this exercise and destroying over a half-million dollars of equipment?
And WTF? He was demoted to private and was dismissed from the Army. Not even a dishonorable discharge--much less a prison sentence--for deliberately sabotaging part of this exercise and destroying over a half-million dollars of equipment?
Video tweet: whale scientist gets pushed around by humpback whale, but then she figured out why.
Could it be...altruism?
Could it be...altruism?
That was pretty close to a Darwin Award.DEyncourt posted:At Dutch "safari park" family gets out of car near some cheetahs.
NSFW due to language. Narrative and captions in Dutch (I think) though unneeded just to see what happened. Fortunately no one got hurt (but it was close near the end).
DEyncourt posted:
Now that is pretty cool.
I threw myself to the floor playing Skyrim while standing.