Oh, and check this out. For those of us who are java enthusiasts =D
http://www.forchheimer.se/bfm/
Oh, and check this out. For those of us who are java enthusiasts =D
http://www.forchheimer.se/bfm/
@bohemeorange said:
@RaspenJho said:follow the white rabbit...
bah...I refuse to associate with that movie. It is bad on so many levels (if there was a WTF for films, this would rival the Virtudyne saga). Just for reference, when the longest sequence in your film is a totally unncessary dance-orgy thing, that's probably a sign that you're lacking something.
But I did like the idea of the "alter-reality" as a way of interacting with the computer. Excluding the "brain plug", I'm sure you could create an environment with today's modern systems that would work like a 3d "world" as an os. Sure it wouldn't be photo realistic, but I'm sure you could come up with great, simplistic ominous names for things like "The Root" or "The Source". And maybe even a 3d model of Laurence Fishburne that could do tutorials.
oh that reminds me, any one ever looked into this? "Doom as an interface for System Administration"
Talk about cool ^.^
And yes, I realize that my avatar is in fact from a similar 80's supercheese movie, TRON, and I see the hypocrisy in that. But TRON had blue glow and Jeff Bridges, among other things. All the Matrix had was Keanu Reeves and that guy from Lord of the Rings.
haha
@RaspenJho said:
follow the white rabbit...
bah...I refuse to associate with that movie. It is bad on so many levels (if there was a WTF for films, this would rival the Virtudyne saga). Just for reference, when the longest sequence in your film is a totally unncessary dance-orgy thing, that's probably a sign that you're lacking something.
But I did like the idea of the "alter-reality" as a way of interacting with the computer. Excluding the "brain plug", I'm sure you could create an environment with today's modern systems that would work like a 3d "world" as an os. Sure it wouldn't be photo realistic, but I'm sure you could come up with great, simplistic ominous names for things like "The Root" or "The Source". And maybe even a 3d model of Laurence Fishburne that could do tutorials.
oh that reminds me, any one ever looked into this? "Doom as an interface for System Administration"
Wow...imagine structuring an OS around an interface like that...
You could integrate the keyboard into the screen, and you wouldn't need a mouse, so it would be more like a desk or table, rather than just a box on top of one. That could drastically alter the role of computers within our society... especially if you look at how computers have evolved time; not only in terms of size, speed, and memory, but also their place in society.
heh... (lets imagination run wild)
I'd love to have a workstation that had a big, huge screen like that. Maybe it would be mounted on swivels on both the X and Y axis so it could convert from a desk into a slanted work tablet. =)
Hello everyone, it's been quite a while since I posted, so maybe I can stir up a decent conversation with this topic:
You've undoubtedly at least a few of the myriad movies out there that in some way involve computers or computer science as significant plot element. I'm sure we all have a special place in our heart for the ridiculously slow "Unix" system in Jurassic Park, or of a spandex clad Jeff Bridges playing with frisbees, but what about some of the more thought intriguing aspects of films like these? While many "computer" films aren't exactly Francis Ford Coppola masterpieces, many of them present absolutely intriguing ideas about hardware, UI, or even concepts as abstract as approaching the line between living organism and machine.
As a fairly creative type myself, I've always found these sorts of movies interesting to watch. Not only to laugh at some Hollywood directors crude idea about how computers work and quip at the cheesy dialog (an acquired behavior from MST-3k), but to see what someone who's mind isn't as limited by an extensive knowledge of computers could imagine.
For example, one thing that always intrigued me was the hardware configuration of HAL in Kubrick's brilliant 2001: A Space Odyssey. How did it work? What did the modular design of HAL's memory and computing mainframe suggest about the configuration of his programming? Or yet another example, the idea of a 3d analogous "world" as a UI for interacting with a system as seen in TRON or The Matrix. Despite all the false metaphors and Keanu-Reeves-a-Riffic acting, both movies do have a very interesting concept at their cores.
So, what do you think?
Hey,
As a side project of my own, I am taking advantage of the way that java code is compiled into byte code, and trying to make a program that is able to create, decompile, compile code, and itself, as part of a pseudo-AI program.
So, I am trying to figure out a way to call a compiler from inside a java program, and pass the .java file that I want to compile as an argument.
Any ideas?
-boheme
CodeWhisperer:
Thank you for that email by the way. So nice of you to go out of your way and do that. I'll return the favor when I can.
=D
Like alot of things I do, I wasn't really looking to achieve anything that would stride godlike amongst all the other humble compilations of code floating around out there, but I was looking for a fun way to pass the time. I'm aware that this could be viewed as a "waste of time" however, I don't frankly care.
and here's an italicized anecdote to prove my point:
It's not the destination in life, it's the getting there.
^-^ mmm however thank you very much for those links, they're quite helpful
Then I guess I've inadvertantly been making a MOO this whole time. Neat.
And they say that guys who stare at monitors all day long never meet anyone of the opposite sex. How exactly did you meet her?
@CodeWhisperer said:
@bohemeorange said:
I've seen that game for years, but never found the time or overwhelming desire to get it and play it.I think this was the sequel....
@bohemeorange said:
a different brand of game enthusiast than your average X-Box owner...and on the xbox :)
But yeah. If you aren't a big fan of sports, racing or fighting/FPS games, the field narrows pretty quickly, and if I see another japanese RPG I'm going to throw up.
Oblivion is pretty interesting in a "wander around and look at all the cool things" sort of way, watch how the npcs interact and go through their routine. I believe they call it the "Radiant AI"...I was doing something similar back in the 90s on MOOs with interacting NPCs that generated their own comedy...not 'entertainment' exactly, but it had a certain charm :)
-cw