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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on August 24, 2001, 02:58:00 am

Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Sandwich on August 24, 2001, 02:58:00 am: I stand amazed. Wow. Have you seen the Hubble Deep Field (//"http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/PR/96/01/HDF.html") images yet?

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Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: NeoHunter on August 24, 2001, 03:05:00 am: Man, you are killing me with all those images. I have a 56k modem only!! Great site though. Never knew how colourful this universe was.......

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Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Setekh on August 24, 2001, 03:18:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh:
I guess I could render them, but the real thing is always better.

[This message has been edited by Setekh (edited 08-24-2001).]
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Shrike on August 24, 2001, 03:21:00 am: Yeah, real life runs at true color, 3.3x10e32 by 3.3x10e32 pixels/cm resolution and has a frame rate of 5.3x10e43 FPS. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Setekh on August 24, 2001, 03:22:00 am: I'm still waiting for a lag patch. Whenever I start talking to someone, everything freezes for a moment, and next thing I know they're gone. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Shrike on August 24, 2001, 03:24:00 am: OH yeah, and I forgot that the bumpmapping and lighting in reality is just ace! Almost real, in fact. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Setekh on August 24, 2001, 03:25:00 am: I'm still running on a dodgy graphics core... when I turn ray-traced shadows on, I get dramatic slow downs. It sucks.
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Fineus on August 24, 2001, 04:26:00 am: Is it me, or is the Z-Buffer sometimes a little bit weird... especially when coupled with Vodka...
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: wEvil on August 24, 2001, 07:10:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh:
I'm still running on a dodgy graphics core... when I turn ray-traced shadows on, I get dramatic slow downs. It sucks.

Time to get an upgrade (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Ypoknons on August 24, 2001, 07:26:00 am: I don't know... I seem to crash whenever I'm within 5 meters of a girl...
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Styxx on August 24, 2001, 09:39:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Thunder:
Is it me, or is the Z-Buffer sometimes a little bit weird... especially when coupled with Vodka...

Well, I think it's not just you...
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Fineus on August 24, 2001, 10:15:00 am: Thats good, I was beginning to worry... one other thing... this motion blur thing... it sucks! Quake3 on a Voodoo5 was much better! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Sandwich on August 24, 2001, 01:33:00 pm: Y'all are nuts, y'hear? Nuts! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)

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Originally posted by NeoHunter:
Man, you are killing me with all those images. I have a 56k modem only!! Great site though. Never knew how colourful this universe was.......

I'm on a 56k (connects @ 41.2 though...) as well. The amazing thing to me about them pics was not the colors, but the amount of galaxies!

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Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Nephilim on August 24, 2001, 02:22:00 pm: on my lil old 56k modem i get a 115200 bps connection (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
And all those galaxys would make nice hiding spots for the shivans.......
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Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Fineus on August 24, 2001, 02:41:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Nephilim:
on my lil old 56k modem i get a 115200 bps connection (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
You do know thats not your real connection speed right? I have the same and I think it's the speed between your parallel port and the modem (assuming its external). Don't quote me on this though.
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Jabu on August 24, 2001, 02:42:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by sandwich:
I'm on a 56k (connects @ 41.2 though...)

Lucky bugger. I get 36000 tops.
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Sandwich on August 24, 2001, 03:43:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Thunder:
You do know thats not your real connection speed right? I have the same and I think it's the speed between your parallel port and the modem (assuming its external). Don't quote me on this though.

Quoted. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Actually, that is the speed at which the computer's bus (PCI or ISA) communicates with the port itself. The modem is just limited to that speed.

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Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Carl on August 24, 2001, 05:13:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh:
I'm still running on a dodgy graphics core... when I turn ray-traced shadows on, I get dramatic slow downs. It sucks.

you mean you can turn it off? i've been living my whole life with maximum graphics settings and i can't figure out how to turn them down!
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: QXMX on August 24, 2001, 05:44:00 pm: Yea man. Space exploration will be quite interesting in the coming years.

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Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Setekh on August 25, 2001, 12:11:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Carl:
you mean you can turn it off? i've been living my whole life with maximum graphics settings and i can't figure out how to turn them down!

It happens mostly when I get dizzy... things just disappear of their own accord... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

And, hell yes, that's a lot of stuff out there. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

Oh, and by the side, I connect at 56,700 (used to be 24,000 on my 28.8 - h4w!). (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

[This message has been edited by Setekh (edited 08-24-2001).]
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Carl on August 25, 2001, 12:14:00 am: they are gonna launch a telescope that can detect earth sized planets in a few years! 2004 i think it was.
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: wEvil on August 25, 2001, 09:56:00 am: hubble is coming down in 2004, after another 3 servicing missions which will replace 3 of the current instuments.

The next mission will take place early in 2002 and will replace the solar panels with more efficient, rigid ones plus get the infra-red system working again (it busted after 2 years because the solid nitrogen coolant evaporated), and replace the current hi-definition cameras with an upgrade.

at least thats what i remember.

Its a pity we can't launch a network of hubble-type sattelites and interpolate their input to get a crystal-clear image- plus it would help triangulate distances and such.

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Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Nico on August 25, 2001, 02:28:00 pm: ... Lol, that modem speed, you knbow you can change it? right clicon your internet access icon, in properties choose the set up of your modem, and voila! That's the maximum allowed speed btw, an, of course, a 56k won't go faster than 56k, even if you choose 115 200
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Setekh on August 26, 2001, 01:52:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Carl:
they are gonna launch a telescope that can detect earth sized planets in a few years! 2004 i think it was.

Wow... we'll finally be searching for planets. We've come a long way, huh?
Title: Oh. My. Gosh.
Post by: Fineus on August 26, 2001, 02:05:00 am: Not far enough. Mankind puts far to little money into space exploration, more concerned with fighting wars...