http://kotaku.com/384789/the-uncanny-valley-explained-in-terms-of-porn-and-star-wars
Kinda funny, NSFW due to language and possibly the ads on the site.
"Tom Hanks in Polar Express" truer example has never been given. :)
LOL
"Me genius will not be denied."
Classic!
less NSFW and more Yahtzee-like animated discussion (with similar style humour) here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKTAJBQSm10
(more info-taining "lectures" here: http://www.youtube.com/user/kirithem )
Quote from: Darren Dirt on October 13, 2010, 11:39:27 AM
less NSFW and more Yahtzee-like animated discussion (with similar style humour) here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKTAJBQSm10
That was excellent, the same rules apply to animation, which is why movie posters for the new Yogi film give me trauma while the old cartoon is endearing.
He's a regular on The Escapist now...
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/articles/Extracredits
Quote from: Darren Dirt on October 18, 2010, 10:13:03 AM
He's a regular on The Escapist now...
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/articles/Extracredits
Yep, I've seen (and linked) a few of his vids before.
some inventors do the silliest things...
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2003-08/man-who-mistook-his-girlfriend-robot?single-page-view=true
"When David Hanson set out to build a robotic head, he saw no reason not to make it look just like a human. Then he stumbled into the Uncanny Valley."
That article was full of words and said nothing.
The main points were:
-Dude built himself a fairly realistic head
-Uncanny valley blah blah
-Don't cross it blah blah
-Gonna try anyway
Well that's quite a head ya got there mister.
It's also nine years old, which tripped me up when they said he was 33 and was at college in the late 80s...
Quote from: Thorin on October 19, 2012, 01:57:32 PM
It's also nine years old, which tripped me up when they said he was 33 and was at college in the late 80s...
I knew something was bugging me hah, I started skimming after the third paragraph
Quote from: Thorin on October 19, 2012, 01:57:32 PM
It's also nine years old, which tripped me up when they said he was 33 and was at college in the late 80s...
lol it somehow linked on a "current" page I was looking at, didn't notice the year.
Shoulda been a clue to me, though, when I clicked the "See the Photo Gallery" link and it somehow went to something about rockets and the X-Prize. :extremeheadscratch:
PS: since it *is* almost a decade later, I was curious:
http://www.google.com/search?q=David+Hanson+robot+face
WOW, "Hanson Robotics", keeps trucking along into Skynet/A.I. territory?
(what a geek. the face of
Einstein? and
PKD??? http://www.androidworld.com/prod04.htm )
and btw, since the link to the PHOTO gallery = dead, guess what is on Youtube? meet Alice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0NLHVJoI_E).
Well, at least you know we're clicking your links :)
Quote from: Thorin on October 19, 2012, 02:15:43 PM
Well, at least you know we're clicking your links :)
We are? :o
;)
As we all know Tom doesn't click any links ;)
Darren breaks new temporal continuity ground by posting a 9 year old article to a 5 year old thread!
Quote from: Mr. Analog on October 19, 2012, 04:05:05 PM
As we all know Tom doesn't click any links ;)
I don't even know how I got here :o
LOLx2
Quote from: Lazybones on October 20, 2012, 12:43:00 AM
Darren breaks new temporal continuity ground by posting a 9 year old article to a 5 year old thread!
- Achievement Unlocked: Warp 14 Mr. Scott!
Quote from: Darren Dirt on October 20, 2012, 03:21:10 PM
Quote from: Lazybones on October 20, 2012, 12:43:00 AM
Darren breaks new temporal continuity ground by posting a 9 year old article to a 5 year old thread!
- Achievement Unlocked: Warp 14 Mr. Scott!
Thats what he said:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-DTRefisMET0/UIMr4wvdPcI/AAAAAAAAATc/qKvyDUL9ef0/s512/IMG_20121020_165145.jpg)
@%&# yeah!
Quote from: Tom on October 20, 2012, 06:14:41 PM
Thats what he said:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-DTRefisMET0/UIMr4wvdPcI/AAAAAAAAATc/qKvyDUL9ef0/s512/IMG_20121020_165145.jpg)
Picard to his officers: "SUGGESTIONS."
Kirk to his officers: "I'm going in this alone, I've gotta be part of virtually every away team, oops I'm only human, prime directive no biggie, etc."
Conclusion:
Picard = Best Manager/CEO of the ST universe, Kirk = Best [DAMN] HERO of the ST universe.
;D
I am not engaging in a Kirk vs Picard argument as they've been known to cause lifelong rifts between previously best friends.
However, the Holodeck certainly made it past the Uncanny Valley.
...true
^ yeah, just ask Riker. Idiot falls in love with a fakey...
and she (http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Minuet) didn't even love Dixieland!
Oh Riker, always gettin' into trouble...